research profiles, so that they can attain faculty positions at top business schools around the world and become “thought leaders”. PhD in Management The ERIM PhD Program in Management is part of the doctoral program. To enter the program, an MPhil, MSc or M.A. degree is mandatory. In 2010, around 100 students from around 30 countries were enrolled in the PhD program. ERIM offers two types of PhD Projects: ERIM Predefined PhD Projects train future researchers in or across five key disciplines of management: business processes, logistics & information systems, organization, marketing, finance, and strategy. These projects are initiated each year. ERIM Open PhD Projects are designed to give PhD candidates much freedom in choosing their own research topic. These open projects are financed with an endowment of 800,000 euros from the Netherlands Organisation for Scientific Research (NWO). ERIM was one of nine Dutch academic institutions who were awarded the grant in 2009, which was intended to give future doctoral students more say in the research to be carried out. A limited number of open projects was initiated in 2010. Research Master in Business Research The ERIM Master of Philosophy in Business Research is part of the doctoral programme. This Research Master is designed for academically talented and motivated students who wish to combine education in a specialization area of their choice with conducting research in that field. See also Econometric Institute Tinbergen Institute TRAIL Research School References External links ERIM Business schools in the Netherlands Economic research institutes Erasmus University Rotterdam Research institutes in the Netherlands