Can a faculty member who has an MD, but who has not pursued a PhD, be nominated?
The degree requirement for a nominee for the Microsoft Research Faculty Fellowship program is a completed PhD. Therefore, a faculty member who has completed an MD does meet the degree requirement, whereas one with only an MD does not. In Europe, degrees equivalent to the PhD level can be found in the EURYDICE European Glossary on Education, Volume 1, Second Edition, Examinations, Qualifications, and Titles (see table in Part II of .pdf document). Some titles that belong to the same category as doctoral degrees (ISCED 6) may correspond to the intermediate steps towards the completion of doctoral education and should therefore not be considered as PhD-equivalent.
