28x PhD Research Projects - Martí i Franquès COFUND Fellowships Programme

The Universitat Rovira i Virgili (URV) might have what you’re looking for. We offer you an international, competitive PhD programme in great surroundings and facilities in the Mediterranean (Tarragona, Spain).

The URV is known for its excellence in both its research programmes and its staff that will provide you the best guidance and expertise in this international experience of yours.
Within the Martí i Franquès COFUND Fellowship Programme, the URV opens the call for 28 new fellowships for predoctoral researchers in different research areas offering the candidates a 3-year contract.

The predoctoral fellows will receive multidisciplinary and cross-sector training thanks to the collaboration of more than 30 organisations that support this initiative.

Your new adventure already starts this October 2018. Why wait? Apply today! See you in Tarragona!

The call is open from March 20 to May 20. Apply for your spot at this international PhD programme here: www.urv.cat/cofund.

 

Main package

Candidates will receive a gross monthly salary of approximately 2200 EUR.

Apart from the salary, URV will contribute up to 6500 € each year to the cost of the fellow's travels, research and training.

Benefits

Upon signing the contract, the fellows will automatically be registered under the general regime of the Spanish Social Security System, which stipulates the following benefits:

• Healthcare: covers hospitalization at home, in a health centre or a hospital, for both the fellow and his family (if applies)
• Sickness cash benefits: starts from the 4th day (employer pays days 4-15 (60% of salary), social security system pays days 15-365 (75% of salary), which can be extended up to 180 days)
• Maternity/paternity leave: 16 weeks (maternity) or 4 weeks (paternity). Possibility of reduction of working hours for 12 months, after the 16 weeks of maternity leave provided by social security. The reduction of working hours can also be compacted, translating into a 4 weeks break, that can be added to the 16 weeks of maternity leave
• Unemployment benefits: for a 3 year contact, the fellow will have the right to 12 months of unemployment, and receive an average of 65% of its salary per month
• Housing allowance: The Catalan Government offers public support aimed at covering part of the housing rent (depends on personal status of the fellow)

The employment contract with URV also specifices a series of specific benefits that might differ from other public administration positions:

Vacation: 22 working days per year, plus 5 days of personal days off

Health Checks: all URV employees have the option of a medical check every year, paid by URV.

In order to be eligible for any of the MFP fellowships, candidates must meet the following criteria:

Comply with the MSCA mobility rule:

The candidate must not have resided or carried out their main activity in Spain for more than 12 months in the 3 years immediately prior to 31/07/2018.

ESR eligibility criteria: Early-stage researchers (ESR) shall at the time of recruitment be in the first 4 years (full-time equivalent research experience) of their research careers and have not been awarded a doctoral degree.

Full-time equivalent research experience is measured from the date when a researcher obtained the degree which would formally entitle him or her to embark on a doctorate, either in the country in which the degree was obtained or in the country in which the researcher is recruited or seconded, irrespective of whether or not a doctorate is or was ever envisaged.

Hold a degree from another country in the EEES which grants access to a Master's degree and have achieved a minimum of 300 ECTS credits in university studies of which at least 60 must be at Master's level,

OR

Hold of a qualification obtained in accordance with foreign educational systems without the need for official recognition, having previously confirmed with the university that this qualification accredits a level of training equivalent to the official Spanish university Master's degree and that it would serve as a means of access to a PhD in the country in which it was awarded.

Selection of candidated will be done in 3 phases

Phase 1: Eligibility check - all candidates will be screened for eligibility, and the ones that are eligible will go to phase 2

Phase 2: Evaluation - all eligible candidates will be evaluated by expert committees, external to the URV. The experts will rank the candidates for each position, and the top-3 will pass to phase 3

Phase 3: Final selection - the best 3 candidates for each position will be interviewed by URV internal selection committees, which will choose the best candidate for the fellowship.
For more information about the selection process, please visit: http://www.urv.cat/cofund/submission/application/