Science & Innovation

European research infrastructures targeted in this call

• European Magnetic Field Laboratory (EMFL),
• European Molecular Biology Laboratory (EMBL),
• European Synchrotron Radiation Facility (ESRF),
• Laue Langevin Institute (ILL),
• Millimeter Radio Astronomy Institute (IRAM).

Participation in projects by an international partner other than the European research infrastructures mentioned above is encouraged.

Eligibility

This call for proposals is open to the entire scientific and academic community (researchers, faculty members, and equivalents), with no restrictions on discipline or methodology. The project team must include:
- A current, active member (researcher, faculty researcher, or research engineer holding a Ph.D.) of a UGA research unit. Members of the executive boards of research clusters, the Office of the Vice President for Research and Innovation, and emeritus researchers or faculty researchers may not serve as co-principal investigators on a project. Organizations such as federations or platforms are also not eligible to submit a project.
- A member of a partner European research infrastructure (any staff member employed by the European research infrastructure).
A co-principal investigator may submit only one project under this call.

Funding

• Ph.D. Co-Funding: The doctoral contract is funded 50% by UGA and 50% by the European research infrastructure.
• Mirrored dissertations: one doctoral contract is funded by UGA, and the other by the partner European research infrastructure.

Evaluation Criteria

Project Quality: originality that goes beyond the national and international state of the art; scientific and/or technological ambition of the objectives; relevance of the collaboration for UGA and for the partner European research infrastructure.

Feasibility: adequacy of human and methodological resources relative to the project’s objectives; risk analysis and mitigation; complementarity of the consortium. Consistency between the doctoral research project and the overall project.

Impact: significance of the expected results relative to the state of the art; dissemination strategy; contribution to the advancement of scientific knowledge and technological innovation within UGA and the partner European research infrastructure; and strengthening the potential for submitting joint national or European projects.

The prospective doctoral school will be asked to provide an opinion on the quality of the doctoral supervision and the alignment of the thesis topic with the doctoral school’s research areas.

Evaluation and Selection Process

The evaluation and selection process will comply with the code of conduct for the implementation of a call for proposals, particularly with regard to the handling of conflicts of interest.
Committee members will be required to submit a declaration of conflicts of interest. All members of committees and governing bodies are required to comply with the rules regarding confidentiality and professional ethics.