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3. FIRST STAGE RESEARCHER

(UP TO THE POINT OF PHD): R1

Art. 21 LCTI: PRE-DOCTORAL CONTRACT

Purpose:

Perform research tasks in the context of a specific and innovative scientific project with
the purpose of:

Training PhD candidates by funding employment contracts for research staff in training
(pre-doctoral).

Boost employability.

Enable mobility.

Increase the amount and quality of new doctors through their doctoral theses.

Characteristics:

Pre-doctoral research staff in training.

1-year contract, renewable for annual periods with a favourable report of the Academic
Committee of the Doctoral Programme (CAPD, in Spanish).

Duration of the initial contract and extensions: maximum four or six years (depending
on the circumstances of the petitioner). Temporary disability, risk during pregnancy, mo-
therhood, adoption or fostering, risk during breastfeeding and paternity will all pause the
advancement of the contract’s duration.

Possibility to perform supervised teaching collaborations: a maximum of 60 hours a
year at the UMH. The teaching delivered will be accredited as “teaching collaboration”.
The tutoring teaching staff does not yield ECTS credits to the researcher in training they
tutor.

Requirements:

Bachelor’s Degree of at least 300 ECTS credits (with at least 60 credits from Master’s

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