Research plan (including the Data Management Plan) and Training Plan
What is it?
A research plan is a document that briefly defines the research activity that will take place and guides the student through the process. This document includes the Data Management Plan, which is a methodological document that describes the life cycle of data collected, generated and processed during a research project, a doctoral thesis, etc. It contains aspects concerning the acquisition, format, processing, storage, preservation and accessibility of research data.
Data Management Plan
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How do I write it?
- Template for all Ph.D. programes in the field of Civil and Environmental Engineering
When will I submit and defend my research plan?
During the 1st academic year, students must submit their research plan.
On the 2nd academic year, the plan is updated, if necessary, and then publicly defended in front of the assessing panel.
Public defences are scheduled within two calls:
- in June (for students that have enrolled for the first time in September).
- in February (for students that have enrolled for the first time in February's extraordinary call).
For specific dates, please contact the secretariat for each program.
What does the public defence entail?
The public defence consists of an oral exposition of the written Research Plan during no more than 20 minutes, followed by a 5-minute time for questioning or commenting on the part of the assessing panel. The mark will be either "Satisfactory" or "Non satisfactory”. In case of receiving a "Non satisfactory" mark, the Doctoral Commission can offer the student up to 6 months to make the necessary amends.
The assessing panel will consist of three doctors, two belonging to the Doctoral programme and a third one foreign to the programme. Neither the director of the thesis, nor the supervisor may be part of the panel.
The doctoral student's Personal Training Plan must contain a forecast of the different training activities that will be developed during the doctoral thesis (courses, seminars, mobility actions, etc.), some of which must be related to open science. The doctoral student must prepare, within a maximum period of one year from the first registration, the Personal Training Plan. Like the Research Plan, it must be endorsed by the director, co-director and academic tutor (if any), and they can be improved and detailed throughout the development of the program.
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