PhD Candidate Recruitment

Degree: Master's degree or equivalent providing access to Ph.D programmes. See attachment for required degree for each position.

Language: English proficiency must be attested either through a previous English language diploma, or an internationally recognised proficiency test (at least C1 level of the Common European Framework of Reference for Languages i.e. IELTS, IBT, TOEFL or Cambridge).

Career: At the date of recruitment (see details in each position's description), selected researchers should be doctoral candidate (i.e. not already in possession of a doctoral degree).

Mobility: At the date of recruitment, the researcher must not have resided, or carried out his/her main activity (work, studies, etc.) in the country of the hiring institution for more than 12 months in the 3 years immediately before the recruitment date, unless as part of a compulsory national service or a procedure for obtaining refugee status under the Geneva Convention (1951 Refugee Convention and the 1967 Protocol).

Application: Complete and timely submission exclusively via the on line application system indicated for each DC position. Documents submitted must be in English. If supporting documents (e.g. letters of academic references and scan of degree qualification) are not in English, they must be submitted together with a certified translation in English).

Please note that, in addition to the above-mentioned eligibility criteria further essential or desirable requirements are detailed for each PhD position (see attachment).

All eligible applications will be assessed by a Selection panel according to the criterion "Qualifications and previous experience" and related sub-criteria, as specified under the description of each position.

Candidates will be ranked for each foreseen position they have applied to, based on the scores assigned. The threshold to be shortlisted is 30. If candidates have been awarded with the same score, priority will be based on scores assigned for the sub criterion "current knowledge and expertise".

For each position, up to 10 candidates awarded with the highest scores in the short list will be invited for an interview. The interview may be conducted also using a videoconference system.

During the interview the candidates will be evaluated according to the criterion "Communication and personal skills" and related sub-criteria, as specified under the description of each position.

For each position the final ranking list will be obtained by adding the score obtained by the shortlisted candidate according to the criterion "Qualifications and previous experience" to the score obtained after the interview assessment according to the criterion "Communication and personal skills". When scores are equal, priority will be based on the subcriterion "Ability to design and conduct original research in the subject area of the individual research project".

In case a candidate does not reach a minimum score of 45 points out of 70 points on the criterion "Communication and personal skills", the selection panel has the right to not proceed with recruitment.