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PhD Possibilities

PhD Programme in Territory, Heritage and Culture UdL

http://www.doctorat.udl.cat/en/programes/propis/territori-patrimoni-i-cultura/

PhD Supervisions in Process:

- Núria Mina Riera: “A Poet’s Seasons: A Gerontological-Ecocritical Approach to the Poetry of Lorna Crozier”

thesis supervisors: Maricel Oró Piqueras and Carme Zamorano Llena

- Yuliia Benderska: “Captured by time: The Aging Transformation of Byron Embodied by His Characters in His Literary Works”

thesis supervisors: Maricel Oró Piqueras and Olha Dovbush

- Inesa Shevchenko: "Representations of Female Ageing in Contemporary Drama and Theatre"

thesis supervisor: Núria Casado Gual

PhD Theses Defended so far:

- Maricel Oró Piqueras: “Ageing Corporealities in Contemporary English Fiction”

thesis supervisors: Brian Worsfold and Maria Vidal

defended on 23/04/2007

- Marta Miquel-Baldellou: “Symbolic Transitions as Modalities of Aging: Intertextuality in the Life and Works of Edward Bulwer-Lytton and Edgar Allan Poe”

thesis supervisor: Brian Worsfold

defended on 05/02/2016

- Ieva Stončikaitė: "Discourses of Female Ageing in the Works of Erica Jong"

thesis supervisos: Núria Casado Gual and Isabel Santaulària

defended on 04/12/2017

PhD studies

Esther Gonzàlez, Grant Management Unit, University of Lleida

PhD programmes & calls:

There are different fellowships within the framework of many programmes or calls you can apply for if you are planning to pursue PhD studies

UdL fellowships (Vice-Chancellorship for Research)
FI-DGR fellowships (Generalitat de Catalunya)
FPI fellowships (Ministry of Economy & Competitiveness)
FPU fellowships (Ministry of Education, Culture & Sport)

UdL PhD. fellowships:

WHAT DO THEY OFFER / COVER?

a 3-year contract (yearly renewal)
a monthly pay
free PhD registration fee for every academic year of fellowship holding (you only have to pay for administrative taxes)
possibility to apply for grants in two of the calls for research support grants offered every year by the Vice-Chancellorship for Research (grants to attend and participate in conferences and short research stays abroad or in Spain)

MAIN REQUIREMENTS

applicants must have a Masters degree
Their PhD tutor must be part of a research group with an R+D+i National Plan project awarded during the previous year
Applicants’ degree title average mark must be 1.6/4 minimum
Degree must have been achieved not before 2005

FI-DGR PhD fellowships
GENERALITAT DE CATALUNYA

MAIN REQUIREMENTS

applicants must have completed a Masters degree (or 60 ECTS credits)
PhD tutors must be part of an SGR Consolidated Research Group (recognised by the Generalitat de Catalunya). According to UdL group classification, these groups are rated as A
the PhD project must be linked to a financed competitive research project allocated to the research group, or to a company-financed agreement for research with a total minimum budget of 24,000.00 €

FPI PhD fellowships
MINISTRY OF ECONOMY AND COMPETITIVENESS

WHAT DO THEY OFFER / COVER?

a maximum 48-month fellowship divided in two periods
a maximum 2-year phase to complete the Masters degree
a 2-year contract phase to carry out PhD studies, complete and read the PhD thesis work and achieve PhD title
a monthly pay (around 1,100.00 €/month)
according to the last FPI call, registration for a maximum amount of 60 CR at Masters level. Once the PhD period starts, fees will not be covered
possibility to apply for grants for short research stays abroad or in Spain (FPI Short stays call)

MAIN REQUIREMENTS

GRADUATES WHO HAVE ACHIEVED 300 CR., WITH A COMPLETE BACHELORS DEGREE AND A WHOLE OR PART OF A MASTERS DEGREE GIVING ACCESS TO PhD STUDIES
Applicants can apply for a maximum of 2 different fellowships linked to different projects
PhD thesis director must have a permanent post at the University or at least a contract with it at least for the period covered by the FPI fellowship. If this is not the case, there should be a co-director who meets this requirement included in the application

FPU PhD fellowships
MINISTRY OF EDUCATION, CULTURE AND SPORT

WHAT DO THEY OFFER / COVER?

a maximum 48-month fellowship divided in two periods
a maximum 2-year phase to complete the Masters degree
a 2-year contract phase to carry out PhD studies, complete and read the PhD thesis work and achieve PhD title
a monthly pay (around 1,000.00 €/month)
registration in PhD programme during the academic years coinciding with the fellowship period
possibility to apply for grants for short research stays abroad or in Spain (FPU short stays call).

MAIN APPLICANT REQUIREMENTS

The last call was launched in April-May 2012.
Applicants should meet the following requirements:

have a DEA exam passed or be able to pass it by the end of the present academic year, or
meet the requirements to have access to the research period of PhD studies or be registered to do so by the end of the academic year. In any case a minimum amount of 300 ECTS credits is required from previous studies: that is to say, both graduate and postgraduate (Master) studies
have finished graduate studies after 1st January 2009 (for both degrees and “graus” of 240 CR.), and after 1st January 2008 (for degrees and graus of 180 CR)
average mark of graduate studies equal or higher than 1.6 / 4
foreign applicants must have their NIE before the call is launched.

USEFUL WEBSITES

UdL: http://www.udl.cat/recerca/convoca/predoctorals_totes.html

FI-DGR Generalitat: http://www10.gencat.cat/agaur_web/AppJava/catala/a_beca.jsp?categoria=predoctorals&id_beca=17881

FPI- Economy & Competitiveness: http://www.idi.mineco.gob.es/portal/site/MICINN/menuitem.791459a43fdf738d70fd325001432ea0/?vgnextoid=e07042340eeb9310VgnVCM1000001d04140aRCRD&vgnextchannel=8da5b9746e160210VgnVCM1000001034e20aRCRD&vgnextfmt=formato2&id3=cd6042340eeb9310VgnVCM1000001d04140a____

FPU- Education, Culture & Sport: http://www.mecd.gob.es/horizontales/servicios/becas-ayudas-subvenciones/para-estudiar/doctorado/fpu.html

PhD fellowships

FOR MORE INFORMATION PLEASE CONTACT:

UNITAT DE GESTIÓ D’AJUTS
UNIVERSITAT DE LLEIDA
gestioajuts@rectorat.udl.cat

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