14 PhD Positions, SCAVENGE, Spain (2016-2017)

The host organisation appoints each eligible researcher under an employment contract. The duration of the contract is 36 months. The ESR is covered under the social security scheme, which is applied to employed workers within the country of the host organization, or under a social security scheme providing at least sickness and maternity benefits in kind, invalidity and accidents at work and occupational diseases, and covering the researcher in every place of implementation of the project activities. Basic gross salary amount is €3,110 per month. This amount is then adjusted of a correction coefficient to the Living Allowance of the country in which the researcher will be recruited.

Additional Allowances
A Mobility Allowance contributes to the expenses of the researcher caused by the mobility. The amount of the mobility allowance amounts to €600 per month. A Family Allowance of €500 per month will be paid should the researcher have family, regardless of whether the family will move with the researcher or not. In this context, family is defined as persons linked to the researcher by (i) marriage, or (ii) a relationship with equivalent status to a marriage recognised by the national or relevant regional legislation of the country where this relationship was formalised; or (iii) dependent children who are actually being maintained by the researcher. The family status of a researcher will be determined at the time of their (first) recruitment in the project and will not evolve during the project lifetime.

Rules for applicants
Early-Stage Rule: applicants should be, at the time of recruitment by the host institution, in the first four years (full-time equivalent) of their research careers and have not yet been awarded a doctoral degree. This is measured from the date when they obtained the degree, which would formally entitle them to embark on a doctorate.

Further details:
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