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UCAM'S OWN RESEARCH PLAN 2024-2025
PROGRAMME TO STRENGTHEN HUMAN RESOURCES
The training and progressive incorporation into the University staff of personnel fully dedicated to research activity is an essential condition for the development of the scientific, technical and humanistic research capacities of our University.
With this call, UCAM aims to strengthen its research activity by hiring researchers with international projection, high scientific and technical productivity, leadership and proactivity. The objectives of these contracts also include facilitating the establishment of contacts with researchers from relevant centres outside Spain, attracting research funds in national and international competitive calls of high prestige, increasing scientific production in high impact journals, as well as promoting technology transfer and cooperation with companies and the generation of patents with potential industrial application.
BASIS
FIRST. - Object of the call
The purpose of the call is to regulate the bases for the recruitment of doctoral researchers who enhance the research activity of the Catholic University of Murcia (UCAM), whose ownership, governance, management and administration corresponds to the San Antonio University Foundation (UCAM), as provided for in Article 4 of its Rules of Organisation and Operation, approved by Decree No. 226/2020 of 23 December, of the Governing Council of the CARM (BORM of 29 December 2020).
A total of 2 doctoral researcher contract positions are offered, which will be selected on a competitive basis and under the principles of equality, merit and ability.
The contracted researcher must propose the implementation of new lines of research and the development of original projects with strong innovative potential.
It must have the capacity to establish synergies with well-established and scientifically productive lines of research at UCAM, as well as to promote relations with other research groups at international level and participation in national and European projects, or collaboration with companies at both national and international level.
SECOND. – Areas of interest
Candidates should propose the creation of novel lines of research in the areas of:
THIRD. – Application Centre
The contracted researchers will carry out their activity in any of the UCAM centres.
FOURTH. – Audience
Only doctors who, on the closing date of the call for applications, meet the following requirements may apply for these positions:
FIFTH.- Characteristics of contracts
Contracts will be of indefinite duration from the date of incorporation, with a probationary period of one year. However, they shall be evaluated in successive annual periods to ensure scientific performance. A voluntary and unjustified decrease in performance shall be considered as grounds for termination of the contract in accordance with the provisions of article 54.1.e) of the E.T.T.
The salary of contracted researchers shall be that established in the figure of Researcher in the XIV Collective Agreement for University Education and Research Centres, which in 2024 amounts to €27,997.05 gross per year.
The dedication will be exclusive, with a weekly working week of 37.5 hours for research tasks. However, the beneficiaries of this type of contract may participate in teaching tasks up to a maximum of 100 hours per academic year. This teaching collaboration will be certified for the purposes of the curriculum vitae of the interested party.
The contracts will be incompatible with the validity of any other employment contract by the contracted research personnel and with the receipt of any amount of a salaried nature, as well as with the receipt of other grants with a similar purpose.
SIX.- Application
Interested applicants should submit, in English or Spanish, at the web address via the SCIENTIA Application portal.
the following documentation:
In the event that the technical means necessary for the use of the Electronic Register are not available, and to be able to apply through the CIENTIA Platform, the application and additional documentation, as well as any other incident, will be accepted if sent to the e-mail address candidatos@ucam.edu. The e-mail message must include in the ‘Subject’ section: ‘CALL FOR PROPER RESEARCH PLAN CONTRACTS FOR DOCTOR RESEARCH PERSONNEL 2024/2025’ and the SURNAME AND FIRST NAME of the applicant.
b) Deadlines for applications
The call will remain open until 14 February 2025 and will be resolved during the month of April 2025.
SEVENTH.- Evaluation and selection procedure
Applications will first be assessed by a Technical Commission which will consider:
The Technical Commission shall be composed of:
The Technical Commission will pre-select the candidates that meet the conditions of the call and will propose them to the Selection Committee, which will select the researchers to be recruited.
The Selection Committee shall be composed of:
The Technical Commission and the Selection Committee may conduct personal or online interviews with candidates.
EIGHTH.- Resolution
Once the proposal of the Selection Committee has been received, the President of the UCAM will issue a Resolution of concession and rejection of the contracts. The resolution of the call will be made public on the website of the UCAM Vice-Rectorate for Research.
This call may be declared void if no applicant meets the required standards.
In the case of rejected applications, the decision of the call for applications, published by the means established in the previous paragraph, shall serve as communication.
Merits that are not duly accredited will not be taken into account by the Commission and the candidate may be excluded,
NINTH.- Rights and obligations of contractors
Successful candidates must accept the terms of the contract no later than 1 month after notification. Acceptance of the contract implies acceptance of the rules of this call.
In addition, they shall have the following rights:
And as duties:
María Dolores García Mascarell
Presidenta
[1] The report of the line of research has a free format. The aim is to define the new line of research to be implemented at UCAM, its novelty, groups at national and international level with which it can collaborate, research projects developed in its context and publications derived from it.
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