What is the Research Plan?
Before the end of the first year, the PhD student will draw up a Research Plan that will include, at a minimum, the methodology to be used and the objectives to be achieved in their thesis project, as well as the means and timetable for achieving them. This plan may be improved and detailed throughout their stay in the programme and must be endorsed by the supervisor and the mentor.
The programme’s Academic Committee will evaluate the Research Plan and the Activities Document together annually (approx. June-July) with the report to be issued by the supervisor and the mentor for this purpose. A positive evaluation will be a prerequisite for continuing the programme. In the event of a negative evaluation, which will be duly motivated, the PhD student must be re-evaluated within six months (approx. September-October), and a new Research Plan must be drawn up accordingly. In the event of a new negative evaluation, the PhD student will be permanently withdrawn from the programme.
The Research Plan must be generated annually by the student to be updated, if applicable. As with the Activities Document, the adviser must endorse it and it must be uploaded to SIGMA (CEINDO’s academic management platform) annually for validation by the supervisor(s).
Template: Research Plan (word template for download in Mozilla or Edge)