Pompeu Fabra University DTIC PhD in Spain Scholarships

Pompeu Fabra University DTIC PhD in Spain Scholarships
Predoctoral Research Contracts 
PhD Fellowships (PRC) The Department of Information and Communication Technologies at Universitat Pompeu Fabra seeks doctoral applications from talented students with a strong interest in research. Candidates for PhD positions must hold an M.Sc degree or equivalent. CALL FOR DTIC PhD FELLOWSHIPS 2017-2018 (PDF)
DTIC Research Positions 2017-2018
These fellowships are considered as Predoctoral Research Contracts (PRC), due to the approval of the Spanish law 14/2011 on Science, Technology and Innovation. Applications are invited for the DTIC fellowships, which are targeted at exceptional predoctoral researchers in the DTIC's research are.. The fellowship provides a recognized first step into a research career. We highly encourage that, before applying, each candidate identifies one or several DTIC research supervisor with whom he/she would like to work and contact them. Support from a potential research supervisor s very important during the fellowship selection process (and to get admitted to the PhD program, too). Host institution: Department of Information and Communication Technologies, Universitat Pompeu Fabra, Barcelona. Research Areas

Students will pursue doctoral studies in one of the Research Areas of the department which include Cognition, Computation and Robotics, Artificial Intelligence and Theoretical Computer Science, Natural Language Processing, Ubiquitous Computing, Information Retrieval and Data Mining, Cognitive Multimedia Technologies, Image Processing and Computer Vision, Image Processing for Enhanced Cinematography, Sou. and Music Computing, Human-computer Interaction, Graphics and Educational Technologies, Network Technologies and Strategies, Wireless Communications, Information Theory and Coding, Computational Neuroscience, Instrumentation and Biomedical Electronics, Computational Imaging and Computational Physiology, Analysis of Biomedical Data and Non-Linear Signal Analysis.
Application Period First PhD application period: November 28th, 2016 to January, 16th, 2017 Resolution  Second PhD application period: January, 17th, 2017 to Mar., 10th, 2017 Resolution Third PhD application period: Mar., 11th, 2017 to April, 28th, 2017 Resolution Fourth PhD application period: April 29th, 2017 to June, 1st, 2017 Resolution Fifth PhD application period: June, 2., 2017 to September, 17th, 2017 Resolution Early applications are very mu. encouraged. In particular, we highly recommend candidates coming from outside the EU to apply before the last Application Period How to apply • Fill the application form • For any consults contact to secretaria.dticryulu Duration of the fellowship (PRC) Maximum four years, renewed yearly. Eligibility Candidates must have submitted a PhD application. Only candidates accepted to the PhD program are eligible a fellowship (PRC). Hence, every fellowship application should be paired up with an admissions application into the PhD program. Admissions to the PhD program are handled by the University Admission Office.
Types of fellowship (PRC): There are 3 possible types of predoctoral contracts with established minimum gross monthly salary of 986,76C. This amount can vary according to the research group:
1. Teaching PRC includes a teaching assistance load of 60 hours per academic year. 2. Teaching-Project PRC includes a teaching assistance load of 40 hours per academic year plus some tasks related to the funded project the PhD candidate joins. 3. Project PRC includes tasks linked to the funded project the PhD candidate joins. Non-Eu students will have a reduction of 24. the three first months (till December, if the contract starts in October). The corresponding taxes will be deducted from January when the new fiscal year starts. Only EU students can reduce this tax to 1946 presenting a certificate of fiscal resident from their country.
Teaching hours will be carried out at UPF undergraduate engineering degrees according to the PhD student background. A knowledge of Spanish or Catalan will be required after the first year of fellowships for those teaching in 1st or 2. year.
Fees covered by the fellowship (PRC) Both types of fellowships/PRC include the annual tutorship fees, but not the administrative fees neither the fees for validations of degrees issued by a university outside the European Higher Education Area (EHEA) without homologation. Check here for further nformation.Fees covered by the fellowship (PRC) The year salary gets an increase of 646 during the 3rd year and 2046 during the 4th year. Other gran.