Get the most of your PhD
About this BIP
The aim of this BIP is to offer PhD students insight to successfully live through their doctoral experience and get the most of their PhD to become an independent researcher. We will provide participants with tools:
- To manage their project and their research education
- To maintain a good collaboration with their supervisors
- To face and resolve possible problems
- To write and defence the thesis
- To reflect critically on career options and on the development of soft skills to better develop their professional careers.
We will also address some hot topics of the doctoral education like research ethics, the use of artificial intelligence, the emotional wellbeing or the paradigm of the open science.
The methodology will combine short presentations with interactive exercises performed by the candidates working in groups or in round tables, always interacting with the facilitators.
Dates and location
The on-site component of this BIP will take place in Campus Catalunya (Tarragona) from the 20th to the 24th of April, 2026.
We recommend this workshop for PhD researchers in their 1st or 2nd year of their doctorate, although more advanced candidates are also admitted and will benefit from participating in the course.
This BIP will run in parallel with a BIP addressed to thesis supervisors: "Good practices in PhD supervision", with which some common interest sessions will be shared. It is expected that the interaction between doctoral students and supervisors will be mutually enriching.
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General requirements:
As a student, your university has to nominate you via Erasmus+ mobility procedures.
Sending institutions can select their students based on the stated pre-requisites and following their own internal selection procedures before nominating them by the nomination deadline. Further instructions will be sent by email to the selected students after reviewing nominations.
URV asks that the students be supported with an Erasmus+ grant or an Erasmus+ zero grant and be registered in the Beneficiary Module.
For further details see “NOMINATION”
The deadline for nomination is on the 3rd of March, 2026.
Information about the online component
8 April 2026: This joint online session will bring together doctoral candidates and doctoral supervisors from participating institutions as an introductory meeting prior to the on-site programme. The session will open with a presentation of the workshop objectives, structure, and main thematic areas, providing participants with a clear overview of the scope and focus of the training. It will also include a structured joint icebreaker activity involving both doctoral candidates and supervisors. Through guided small-group interaction and plenary exchange, participants will reflect on their respective roles, expectations, and experiences in doctoral research and supervision. The activity is designed to encourage early dialogue, foster mutual understanding, and create a constructive and respectful atmosphere for the subsequent in-person sessions. (12:00 - 14:00 CET)
10 April 2026: Intercultural welcome: Catalan culture introduction course (12:30 - 13:30 CET)
Information about the on-site component
This BIP will combine short presentations with interactive exercises performed by the candidates working in groups or in round tables, always interacting with the trainers at the same time.
Information about the registration and nomination calendar
| PROCEDURE | DEADLINE |
| Nomination / registration | 3 February - 3 March 2026 |
| Nomination / registration finish | 3 March 2026 |
| Selected participants receive confirmation | 6 March 2026 |
| Selected participants fulfil their application process (via URV Mobility platform) | 6 -16 March 2026 |
