This Thursday, 1 July, is the first day for applications for each one of the three editions of the programme: standard, with 28 contracts; COFUND, with 20, and Banco Santander, with 13. The deadline for applications is 6 September 2021
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María José Hernández is doing her research on elicitation of preference and shared decision making in screening programs, as part of the PhD programme at Universitat Rovira i Virgili
The Predimed-Plus study shows that the Mediterranean diet has the capacity to modify our microbiota. This diet induces changes in our microbiota that could be related to its healthy effect
The high level of research and the quality of its doctoral theses and the associated publications are the principal strengths recognised by the accreditation
Members of the Food, Innovation & Engineering (FoodIE) Research Group at the URV have analysed the properties of black soldier fly protein fractions to boost their use in the food industry. They have demonstrated that this insect protein is comparable to whey protein for sunflower oil emulsification, while it offers certain advantages for lemon oil encapsulation
Video gamEs foR Skills trAining (VERSA) is a project led by the Postgraduate and Doctoral School of the Universitat Rovira i Virgili, and in which two other universities from the Aurora network are also taking part: the University of Innsbruck and the Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam. The Ibero-American Knowledge Foundation is also participating
Jennifer Masip will present the paper at the Conference on Retroviruses and Opportunistic Infections, which brings together more than 4000 leading researchers in HIV from almost 90 countries. Ms Masip is a member of the Infection and Immunity Research Group of the Joan XXIII University Hospital in Tarragona, the Pere Virgili Health Research Institute and the Universitat Rovira i Virgili.
The selection process took place between January and February and about 20 candidates have already signed their contracts with the University. In total, 71 new doctoral students from 19 countries all over the world will be starting work. Their theses will be supervised by almost 100 lecturers
The results and recommendations are based on the analysis of a pilot course on robotics-training for educators at URV’s Faculty of Educational Sciences and Psychology and other previous documented experiences. Holding this kind of training sessions during university studies and professional practice improve educators’ digital skills and knowledge, and also the quality and impact of classroom activities.
Dimitrios Kioroglou, from Oenology Faculty, is the first fellow of the Martí i Franquès COFUND Doctoral Programme to achieve the PhD Degree
The nearly zero-energy buildings (nZEB) present a promising contribution to fulfil the EU sustainable future targets. However, the construction industry that leads the development of nZEB is facing challenges to guarantee its performance. One study led by researchers from the URV in cooperation with TNO has created a diagnostic tool that uses minimal monitoring data to assess and guarantee nZEB performance
The applications are for the Martí i Franquès programme, both in its standard format and the MSCA-COFUND version, and they are from 60 and 90 different countries respectively. The individuals chosen will join the University between December this year and April 2021
All courses will be taught following a blended format and priority will be given to the face-to-face activities of first-year bachelor’s degrees
This Tuesday, 15 September, the application period was opened for both of the programme’s sections: the standard section, for which there are 45 places on offer, and COFUND, for which there are 31. The deadline for applications is 15 November 2020
Since 2014, URV has received 7.9 million euros for two projects of the COFUND-doctoral programme Marie Sklodowska-Curie Actions (MSCA)
The European Commission has awarded the URV’s Martí i Franquès programme more than four million euros to be used to contract 50 predoctoral researchers. The selection process will take place over two editions in 2020 and 2021, and the chosen candidates will each be awarded a three-year contract. The university will contribute a further four million euros to the project. The URV is one of three institutions in Spain to have received funding in the last call of the European Commission’s COFUND-DP programme, and it is the one that has received the most money
A study by the URV’s Cheminformatics and Nutrition research group has shown that an anti-inflammatory drug for humans and another for animals inhibit a key enzyme in the replication and transcription of the COVID-19 virus. The results of the work have been validated by the initiative COVIDMoonshot which has carried out in vitro studies and assessed their bioactivity. The results have been published in the “International Journal of Molecular Sciences”
Doctoral students are challenged to explain their research to the general public. The winner will go through to the final round to compete against representatives of other Catalan universities
Candidates for the Trainee Predoctoral Research Contracts have until 9 January 2020 to present their applications
The programme aims to improve research results by improving the relationship between researchers and doctoral students