The students of the Doctoral Programme in Biomedicine and Biotechnology conduct their research in the Departments of "Biochemistry and Molecular Biology", "Genetics", "Plant Biology", "Microbiology and Ecology" and "Cell Biology" of the Universitat de València as well as at the Valencian Institute of Infertility (IVI), Institute of Biomedicine of Valencia (CSIC), Institute of Agrochemistry and Food Technology (CSIC), Institute of Molecular Plant Biology (CSICUPV), Príncipe Felipe Research Centre (Valencian Government, GVA) and Hospital "La Fe" (GVA). The research teams of these Departments and Centres that are part of the programme have fully equipped laboratories for the development of research work. All groups are currently funded by European, national and/or regional plans. This funding covers consumables and the acquisition and renewal of the equipment necessary for research.
The most relevant equipment and facilities are listed below:
Universitat de València
Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology:
Infrastructure
· 18 individual research laboratories with appropriate equipment.
· Cell culture room fully equipped for two workstations.
· Cold chambers, freezer room, storage rooms, media preparation room, dark room for imaging techniques.
· 2 staff rooms with projection system for 30 seats.
· Meeting room with projection system for 20 seats.
· Small standard equipment in Biochemistry, Molecular Biology and Cell Biology laboratories.
· Access to the Joint Research Unit of the Faculty of Medicine and Incliva Foundation, with large equipment and infrastructures complementary to those of the Departmental Section.
Equipment
FREEZER JOUAN UXES 70 11,951.65 €
VIBRATOME LEICA 11,851.96 €
Sonicator and complements - Bioruptor sonicat device 1.5 ml tube ho 11,789.00 €
UPRIGHT FREEZER 11,642.81 €
SANYO CLIMATE CHAMBER (HUMIDITY AND TEMPERATURE OT96B REF) 11,214.94 €
LAB CABINETS 11,180.62 €
SPECTROPHOTOMETER 11,101.03 €
C25 INCUBATOR-SHAKER WITH UNIVERSAL PLATFORM 10,878.32 €
ELECTRO DETECTOR 10,818.22 €
INVERTED MICROSCOPE 10,440.00 €
CCD CAMERA 10,440.00 €
SANYO GROWTH CHAMBER 10,362.00 €
ORBITAL THERMO ELECTRON-SHAKER 10,325.00 €
294L. SANYO chamber with light, temperature and humidity control 10,306.00 €
CO2 Stericycle incubator and complements (water bath and microplates) 10,300.00 €
Plant growth chamber, MLR-352 10,269.10 €
UPRIGHT FREEZER 2186-V 10,236.65 €
UPRIGHT FREEZER 2186-V 10,236.65 €
SPECTROPHOTOMETER ULTROSPEC 3000PRO 10,217.21 €
ORBITAL SHAKER 10,206.84 €
PROTEIN PURIFICATION SYSTEM 10,139.85 €
SHAKER 10,092.62 € HPLC WATERS 600 PUMP 10,036.90 €
ORBITAL SHAKER AND COMPL. 9,984.85 €
ELECTROPHORESIS EQUIPMENT 9,916.70 €
EL DETECTION SYSTEM 9,821.02 €
INCUBATOR 9,665.66 €
CELL DISRUPTOR (SAST PREP-24 MP BIOMEDICAL) 9,500.00 €
WELL PLATE READER (ACCESSORY PA) 9,340.68 €
Thermo Scientific spectrophotometer model Nanodrop 9,335.00 €
VAT COSTS ROBOT FOR THE MANUFACTURE OF DNA CHIPS 9,333.15 €
METAL TRAY WITH THERMOMETER, THERMOSTAT AND GLYC 9,184.16 €
ULTROSPEC 9,175.53 €
Revco Elite Plus R22.ULT2186.6 freezer 9,090.00 €
GEL DRYING SYSTEM 9,000.00 €
Upright freezer -80º C, with VIP insulation 519L. 9,000.00 €
Fast prep-24 MP Biomedical 8,950.00 €
BLUE REACTOR 12 POSITIONS, + ACCESSORIES 8,830.00 €
MULTISKAN EX. THERMO PLATE READER 8,750.00 €
Programmable Gradient Density Fractionator = TELEDYNE ISCO 8,620.69 €
VACUUM CONCENTRATOR 8,608.00 €
Gas fume cupboard 1200x925x2500. burdinola. ORST1200 8,507.84 €
QUANTITATIVE PCR COMPLEMENTS (DNA ENGINE CHASSIS+ALP) 8,465.52 €
BIOFUGE 8,354.07 €
SPECTROPHOTOMETER UV/1601/1603 WITH 2 MACRO D CUVETTES 8,354.07 €
Photo documentation system UVI DOC LCD Uvitec 8,323.00 € SPECTROPHOTOMETER 8,233.87 €
FREEZER MOD. PLATINUM 500V 8,131.60 € INNOVA 3100 BATH 8,125.31 €
Department of Plant Biology
· 4 research laboratories with appropriate equipment
· Laminar flow cabinets
· Bench-top ultracentrifuge (Optima Max, Bekman)
· Fluorescence microscope (Olympus)
· High performance liquid chromatography (HPLC) system (Waters)
· Protein purification system (FPLC) (Akta Purifier, GE Healthcare)
· Image analysis equipment (ChemiDoc) (Bio-Rad)
· Fluorescence/luminescence microplate reader (Spectra Max Gemini, Molecular Devices)
· Plant culture cabinets with photoperiod and temperature and humidity regulation (Sanyo)
Department of Genetics (Faculty of Biology)
The Department of Genetics has at its disposal the following facilities for the teaching and research activities to be carried out by its PhD students within the framework of the aforementioned Doctoral Programme:
· 3 Teaching laboratories with capacity for 20 students equipped with computer equipment connected to the internet and image display projector, designed to conduct experimental practices.
· 1 Microscopy room
· 1 Equipment room (which includes some of the devices described in the scientific equipment)
· 1 Tissue culture room
· 3 Insect culture chambers
· 1 4th degree chamber for sample preservation and preparation
· HPLC room
· Radioactivity room
· Media preparation room
· 4 research Laboratories to develop the lines of work that are being developed
· Library
· Staff room
Department of Genetics (Cavanilles Institute of Evolutionary Biology)
1. OPTICAL AND FLUORESCENCE MICROSCOPY SERVICE: 2 microscopes are available: "Nikon E800" with analog camera (with 2 lens revolvers for good chromatic correction and for "DIC or Normarski" and "Phase Contrast" techniques) and "Nikon E400 POL" also with fluorescence options.
2. CYTOMETRY SERVICE: The cytometer is a Beckman Coulter "Cytomics FC500" model, located in a room in the semi-basement of the main building.
3. AUTOCLAVES: There are 2 large autoclaves: one is located on the second floor of the main building and the second in the "P3" chamber (high biological safety chamber).
4. MICROTOMY: The ICBIBE has two paraffin microtomes (Microm HM 340E and Leica RM2135), a cryostat (Leica CMI900) and an ultramicrotome with diamond blade (Leica: Ultracut UCT).
5. VEHICLE FLEET: 2 cars model "Ford Ranger double cabin”, which are available for users 24 hours a day.
6. CHAMBERS P2 AND P3:
The "P2" chamber is adapted for biohazard level 2, in accordance with directive no. 2000/54/EC, which classifies biological agents into 4 levels according to their hazardousness.
Access to the "P3" type chamber is restricted (using a magnetic card) strictly to staff who need to carry out their experimental work in it and always with prior authorisation from the ICBIBE management. The chamber is distributed in 3 rooms in order to ensure proper isolation from the external environment.
7. RADIOACTIVITY LABORATORY: the radionuclide thymidine tritiated (very low energy beta emitter) is used for labelling cell proliferation, as well as U-235 and U-238 in the form of uranyl acetate (used as contrast for electron microscopy). The facility is licensed by the Valencian Department of Industry and Trade. Directorate-General for Industry and Energy of the Valencian Government, reference: IR/V-95/90 I.R.A. 1737/03. for the handling of non-encapsulated radioactive material in Research.
8. REFRIGERATED CHAMBER AT 4ºC next to room P3.
9. AN AUTOPSY ROOM FOR MARINE ZOOLOGY.
10. THREE GENERAL STORAGE ROOMS.
11. A MEETING ROOM.
Department of Microbiology and Ecology
5 equipped research laboratories.
Several seeding chambers with different levels of biological safety
Several -20 and -80 ºC freezers
Several thermal cyclers
Eppendorf refrigerated centrifuge
Bench-top and 2 Beckman floor-standing centrifuges up to 20,000 rpm
Gel imaging system
3 autoclaves: 2 horizontal and 1 vertical
Freeze dryer
Sonicator
Binocular inverted microscope
Several research and teaching microscopes HPLC spectrophotometer and gas chromatography equipment
Several shakers
Several incubators
Multiskan plate reader
Fluorescence microplate reader Millipore water treatment equipment
Central Service for Experimental Research: SCSIE.
Located on the Burjassot Campus, the Universitat de València provides its researchers with the "Central (Support) Service for Experimental Research (SCSIE)".
The SCSIE is a general service of technological resources whose aim is to provide centralised and integral support to the research of the university community and to public and private companies and institutions. It is directly managed by the Universitat de València and is functionally dependent on the Office of the Vice-Principal for Research and Science Policy. The central unit of the SCSIE was created in 1993 on the Burjassot Campus and also has facilities in the Faculty of Medicine (Central Research Unit in Medicine, UCIM) and at the Science Park of the Universitat de València. In order to offer a top quality service, the SCSIE has a state-of-the-art instrumental infrastructure and the best technical staff specialised in each of the areas. It is organised into 14 sections that include the following scientific and technical services applicable to different areas of research, health and industry: Nuclear Magnetic Resonance, X-Ray, Mass Spectrometry, Atomic Spectroscopy, Optical and Electron Microscopy, Genomics, Proteomics, Bioinformatics, Glassblowing Workshop, Cell Cultures, Aquarium Plant, Animal Production, Greenhouses and Environmental Radioactivity. Its aims are, among others, to solve problems related to: characterisation and analysis of raw materials; structural determination of organic and inorganic substances and compounds; morphological studies of all types of inorganic and biological materials, using high-resolution scanning and transmission electron microscopy and confocal microscopy techniques; environmental impact assessment; determination of total #/# indices in air, water, soil and sediments; nucleic acid sequencing; analysis of agri-food products; detection of transgenic material; diagnosis of hereditary diseases; gene identification in animal and plant breeding; forensic genetic testing; etc. The SCSIE technology platforms support chemical, ceramics, plastics, textile, pharmaceutical, biomedical and clinical industries, etc., mainly located in the Valencian Community and, in addition to offering services, they provide technical assistance and actively participate in national and international technological development and research projects.
Institute for Plant Molecular and Cellular Biology (IBMCP)
In addition, the IBMCP facilities have the necessary equipment and authorisation to work with radioisotopes, as well as a large number of greenhouses to facilitate the work of the researchers. Among other general services, the IBMCP has a library, a computer room and a sterilisation and washing service.
The following table summarises the Institute's capabilities and shows the latest equipment purchased for a value of more than 15,000 euros.
Date of Registration Supplier Name Brand Model Value Good 31/12/2003 INSTITUTO TECNOLOGICO EUROPEO GREENHOUSE INSTALLATION NON-BRANDED 894,606.00 € 30/10/2007 LECO INSTRUMENTOS, S.A. LECO GAS CHROMATOGRAPH N/C 179,979.80 € 01/10/2002 JUAN ZURIAGA LEICA CONFOCAL IMAGE ANALYSER 142,446.60 € 23/12/2004 DURVIZ, S.L. LASER MICRODISSECTION (SYSTEM OF) LEICA N/C 139,900.00 € 07/11/2002 DURVIZ, S.L. IMAGE TREATMENT (SYSTEM OF) BIO-RAD GEL DOC 2000 132,200.00 € 14/01/2002 C.E.DURVIZ,S.L. WORK STATION NOT RECORD N/C 128,616.59 € csv: 103894453036026334799807 Identifier: 403307343 28 / 52 AUTOMATED 20/10/2006 AGILENT TECHNOL.SPAIN, AGILENT TECHNOLOGIES BIOMOLECULE ANALYSER 118,900.00 € 30/05/1997 PERKIN ELMER HISPANIA, S.A. PERKIN ELMER ABI PRIM 377 DNA SEQUENCER 90,151.82 € 04/07/1996 INSTITUTO TECNOLOGICO EUROPEO, S.L. ITE PHYTOTRON ROOMS N/C 89,142.12 € 11/12/2006 MILLIPORE IBERICA, S.A. TYPE II WATER TREATMENT BY REVERSE OSMOSIS, MILLIPORE SYSTEM 80,968.00 € 10/12/2003 APPLERA HISPANIA, S.A. THERMOCYCLER (QUANTITATIVE PCR SYSTEM) APELEX ABI PRISM@R 7000 68,500.00 € 29/12/2004 ZURIAGA, J. DANFOS-CASTEL IN VITRO CULTURE CHAMBER N/C 60,000.00 € 04/07/2008 ZURIAGA DOMINGUEZ, JUAN DANFOSS KVL-22 GROWTH CHAMBERS PLANTS 56,000.00 € 11/12/2006 APPLERA HISPANIA, S.A. THERMOCYCLER APPLERA 7500 FAST REAL 49,833.02 € 09/12/2008 LECO INSTRUMENTOS, S.A. CRYOGENIC FLUIDS DERIVATIZATION (AUTOMATIC SYSTEM N/C) 48,720.00 € 01/10/2002 JUAN ZURIAGA IN VITRO GROWTH CHAMBERS NO RECORD 5 X 4.10 X 2.40 48,080.97 € 22/07/2010 ZURIAGA DOMINGUEZ, JUAN VISITING CHAMBERS PLANTS JUAN ZURIAGA COLDKIT 85MM 47,574.74 € csv: 103894453036026334799807 Identifier: 403307343 29 / 52 26/11/2007 WATERS CHROMATOGRAPHY, WATERS HTR GAS CHROMATOGRAPH DEGAS 43,950.00 € 15/09/2008 BECKMAN COULTER SPAIN, S.A. CENTRIFUGE AVANTI J-26XP 41,790.00 € 13/10/2003 BECKMAN COULTER SPAIN, S.A. CENTRIFUGE AVANTI J-25 50HZ 41,608.35 € 10/12/2010 DURVIZ, S.L. FLOW CYTOMETER PARTEC CYFLOW PA2P GREEN 39,281.79 € 01/01/1986 ASSENS LLOFRIU, S.A. ULTRAMICROTOMY EQUIPMENT WITH REICHERT FABRICATOR 37,563.26 € 15/12/2008 PERKINELMER ESPAÑA, S.L. PLATE READER PERKIN ELMER VICTOR X5 37,294.86 € 25/09/2008 ISOGEN LIFE SCIENCE, S.L. HYBRIDISATION (AUTOMATIC SYSTEM OF) HYBRIDISATI 4 SLIDE SYSTEM 36,500.00 € 01/01/1990 SDAD. SPANISH COMPANY FOR CCI GROWTH CHAMBER 35,255.37 € 20/09/2010 APPLIED BIOSYSTEMS THERMOCYCLER (PCR SYSTEM) AB APPLIED 4351107-7500 FAST 35,034.64 € 01/01/1983 BECKMAN INSTRUMENTS ESPA/A, S.A. PREPARATIVE ULTRACENTRIFUGE ADD BRAND 33,055.67 € 19/11/1993 KABI PHARMACIA, S.A. (No.- FRA:4000100147) LIQUID SCINTILLATION COUNTER LKB 1409 33,055.67 € 03/07/2009 GE HEALTHCARE LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY ANALYSER (SYSTEM) GE HEALTHCARE AKTAPURIFIER 10 31,382.07 € 29/01/1999 C.E.DURVIZ S.L. PLOIDY ANALYSER NO RECORD P.A.HB0/ LASER 31,252.63 € 16/03/1999 JUAN ZURIAGA VISITING CHAMBERS JUAN ZURIAGA DAGARD BOLC 30,651.62 € csv: 103894453036026334799807 Identifier: 403307343 30 / 52 GROWTH 29/12/2004 ZURIAGA, J. PRESERVATION CHAMBER DANFOS-CASTEL N/C 30,000.00 € 28/08/1992 BECKMAN INSTRUMENTRS BENCHTOP ULTRACENTRIFUGE BECKMAN TLX-120 29,981.49 € 01/12/2003 AMERSHAM BIOSCIENCES AUTOMATIC HYBRIDISATION (AMERSHAM SYSTEM) N/C 29,500.00 € 29/09/2009 APPLIED BIOSYSTEMS GENETIC ANALYSER BY APPLIED GENEMAPPER 29,324.80 € 29/01/1999 PERKIN ELMER HISPANIA S.A. LUMINESCENCE SPECTROMETER PERKIN ELMER LS-50B 29,147.22 € 14/12/2001 BECKMAN COULTER ESPAÑA,S.A. BECKMAN AVANTI J-25 CENTRIFUGE 29,137.07 € 15/01/1996 PACISA, S.A. PLANT CULTIVATION CHAMBERS CONVIRON E7/2 28,097.32 € 25/09/2009 LEICA MICROSISTEMAS, S.A. LEICA TP1020 TISSUE PROCESSOR AND INCLUSION BENCH 25,278.74 € 11/12/2006 LEICA MICROSISTEMAS, S.A. PURCHASE OF FLUORESCENCE MACRO MAGNETS, LEICA MZ16F SYSTEM 24,999.97 € 21/12/1995 B.BRAUN BIOTECH, S.A. CLIMATE CONDITIONING CHAMBERS B. BRAUN PEA SEED VAL 95 24,037.65 € 09/12/2008 HUCOA ERLOSS, S.A. ATOMIC ABSORPTION SPECTROPHOTOMETER GFL SENSE A A DUAL 22,000.00 € 06/11/2008 WATERS CROMATOGRAFIA, S.A. LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY DETECTOR WATERS ELSD MOD.2424 21,990.00 € csv: 103894453036026334799807 Identifier: 403307343 31 / 52 22/01/1996 QUEVEDO MANZANO HEWLETT PACKARD 8453A UV VISIBLE SPECTROPHOTOMETER 20,680.86 € 31/05/1995 INSTITUTO TECNOLOGICO MICROPROCESSOR AMBITROL 500 18,631.38 € 07/06/1994 MILLIPORE IBERICA, S.A (No.- FRA:405862) QUATERNARY GRADIENTS WATERS 626LC 17,934.20 € 30/04/2009 INGENIERIA ANALITICA, SL. POTENTIOMETRIC DETECTOR AGILENT TECHNOLOGIES DECADE II 17,870.34 € 17/06/2010 DURVIZ, S.L. FREEZE DRYER VALVE PACKAGE ALPHA 1-2 PLUS 16,301.24 € 21/12/1995 BURDINOLA SOCIEDAD BURDINOLA RADIONUCLIDE GAMMA DISPLAY CABINET 1500 X 900 X 2900 15,967.38 € 11/10/2002 BURDINOLA S.COOP. BETA BURDINOLA ISOTOPE CABINET 1500X900X2500MM OR-RB-1500 14,963.29 €
Institute of Biomedicine of Valencia (IBV)
The Institute of Biomedicine of Valencia (IBV) is located in a building that dates back to 1963 and was previously occupied by the Institute of Agrochemistry and Food Technology (IATA). In 1995, when the IATA moved to the UV Campus in Paterna, the CSIC decided to renovate the old building to create a biomedical institute. This complete renovation, which cost about €2 million, was carried out between 1996 and 1998. The Institute of Biomedicine of Valencia was inaugurated in August 1998. The building is located in the metropolitan area of Valencia and is part of the medical sciences campus of the Universitat de València, only 100-500 m from the Office of the Principal, the Faculty of Medicine and Dentistry, the School of Nursing, and the School of Sports Medicine. It is 2-4 km from the new La Fe University and Polytechnic Hospital (the largest public hospital in Valencia and one of the largest in Spain), the Príncipe Felipe Research Centre, and the Universitat Politècnica de València, which houses two CSIC institutes, one for Plant Molecular and Cellular Biology and the other for Chemical Technology. Thus, the IBV is ideally situated for academic and translational biomedical research.
Infrastructure and general facilities
The IBV has a surface area of 3600 m2, distributed in a basement, a ground floor, a first, second, third and fourth floor, all of them with an approximate surface area of 600 m2. The facilities available are listed below:
· 12 group laboratories (65-80 m2 each) and the corresponding offices (21 offices of 9-12 m2 each).
· 6 common rooms for equipment, 4 of them of 25 m2 and 2 of 7 m2, located next to the group laboratories.
· 3 additional rooms in the basement for heavy equipment and fluorescence microscopy, with a total surface area of 70 m2.
· 4 tissue culture rooms of 20 m2, next to the group laboratories and 1 biosafety culture room of 19 m2, located on the 4th floor.
· 4 cold chambers (34 m2 in total), two of them next to the laboratories and another two in the basement and 2 storage rooms at -20ºC (15 m2 in total).
· 2nd Category Radioactive Facility, which includes 2 radioactivity laboratories of 19 m2 located next to the laboratories.
· 1 room of 15 m2 for graphic terminals. · An animal facility (350 m2), whose rooms are distributed between the ground floor and the basement.
· A cleaning, autoclave and water treatment room, which includes a deionised water distribution network (1-2 outlets per floor). · Maintenance workshop, located on the ground floor.
· Library, located on the first floor, which includes a reading room and storage room.
· Assembly Hall (for 85 people), located on the ground floor.
· Computer server room (including web server).
· Three meeting rooms (large, medium and small) and a dining room.
Commonly used scientific equipment and services include:
· DNA Analysis and Sequencing Service, including ABI sequencing (2000), Pyrosequencer (2007) and NGS 454 Junior and Solid (2010), including Computer Cluster, Bioanalyzer and auxiliary equipment.
· Macromolecular crystallography unit, including robotic crystallisation system (2010), several HPLCs and X-ray diffraction equipment with rotating anode for single crystals, with cryocrystallography system (2012).
· Proteomics Unit, including MALDI-TOF mass spectrometer (2001), 2-D Electrophoresis System, band digestor and peptide concentrator (2002), Nterminal peptide sequencer (2002), Electrospray mass spectrometer (2002) and Q-TOF mass spectrometer with nano-HPLC (2012).
· Advanced Optical Microscopy Unit, including Leica Fluorescent Optical Microscope (2002), and 2 confocal microscopes Leica SP2 (2004) and SP8 (2012).
· Automated tissue processing unit for histology, including microtome and cryotome (2003).
· Fluorescent, luminescent and radioactive marker detection systems, including Fuji FLA5000 system for fluorescence/radioactivity (2003), Fuji LAS3000 (2003) and GE ImageQuant LAS4000mini (2009) for chemiluminescence and LI-COR Odyssey for IR (2006).
· dhPLC, mutation and polymorphism detection system (2004).
· BD FACSCanto flow cytometer (2004).
· Two scintillation counters (2000 and 2010).
· Floor-standing ultraultracentrifuge with four rotors (1998), and mini-ultracentrifuge, 5 refrigerated supercentrifuges with large and medium capacity rotors, one high capacity centrifuge (6 litres).
· 5 complete tissue culture rooms equipped with 2-3 CO2 incubators, two laminar flow cabinets, one inverted microscope and auxiliary instruments.
· Multi-well luminescence, fluorescence and absorbance reader, with heater, mixer and automatic dispenser.
· Cryopreservation service for rodent cells and embryos in liquid nitrogen.
· Experimental room, operating theatres and behavioural room in the animal facility.
· Transgenic animal (mice) generation service.
· Applied 7500 Fast real-time PCR.
· The institute's computer network, which provides network services to more than 100 personal computers with multiple functions and operating systems, and 6 graphics workstations (Silicon Graphics Inc.).
Access to the IT infrastructure of the CSIC Central Services is also available.
Furthermore, the Universitat de València also has centralised services that collaborate in the development of the Doctoral Programme:
- Postgraduate Centre: It brings together the central administrative support structure of the Universitat de València for master's and doctoral studies. This centre includes the Doctoral Unit, which employs 7 people in charge of the administrative management of PhD students.
Lifelong Learning and Educational Innovation Service (SFPIE): In charge of organising and teaching transversal training activities (activities 1 and 2 of the Doctoral Programme).
Quality Unit: It will be in charge of coordinating and managing the processes of evaluation and improvement of the quality of the Universitat de València, including doctoral studies.
Professional Placement and Careers Advice Monitoring Centre (OPAL): Its mission is to help all students and graduates of the Universitat de València to enter the labour market and to improve their professional possibilities. Among other functions, they will be in charge of coordinating the monitoring of PhD graduates.
Provision for obtaining external resources to support PhD students in their training. The funding required for the proper functioning of the programme includes, from the point of view of PhD students, grants, mobility fellowships and funding for attendance at international conferences and meetings.
The sources of funding are mainly of three types and the Academic Committee of the Doctoral Programme is committed to using all existing channels to finance the programme:
1. Calls aimed at the PhD students themselves. In this type of call, those responsible for obtaining resources are mainly There are numerous calls of this type:
• National calls for mobility.
• Calls for mobility of the UVEG.
• National calls for doctoral fellowships.
• Regional calls for doctoral fellowships.
• Calls for doctoral fellowships of the UVEG.
• UVEG grants to attend international conferences.
2. Calls aimed at research groups. In this type of call, those responsible for obtaining resources are the research There are numerous calls of this type:
• Calls for projects of the European Framework Programme.
• Calls for projects of the National Plan.
• Regional calls for research projects.
• Projects with companies.
With regard to the provisions for obtaining external resources, the information on the projects obtained by the research groups participating in the Doctoral Programme makes it possible to ensure that the Programme is able to guarantee the necessary support for the training of its PhD students.
As for the number of PhD students who obtain funding, we can say that all those who have entered with some kind of fellowship have received funding, as they have been integrated into a research group that has covered all the research costs, since all the groups in the programme have enough projects to finance their research. In the case of other PhD students there are not as many guarantees of funding, however, all those we have had in recent years were part of research groups that have also been funding stays, conference attendance, etc., therefore, until now, all PhD students in previous programmes have also received funding.
