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3.2 Financial support for doctoral students The central daily activity of doctoral students is that of research work on a project which is an integral part of the policy and principal scientific activity areas of which they are members. This work consists of devising and/or testing out new areas of knowledge and new methodologies and expertise. Doctoral students therefore participate in the scientific production of their laboratories, publish articles in national and international scientific journals, and present their work at scientific conferences. It is the responsibility of the organisations who recruit the doctoral students to find out about or to make provision for the payment of their future colleagues when they are preparing a doctoral research project. Funding from charitable foundations and organisations Doctoral contract: Decree no. 2009-464 of 23 April 2009 Valérie Pécresse, the French Higher Education and Research Minister, announced on 7 October 2008 that from September 2009 the new doctoral contract will replace research grant contracts and higher education ‘moniteur’ contracts. These contracts benefit many junior researchers who are preparing their doctoral theses. Find all thesis contract-related information on the UEB’s website: >> www.ueb.eu/themes/collegedoctoralinternational/ The payment of doctoral students is not only a recognition of their contribution to the laboratories’ research efforts, but also a guarantee that work will be carried out in professional conditions of a high standard. Overview of the main types of funding Other sources of funding for information on more specific sources of funding, you can consult online the Guide des financements produced by ANDèS (Association Nationale des Docteurs en Sciences): >> http://financements.andes.asso.fr/ French Ministry of Research grant A research grant is a salary paid by the French Ministry of Research within the framework of a fixed-term employment contract (3 years for contracts set up from 2001) so as to enable the doctoral student to completely and entirely devote themself to their thesis preparation-related research work. Applications for such grants are generally made in April/May, with the Conseil de l’École Doctorale meeting during the last two weeks of June to examine applications and award grants. Funding beyond the 3rd year Study for a doctorate must be for a period of 3 years. However, special dispensations can be obtained in certain cases. If the doctoral study period needs to be extended, the student is strongly advised to look for funding. >> If the time limit is exceeded by a few months, the research laboratory can, for example, finance the end of the doctoral study period out of its own funds. >>If the time limit is exceeded by one year, some funding bodies (particularly charitable organisations) offer funding for a 4th year. It is also possible for a doctoral student to be recruited for temporary university teaching work as an ATER (‘attaché temporaite d’enseignement et de recherche’). >>http://dr.education.fr/Alloc_doc/alloc_1.html /… i Ê} À œ Ã Ã Ê“ œ ˜ Ì … •Þ ÊÃ >•>À Þ Êˆ˜ Ê£ ä ÉÓ ä ä nÊÜ >Ã Ê>Lœ Õ Ì Ê £ ]È È ä Êi Õ À œ ° CIFRE Convention Industrielle de Formation par la Recherche (industrial research by training agreement): >> www.anrt.asso.fr BDI CNRS Funding for doctoral students in engineering >> www.sg.cnrs.fr Allocations de Recherche Doctorales (ARED) de la Région (regional doctoral research grants) Consult the ‘Région Bretagne’ website and watch out for information that is regularly published by the Service de la Recherche. Applications for such grants can be made from late November, and must be received by early March IMPORTANT at the end of their employment contract, doctoral students can receive unemployment benefit, provided that they are in search of work. It is forbidden to use unemployment benefit in order to finish a doctorate! >> http://xnet1.region-bretagne.fr/Recherche http://www.ueb.eu/themes/collegedoctoralinternational/ http://financements.andes.asso.fr/ http://dr.education.fr/Alloc_doc/alloc_1.html http://www.anrt.asso.fr http://www.sg.cnrs.fr http://xnet1.region-bretagne.fr/Recherche

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Contents
1. UNIVERSITÉ EUROPÉENNE DE BRETAGNE
2. DOCTORAL SCHOOLS IN BRITTANY
2.1 SHOS
2.2 ALL
2.3 SHS
2.4 MATISSE
2.5 SICMA
2.6 EDSM
2.7 VAS
2.8 SDLM
2.9 International Doctoral College
3. ADMITTANCE TO A DOCTORAL SCHOOL
3.1 General presentation
3.2 Financial support for doctoral students
3.3 Request for special dispensation for thesis registration
4. THESIS PROCEDURE
4.1 General presentation
4.2 Thesis charter
4.3 Joint doctoral supervision
4.4 Introduction to teaching in higher education
4.5 Doctoral students as research assistants in business
4.6 Social welfare
4.7 Doctoral training
4.8 Duration of the thesis
5. THESIS DEFENCE / ORAL EXAMINATION
5.1 Thesis defence authorisation & the board of examiners
5.2 Cover of the thesis
6. INTERNATIONAL OPENNESS
6.1 International Office contacts
6.2 European Doctoral Student
6.3 International ‘cotutelle’ (joint research supervision) doctorates
7. AFTER THE THESIS
8. DOCUMENTATION, REPORTS, AND STUDIES

A Guide for the doctoral student in Brittany - How to do a doctoral thesis in Brittany