Employment Conditions

The fellows are expected to start their contracts between July 2025 and August 2025 under a 36-month research contract and will be enrolled in the Cardiff PhD programme starting from the 2025-2026 academic year.

All eligible researchers recruited within the network will be employed full-time. They will be entitled to receive a salary within the following range (gross amounts): £42,048 to £51,012 per annum. Salary provided as a range and estimate, with actual salary being determined based on eligible allowances (living, mobility, family), exchange rates, and pension options, which are based on each doctoral researcher’s individual circumstances.

The family allowance is reserved for PhD candidates who have a spouse or are maintaining a child at the recruitment date or have acquired family obligations during the action duration, i.e. persons linked to them by (i) marriage, or (ii) a relationship with equivalent status to a marriage recognised by the legislation of the country or region where this relationship was formalised; or (iii) dependent children who are actually being maintained by the researchers, the family allowance are paid to them as well.

Eligibility criteria

The call is open to applicants of any age and nationality who meet the following requirements at the recruitment date:

• Prior to the starting date of the PhD programme they must hold or be due to hold a Master’s Degree in relevant fields mentioned above.
• Must not already hold a doctoral title.
• Must not have resided or carried out their main activity (work, studies, etc.) in the country of the recruiting organisation for more than 12 months in the 3 years immediately before the recruitment date (mobility Rule). Any time spent as part of a procedure for obtaining refugee status under the Geneva Convention (1951 Refugee Convention and the 1967 Protocol), compulsory national service and/or short stays such as holidays do not count towards the total.

Additional requirements can apply for specific positions. For further information, please consult the detailed information for each position.

Applications for the first round will be accepted from 18/12/2024 until 17/02/2025 at 13Application Procedures

Applications must be submitted electronically to the email address: cemar@ucy.ac.cy.

Applicants may apply for one or more positions, up to three positions in total. In case of multiple applications, applicants should submit one application with a separate research statement for each position and specify the priority order in their personal statement.

The following documents must be provided:

• Personal statement (max 2 pages) detailing the applicant’s motivations and goals within the StoryPharm programme
• CV (max 2 pages) with emphasis on prior academic achievements
• Research statement (max 2 pages, 1,000 words) detailing how the applicant will approach the research project and how the StoryPharm training goals fit into the applicant’s career plans. Please consider the research questions included in each position’s description.
• Copy of Bachelor’s and Master’s Degree certificates and transcript of records.
• Copy of Master’s Thesis.
• A reference letter by the MA supervisor and one other academic reference.
• Copy of an ID document valid at the time of the interview.

All application documents must be drafted in English. For certificates and other official documents official translations in English are preferable. We, however, accept documents in the following languages: Danish, Dutch, English, French, German, Greek, Italian, Norwegian, Portuguese, Spanish, and Swedish.

Applications must be submitted by the call deadline.

The applications must be complete in all their parts and must include all required material in PDF format without any protection that prevents printing.

Evaluation

A specific Evaluation Committee will be established to assess each topic’s applicants. Each Committee will by composed of the main supervisors, an external member from the Supervisory Board, and possibly other faculty members of the recruiting university.

The evaluation process will include two stages.

1st Stage: Application Assessment

Application materials will be assessed based on the criteria specified in Table 2.

The score will be calculated on a scale of 0 to 100 points. Candidates with a score of at least 60 over 100 will pass to the second step and will be invited to an interview. We expect to notify shortlisted candidates in December 2024.

Table 2: Evaluation Criteria for the Preliminary Selection

Criteria

Percentage

Criterion 1: Excellence of the applicant’s CV, skills and track record (see Application Procedures), fulfilment of the relevant requirements related to the position applied for 

80%

Criterion 2: Potential impact on the applicant’s career and motivations to participate in the StoryPharm training programme

20%

Global score  

100% (threshold 60%) 

2nd Stage: Interview

Individual interviews will have the purpose of gaining a better sense of the applicants’ academic background and their approach to the proposed PhD research project as well as the vision of their role within the network and of their future career. If a candidate has applied for more than one fellowship, the interview will test the fulfilment of the requirements for all of them.

The interviews will last approximately 30 minutes. Candidates will be interviewed on-line via Zoom or Teams.

The Evaluation Committee will evaluate the interviewees based on the criteria specified in the table below. It will produce an evaluation summary report for each applicant, with scores and detailed motivations.

All interviews will be conducted in English.

Table 3: Evaluation criteria for the interview

Criteria 

Percentage 

Criterion 1: Excellence of the applicant’s presentation: Argumentation, communication, and evidence of knowledge of the ancient/medieval/modern languages when relevant 

35%

Criterion 2: Excellence of the research statement, originality, understanding of the different facets of research demonstrated during discussion 

65%

Global score 

100%

The Evaluation Committee will produce a ranking list for each position.

Ranking List

All applicants invited to the interview will be informed of the outcome of the selection process with an Evaluation Summary Report.

Applicants with Disabilities or Specific Learning Difficulties

StoryPharm will take specific measures for applicants with disabilities (e.g. blind or deaf applicants or those suffering from any other relevant disability) or with specific learning difficulties (e.g. applicants diagnosed with dyslexia, dysgraphia, dyscalculia or dysorthography) to guarantee equal treatment.:00 (Central European Time).

If any of the above prerequisites is not satisfied, the StoryPharm consortium reserves the right to exclude applicants from the selection procedure at any time, even after the selection procedure has taken place.

Admission to the PhD Programmes

Successful applicants are admitted to their selected PhD programme following the order of the ranking list. The selected applicants must confirm by email their acceptance of the position within 15 days.

Applicants who fail to meet this deadline will be replaced by the next applicant on the ranking list, who will be informed by email and must enroll within 15 days following the same procedure.

If no other applicant is available in the ranking list for the position, StoryPharm may decide to assign the position to a qualified applicant for a different PhD position or launch an extra call for applications for the vacant position.

PhD Fellows’ Rights, Obligations and Incompatibilities

It is not possible to be simultaneously enrolled in more than one study programme leading to the awarding of a degree (e.g. Bachelor, Masters, Postgraduate Specialisation, short/executive Masters or PhD). 

In the case of enrolment in the StoryPharm PhD programme successful applicants will be required to suspend or, if not possible, discontinue any enrolment in their other degree programme before the commencement of the PhD programme in order not to be excluded.

Application Procedures

Applications must be submitted electronically to the email address: cemar@ucy.ac.cy.

Applicants may apply for one or more positions, up to three positions in total. In case of multiple applications, applicants should submit one application with a separate research statement for each position and specify the priority order in their personal statement.

The following documents must be provided:

• Personal statement (max 2 pages) detailing the applicant’s motivations and goals within the StoryPharm programme
• CV (max 2 pages) with emphasis on prior academic achievements
• Research statement (max 2 pages, 1,000 words) detailing how the applicant will approach the research project and how the StoryPharm training goals fit into the applicant’s career plans. Please consider the research questions included in each position’s description.
• Copy of Bachelor’s and Master’s Degree certificates and transcript of records.
• Copy of Master’s Thesis.
• A reference letter by the MA supervisor and one other academic reference.
• Copy of an ID document valid at the time of the interview.

All application documents must be drafted in English. For certificates and other official documents official translations in English are preferable. We, however, accept documents in the following languages: Danish, Dutch, English, French, German, Greek, Italian, Norwegian, Portuguese, Spanish, and Swedish.

Applications must be submitted by the call deadline.

The applications must be complete in all their parts and must include all required material in PDF format without any protection that prevents printing.

Evaluation

A specific Evaluation Committee will be established to assess each topic’s applicants. Each Committee will by composed of the main supervisors, an external member from the Supervisory Board, and possibly other faculty members of the recruiting university.

The evaluation process will include two stages.

1st Stage: Application Assessment

Application materials will be assessed based on the criteria specified in Table 2.

The score will be calculated on a scale of 0 to 100 points. Candidates with a score of at least 60 over 100 will pass to the second step and will be invited to an interview. We expect to notify shortlisted candidates in December 2024.

Table 2: Evaluation Criteria for the Preliminary Selection

Criteria

Percentage

Criterion 1: Excellence of the applicant’s CV, skills and track record (see Application Procedures), fulfilment of the relevant requirements related to the position applied for 

80%

Criterion 2: Potential impact on the applicant’s career and motivations to participate in the StoryPharm training programme

20%

Global score  

100% (threshold 60%) 

2nd Stage: Interview

Individual interviews will have the purpose of gaining a better sense of the applicants’ academic background and their approach to the proposed PhD research project as well as the vision of their role within the network and of their future career. If a candidate has applied for more than one fellowship, the interview will test the fulfilment of the requirements for all of them.

The interviews will last approximately 30 minutes. Candidates will be interviewed on-line via Zoom or Teams.

The Evaluation Committee will evaluate the interviewees based on the criteria specified in the table below. It will produce an evaluation summary report for each applicant, with scores and detailed motivations.

All interviews will be conducted in English.

Table 3: Evaluation criteria for the interview

Criteria 

Percentage 

Criterion 1: Excellence of the applicant’s presentation: Argumentation, communication, and evidence of knowledge of the ancient/medieval/modern languages when relevant 

35%

Criterion 2: Excellence of the research statement, originality, understanding of the different facets of research demonstrated during discussion 

65%

Global score 

100%

The Evaluation Committee will produce a ranking list for each position.

Ranking List

All applicants invited to the interview will be informed of the outcome of the selection process with an Evaluation Summary Report.

Applicants with Disabilities or Specific Learning Difficulties

StoryPharm will take specific measures for applicants with disabilities (e.g. blind or deaf applicants or those suffering from any other relevant disability) or with specific learning difficulties (e.g. applicants diagnosed with dyslexia, dysgraphia, dyscalculia or dysorthography) to guarantee equal treatment.

Confidentiality

Personal data will be collected, used and processed in accordance with General Data Protection Regulation 2016/679 (GDPR).

StoryPharm commits to using personal information for the purposes of the selection process alone.

The participation in the selection process implies the applicant's consent to the collection, use and process of their personal data by the StoryPharm consortium.