Publishing in prestigious international indexed journals allows for the recognition of research results by the international community and makes doctoral candidates aware of the need to submit research results to external evaluation. These publications will be added to the doctoral candidate's curriculum and will be considered a merit in job competitions, calls for applications, and job offers.

Doctoral candidates' attendance at international conferences allows for direct communication with the scientific community and helps them gain confidence and experience, in addition to facilitating international collaborations.

The participation of professors/researchers of recognized international prestige facilitates international collaboration and can provide a different perspective to the doctoral candidate's research. These professors can be part of the doctoral program's faculty, co-supervise doctoral theses, or be part of thesis examination committees.

Some alternatives for financing this participation are summarized below:

• Own Teaching Plan: Support for doctoral training activities
• Own Research Plan: Aid for international mobility of research staff (modality C: stays at the US) and Visiting Professors.
• The US finances the attendance of international experts as members of doctoral thesis examination committees that opt for the international mention or co-supervision.
• Based on agreements between the US and the Carolina Foundation, it finances researcher mobility programs between the US and Brazilian Universities (in both directions), short stays for Portuguese professors at the US, and short postdoctoral stays for researchers from Latin American Universities at the US. More information on the Carolina Foundation website.
• The Ibero-American University Association of Postgraduate Studies (AUIP) finances mobility between the US and associated Universities (in both directions) as well as postdoctoral stays at the US. More information on the AUIP website

In the 2019-20 academic year, the percentage of international students in US doctoral programs was 20%. While this figure is higher than in previous years, there is still room for improvement.

In recent years, the University of Seville has signed agreements with scholarship-funding institutions for doctoral studies. These include:

• CONACYT (Mexico), for the co-financing of predoctoral scholarships for Mexican students. Click here for more information
• Carolina Foundation, for the co-financing of predoctoral scholarships for Latin American students. Click here for more information
• The AUIP, for the Ibero-American Postgraduate Program in Communication

On the other hand, the action Innovative Training Networks (ITN), of the European Commission (Marie-Curie Program) aims to train a new generation of creative, innovative, and entrepreneurial pre-doctoral researchers capable of transforming their ideas into products and services that result in economic and social benefits.

This action finances joint training and/or doctoral programs, launched by an international network of public and private centers. Three types of networks are contemplated:

• European Training Networks (ETN): a network formed by at least three independent entities from three different EU member countries, or associated countries. There are no requirements regarding the consortium, but an estimated size of 6-10 partners is expected, and it is recommended that they be from academic and non-academic sectors, thus being able to offer intersectoral and interdisciplinary training. This is the action with the largest budget within the ITNs.
• European Industrial Doctorates (EID): a network formed by at least two independent entities from two different member or associated countries and from two different sectors. At least one of them must be an academic institution (e.g., university) and the other a non-academic institution (e.g., business sector, preferably an SME). Each participating researcher must be enrolled in a doctoral program and spend at least 50% of their time in non-academic sector institutions.
• European Joint Doctorates (EJD): a network formed by at least three independent entities from three different member or associated countries for the creation of joint doctoral programs. The network members must be academic institutions capable of awarding doctoral degrees, although non-academic sector entities can also participate. The network must be able to award joint, double, or multiple doctoral degrees, granted by institutions from at least two different countries, mainly within Europe.

Finally, the action Co-Fund of the European Commission's Marie-Curie program finances predoctoral and postdoctoral scholarships. In this case, the applicant is a single University, and co-financing is mandatory.

RCC 2+2 Postdoctoral Program at Harvard University

Consisting of a 2-year postdoctoral fellowship at Harvard (with a stipend of $30,000/year), followed by a 2-year return contract at the University of Seville with teaching and research functions. The call is for Doctoral students who have defended their thesis (cum laude). They must have been FPU, FPI, Junta Andalucía scholarship holders or US Own Research Plan scholarship holders. A letter of acceptance from a Harvard University department, a valid J-1 visa, and a valid TOEFL iBT certificate with a minimum of 100 points

More info:

• [Video]:Information session January 17, 2024 (TV.US).
• https://www.us.es/internacional/movilidad/pdi-harvard
• https://rcc.harvard.edu/postdoctoral-research-fellowships-harvard-university

In addition to the mobility scholarships associated with FPU, FPI, and PIF contracts, doctoral candidates, as students, can apply for most of the mobility scholarships for US students, both for studies and internships.

Specific mobility programs to Cornell, Pennsylvania, and California Universities are noteworthy.

For more information, you can consult the international mobility page of the US, where you can also find information on external mobility scholarships.

To qualify for this mention, the following requirements are necessary:

• A minimum stay of three months outside Spain and in a country different from the student's usual residence.
• Part of the doctoral thesis, at least the abstract and conclusions, written and presented in one of the common languages for scientific communication.
• Thesis reported by a minimum of two international doctoral experts.
• At least one international expert on the thesis evaluation committee.

For more information, click here

To qualify for this mention, the following requirements are necessary:

• An agreement between the University of Seville and a foreign university, in the framework of which the doctoral thesis is carried out.
• Doctoral thesis supervised by two or more doctors of whom at least one belongs to the University of Seville and another to the foreign university.
• A minimum stay of six months at the institution with which the co-supervision agreement is established.

For more information, click here.

The University of Seville has signed framework co-supervision agreements with internationally renowned universities, describing the general framework of collaboration between the two institutions for co-supervision. This type of agreement facilitates the subsequent specific agreement for each student. Some examples include those signed with the Harbin Institute of Technology (China), the Federico Santamaría Technical University (Chile), the National Autonomous University of Mexico, the Victor Perez Escolano International Curriculum (Architecture) in the International Villard d’Honnecourt Agreement (Architecture).

The US is associated with IMFHAE (International Mentoring Foundation For The Advancement Of Higher Education). This is a network of highly qualified professionals affiliated with internationally prestigious organizations that provide personalized advice on the professional careers of our doctoral students.

• Call for Participation IMFAHE Talent Platform 2020-21

Annex: International Mobility Options. Vice-Rectorate for Institutional Projection and Internationalization