EvoMG-DN · MSCA Doctoral Network

Personal Career Development Plan

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Doctoral candidate and doctoral programme

Choose the type of PCDP review and confirm your doctoral project and university information.

What would you like to do?

Doctoral Candidate and project information

Enter the information exactly as used in EvoMG-DN records.

University doctoral programme information

Provide your current doctoral programme information.

PCDP review details

The next review date is calculated automatically six months after the date of this PCDP review.

Based on six months and the official public holiday calendar for Barcelona (2026–2027). You may adjust the date if your host institution follows a different calendar.

Email reminders

You can receive a reminder before your next PCDP review. Enter your email address below if you wish to activate this service. You can also leave this blank and continue your PCDP.

A verification email is required. You can stop reminders using the link in any email.

Research plan

Describe your research starting point, your objectives and the main priorities for the next six months.

Briefly explain the question your project addresses, its overall approach and the scientific outcomes you hope to achieve. Focus on the big picture, not a detailed protocol.

Describe your main research objectives for the next six months and the specific experiments, analyses or actions you plan to undertake. Include the expected milestones or outputs.

For your first PCDP, identify possible difficulties or risks that you anticipate, for example with methods, data, samples, resources or timing, and how you might address them.

For your first PCDP, mention only changes already identified compared with the original doctoral project plan. If none, you can write “No changes identified at this stage”.

Research skills development

Choose up to three research skills that are most relevant to your current stage.

Research quality and good research practice

These are expected research practices rather than optional development priorities. Select the measures you already use and briefly identify anything that still needs attention.

Transferable skills development

Rate your current experience in each skill using the 0-4 self-assessment scale. Then choose 1 to 3 learning priorities for the next six months.

How to rate your current experience
N/A Not applicable0 No experience1 Foundational2 Intermediate3 Advanced4 Expert

Rate yourself honestly. These self-ratings support personal development and training planning; they are not a performance evaluation. Select 0 if the skill is relevant but you have no experience, and N/A only if it is not applicable to your development.

0 of 3 learning priorities selected. Select at least one.

Long-term career objectives

Training and professional development

Add completed or planned activities that support your development.

Suggested free training

Optional recommendations based on your selected priorities. Availability may change; links were last verified in October 2026.

Planned secondments

Do you already have a planned secondment?

Reflection and next steps

Reflection and next steps

Bring together what you have learned, what needs further attention and your 1 to 3 development priorities for the coming six months. You have already selected learning priorities and described concrete actions in the skills sections.

The download contains your completed Word PCDP and a JSON backup. Keep the JSON file: you can import it at your next six-month review to prefill the stable information and review your previous priorities.