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</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--></head><body lang=CA link="#0563C1" vlink="#954F72"><div class=WordSection1><p class=MsoNormal>Dear colleagues,<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>at UOC we are now offering grants for the doctoral programm. <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>One of the lines is in GIS. If you are interested in this line, please, contact me:<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><a href="http://www.uoc.edu/portal/en/escola-doctorat/linies-recerca/linies-nit/applications-geographic/index.html">http://www.uoc.edu/portal/en/escola-doctorat/linies-recerca/linies-nit/applications-geographic/index.html</a><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:9.5pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><strong><span style='font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'>The call for grant applications for the Information and Knowledge Society Doctoral Programme; Education and ICT (e-learning) Doctoral Programme, and Network and Information Technologies Doctoral Programme is open.</span></strong><span style='font-size:9.5pt'><br><br></span><strong><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'>The deadline for applications for the doctoral programmes is 31 January 2017. The UOC is offering grants for these three doctoral programmes for the 2017/2018 academic year.</span></strong><span style='font-size:9.5pt'><br><br></span><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'>To be eligible for the UOC Doctoral Grants Programme students must be full-time and physically present at the University's premises.</span><span style='font-size:9.5pt'><br><br></span><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'>The grants normally cover three years, but in some cases they can be extended to a fourth year of postdoctoral work. Grants require annual renewal. Renewal is contingent on the students achieving the training and research objectives established in each case. One of these objectives is to complete the doctoral thesis within a maximum of three years, after which students can apply for a further one-year postdoctoral grant.</span><span style='font-size:9.5pt'><br><br></span><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'>The programmes offer the chance to study for an industrial doctoral degree, with grants for the best applicants with agreements with companies. Doctoral students studying an industrial doctoral degree will have a university supervisor and a tutor at the company.</span><span style='font-size:9.5pt'><br><br></span><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'>The UOC is a fully accredited online university based in Barcelona and serving over 60,000 students worldwide. The University welcomes doctoral students who want to develop their research in a top-level, international setting and on a doctoral programme that forms part of the Bologna process.</span><span style='font-size:9.5pt'><br><br></span><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'>Prospective applicants can find information on the application process and on the content and organization of each doctoral programme on the <a href="http://estudios.uoc.edu/en/doctoral-programmes" target="_blank">website</a>. We recommend you contact the researcher who is in charge of the thesis proposal you are interested in and ask them for advice (eg, by sending them a draft of your application letter).</span><span style='font-size:9.5pt'><br><br></span><strong><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'>For further information: <a href="http://estudios.uoc.edu/en/doctoral-programmes" target="_blank">http://estudios.uoc.edu/en/doctoral-programmes</a></span></strong><span style='font-size:9.5pt'><br><br></span><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'>The deadline for applications is <strong><span style='font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'>31 January 2017. The application requires several documents to be submitted. Make sure you prepare your application in advance.</span></strong></span><span style='font-size:9.5pt'><br><br></span><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'>UOC</span><span style='font-size:9.5pt'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:8.5pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;color:#2E3A69;mso-fareast-language:CA'>Antoni Pérez Navarro</span></b><span style='font-size:8.5pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;color:#2E3A69;mso-fareast-language:CA'> <br>Estudis d'Informàtica, Multimèdia i Telecomunicació <br><b>Universitat Oberta de Catalunya</b> <br></span><span style='mso-fareast-language:CA'> </span><span style='font-size:7.5pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;color:black;mso-fareast-language:CA'><br></span><span style='font-size:8.5pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;color:#4D4D4D;mso-fareast-language:CA'><a href="mailto:aperezn@uoc.edu"><span style='color:#0563C1'>aperezn@uoc.edu</span></a> <br>22@ (Rambla Poblenou, 156 / 08018 Barcelona) <br>orcid.org/0000-0002-7037-0635 <br><a href="https://www.linkedin.com/in/antonipereznavarro"><span style='color:#0563C1'>https://www.linkedin.com/in/antonipereznavarro</span></a><br>@tonipereznavarr<br>ICSO research group<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:8.5pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;color:#4D4D4D;background:white;mso-fareast-language:CA'>REPNIN: Spanish excellence network in indoor positioning</span><span style='font-size:9.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#222222;mso-fareast-language:CA'><br></span><span style='font-size:7.5pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;color:black;mso-fareast-language:CA'><br><img border=0 width=164 height=38 style='width:1.7083in;height:.3958in' id="Imagen_x0020_1" src="cid:image001.gif@01D25AC7.980FCDD0" alt="Universitat Oberta de Catalunya"><span style='background:white'> </span><br><span style='background:white'> </span><br></span><span style='font-size:7.5pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;color:#969798;mso-fareast-language:CA'>Aquest missatge s'adreça exclusivament a qui va destinat i pot contenir informació privilegiada o confidencial i dades de caràcter personal, la difusió de les quals és regulada per la Llei orgànica de protecció de dades i la Llei de serveis de la societat de la informació. Si no sou la persona destinatària indicada (o la responsable de lliurar-lo a qui va destinat), no heu de copiar aquest missatge ni lliurar-lo a tercers per cap concepte. Si heu rebut aquest missatge per error o l'heu aconseguit per altres mitjans, us demanem que ens ho comuniqueu immediatament per aquesta mateixa via i l'elimineu irreversiblement.</span><span style='font-size:7.5pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;color:black;background:white;mso-fareast-language:CA'> </span><span style='font-size:7.5pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;color:black;mso-fareast-language:CA'><br><span style='background:white'> </span><br></span><span style='font-size:7.5pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;color:#969798;mso-fareast-language:CA'><br>Abans d'imprimir aquest missatge electrònic penseu en el medi ambient.</span><span style='font-size:9.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#222222;mso-fareast-language:CA'><br><span style='background:white'> </span><br></span><span style='font-size:7.5pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;color:#969798;background:white;mso-fareast-language:CA'>Aquest missatge s'adreça exclusivament a qui va destinat i pot contenir informació privilegiada o confidencial i dades de caràcter personal, la difusió de les quals és regulada per la Llei orgànica de protecció de dades i la Llei de serveis de la societat de la informació. Si no sou la persona destinatària indicada (o la responsable de lliurar-lo a qui va destinat), no heu de copiar aquest missatge ni lliurar-lo a tercers per cap concepte. Si heu rebut aquest missatge per error o l'heu aconseguit per altres mitjans, us demanem que ens ho comuniqueu immediatament per aquesta mateixa via i l'elimineu irreversiblement.</span><span style='font-size:9.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#222222;background:white;mso-fareast-language:CA'> </span><span style='font-size:9.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#222222;mso-fareast-language:CA'><br><span style='background:white'> </span><br></span><span style='font-size:7.5pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;color:#969798;background:white;mso-fareast-language:CA'><br>Abans d'imprimir aquest missatge electrònic penseu en el medi ambient.</span><span style='font-size:7.5pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;color:black;mso-fareast-language:CA'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div></body></html>