# Call for Entries published in the Official Bulletin of the University of Granada No. 236 (May 2, 2024)

Date and Time * To be confirmed

Location * Auditorium of the Triunfo Administrative Complex

Candidates:

Prizes * First prize: €300 * Second prize: €200 * Audience Award: €200

In order to promote dissemination activities among young doctoral researchers, the Doctoral Schools and the Scientific Culture Unit of the University of Granada announce the “II Edition of the Doctoral Monologues Contest” for the academic year 2023/2024, with the aim of awarding, in a competitive regime, three prizes, in the form of grants.

The purpose of the call is to promote dissemination activities among young doctoral researchers, the Doctoral Schools, and the Scientific Culture Unit of the University of Granada.

Participants must articulate a informative monologue of their doctoral thesis within a time limit of no more than four minutes and without any kind of graphic or audiovisual support. Only the spoken word may be used as a means of expression.

This contest is an initiative of the Doctoral Schools and the Scientific Culture Unit of the University of Granada to promote the development of communication and scientific dissemination skills among future doctors.

The aim is for researchers in training/doctoral candidates to be able to convey to society what they do, how they do it, and why they do it. For this purpose, their presentation is proposed in the form of a monologue, explaining the content of the thesis in simple, accessible, and engaging language.

All doctoral candidates at the University of Granada who have successfully passed at least one annual evaluation of the progress of their Thesis (Monitoring and Research Plan) may participate.

Applications must have the approval of the tutor and the doctoral candidate's supervisor and guarantee that the information provided is suitable for public dissemination. These requirements will be accredited along with the submission of the application.

The contest phases will take place between the months of May and June, both inclusive.

1. The submission period will be between May 6 and May 17 (both inclusive). This application will be made through the UGR's electronic headquarters, through a generic application, indicating personal data and the Doctoral Program to which they belong, and attaching the form contained in Annex I of this call.

2. Once the submission deadline has passed, the list of admitted and excluded candidates will be made public, granting a period of five days for the correction of those that lack any requirement, without prejudice to the possibility of directly publishing the final list if all the applications meet the requirements set forth in the call.

3. Participants who meet the requirements set to participate will attend a “Scientific Communication Workshop” coordinated by the University of Granada's Communication Management Office on a date to be announced, and in any case, before the date indicated for the submission of the videos.

4. Participants will send a video of their monologue in MP4 format before May 24. The videos will be uploaded to the UGR Consignment Service: https://consigna.ugr.es/ with an expiration of thirty days, and the link to access it will be sent to: epdoctorado@ugr.es, indicating in the subject Doctoral Monologues Contest INVESTIG4_Participant's Name and Surname.

5. Each participant can submit only one video.

Two phases are determined:

First phase: The Jury will view the received videos and select 10 monologues for the final phase of the contest.

The list of finalists designated by the Jury will be published on the EIP website https://escuelaposgrado.ugr.es/, opening a period of 10 business days for the presentation of allegations, counted from the day following the publication.

Once this period is over, the instructing body will submit the Jury's proposal with the finalists to the competent body for resolution and publication on the website https://escuelaposgrado.ugr.es/.

Participation implies full acceptance of the rules.

Second phase: The selected monologues will advance to the final phase, which will be held in person at one of the facilities of the University of Granada, on a date to be determined, which will be communicated with sufficient notice. In this phase, the Jury will select the two best candidates and will ask the audience to choose a third from the candidates who have not been selected, to award them the “Audience Award”.

The list of prizes will be published on the EIP website https://escuelaposgrado.ugr.es/, opening a period of 10 business days for the presentation of allegations, counted from the day following the publication.

After this period, the instructing body will send this list to the competent body, which will issue the final resolution with the Jury's decision and the description of the awards granted.

Participation implies full acceptance of the rules.

The evaluation criteria will be common to all branches of knowledge:

Content: description of the research topic and its importance, methodology, the most relevant expected results, and possible preliminary conclusions using a logical and engaging structure. (maximum 5 points)

Expression and creativity: use of simple and informative language (avoiding technicalities and scientific jargon) that allows the understanding of the topic. Originality in presentation and the ability to make the audience want to know more about the topic will be valued. Do not trivialize the research content; it should be informative, approachable yet rigorous. (maximum 5 points)

Audience Award: the audience will assess the candidates with the same criteria as the Jury (described in the two previous sections), assigning a maximum of 5 points to each criterion. This score will be noted on a ballot handed out to those attending the final session of the contest, thus deciding the recipient of the Audience Award.

The jury will consist of five individuals related to Postgraduate studies, Doctorate, and linked to the field of communication and scientific dissemination (or individuals they delegate):

1. Director of the Graduate School
2. Director of the Doctoral School of Humanities, Social Sciences, and Law.
3. Director of the Doctoral School of Sciences, Technology, and Engineering.
4. Director of the Doctoral School of Health Sciences.
5. Director of the Communication Management Office.

The maximum expenditure of this call amounts to 700 euros, with the credit planned in the economic subconcept 486.00 of Program 422D of organic 30.45.01.02.0 of Chapter IV of the University of Granada's Budget Expenses for the 2024 fiscal year.

The following prizes will be awarded, and a certificate will be issued for each of the winners. The first two prizes will be awarded by the Jury and the third will be awarded by the audience attending the final:

• First prize: €300

• Second prize: €200

• Audience Award: €200

The winning monologues will be uploaded to the website of the International Postgraduate School https://escuelaposgrado.ugr.es/ and the Vice-Rectorate for University Extension and Heritage https://veu.ugr.es/, as well as on the social network: https://www.instagram.com/canalugr/?hl=es

The instructing body of the call will be composed of the Director of the International Postgraduate School and the Head of the Doctoral Service, who may carry out the necessary checks on the veracity of the data provided by the applicants. Likewise, they may request any reports, data, or clarifications they deem appropriate, requesting a report from the Doctoral Studies Advisory Council of the International Postgraduate School (CAED).

The competent body for resolving the procedure is the Vice-Rector for Postgraduate Studies and Lifelong Learning of the University of Granada by delegation of powers from the Rector (Resolution of July 28, 2023, BOJA No. 148, August 3, 2023).

The prize will be paid upon completion of the contest, by bank transfer to a bank account in the name of the awardee.

Failure to comply with the terms of this call, as well as the concealment, alteration, or manipulation of data, will result in disqualification and, if applicable, repayment of any prize received.

If the research of the doctoral candidates is linked to a confidentiality agreement, the students must verify with the parties involved the contents used in the contest.

The University of Granada will not be responsible for any infractions that may arise from such non-compliance.

The personal data provided in the participation request for this call will be used solely for the purpose of processing the request, evaluating it, and verifying compliance with the requirements to participate in the call for the purposes of resolution, notification, publication, and management of the prize payment.

The University of Granada is authorized to process the personal data of the interested parties because it is necessary for the fulfillment of an action carried out in the public interest or in the exercise of the public powers conferred on the University (Art. 6.1.e of the General Data Protection Regulation).

Failure to provide the mentioned data and requested supporting documentation will make it impossible to participate in this call. Interested parties may request access, opposition, rectification, deletion, or limitation of the processing of their data, as provided for in the relevant regulations on the subject.

The authors agree to assign their image rights to the UGR for the use of images for communication and dissemination purposes.

Any data or information provided by the contestants must be suitable for public dissemination.

# Previous Editions of UGR Doctoral Monologue Contest