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Coordinated by CNRS – France
GUIDE FOR APPLICANTS
Cohort #1
2021 - 2024
This project has received funding from the European Union’s Horizon 2020 research and innovation
programme under the Marie Skłodowska-Curie grant agreement No 945357
TABLE OF CONTENTS
1/About DESTINY
2/Applying for the DESTINY MSCA Cofund PhD programme
WHEN
WHO
HOW
3/Selection process
3.1. Steps of the selection process
3.2. Eligibility criteria
3.3. Evaluation criteria
3.4. Criteria for the evaluators selection
3.5. Redress procedure
3.6. Equal opportunities
3.7. Ethics
3.8 Restricted zone (ZRR)
4/ Enrolment
4.1. Remuneration and employment contract
4.2. Working conditions
4.3. Available services/facilities, special needs
5/ Supervision, training and career development
Annex I : List of topics for Call#1
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1/ About DESTINY
Supported and co-funded by the European Commission through the Horizon 2020 Marie
Sklodowska-Curie COFUND PhD Programme (Grant Agreement # 945357) and 40 other
partners, DESTINY is a European Doctorate Programme that will create a paradigm change in
battery research, in line with the new European context, especially Battery 2030+, a large-
scale and long-term European research initiative. The vision is of inventing the sustainable
batteries of the future, providing European industry with disruptive technologies and a
competitive edge throughout the battery value chain. The 5-year project will train 50 PhDs by
focusing on three main challenges: 1) Reinvent battery materials discovery and engineering,
2) Develop smart batteries and functionalities and 3) Implement new technologies in industry.
All of these benefit from the combined excellence of the big DESTINY European consortium.
The project is aiming at delivering a competitive edge to European Industry and Academy
within the rapidly emerging green technology areas of Electro-mobility and Large-scale
energy storage in a wide sense.
All candidates will be trained at the very forefront of battery research to enable them to
accelerate and exploit novel technologies from a solid basis of knowledge and skills.
Interdisciplinary competences and skills will be favoured through the complementarity within
DESTINY – enabling the PhD students to adopt and excel in: Modelling and Artificial
Intelligence for Accelerated Materials Discovery, Advanced (electrochemical) Analysis
Techniques (diffraction, spectroscopy) including operando characterization, battery
monitoring, smart battery functionalities, crystal chemistry, safety, technology transfer and
prototyping.
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In addition, DESTINY includes a broad set of trainings in transferable skills: personal
effectiveness, research governance, entrepreneurship, engagement, influence and impact.
DESTINY is coordinated by Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS) in France and
gathers 20 Universities, 6 Research Centers, 2 Research Networks, 2 Regions, 3 Large Scale
Facilities and 7 Companies from 11 countries (see Annex I) , most of them members of Battery
2030+ and stakeholders of the European Network ALISTORE-ERI (http://www.alistore.eu/).
DESTINY’s goals, in short
> Train at the highest level, 50 young high-level researchers from all over the world, aiming
to become future leaders in the battery field
> Provide a unique and prime opportunity to young scientists to become part of a very strong
community and academic-industry network, with the triple I approach (International,
Intersectorial and Interdisciplinary)
> Contribute to the development of breakthrough technologies for science, industry and
society
> Develop a high quality training, integrated and sustainable, at the European level
> Consolidate collaborations between academia and industry and generate innovation
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2/ Applying for the DESTINY MSCA Cofund PhD programme
WHEN: Following the principles and requirements set-up in the “European Charter for
Researchers” and “The Code of Conduct for the Recruitment of Researchers” (Charter& Code),
DESTINY will establish two calls (November 2020 and November 2021) throughout the
programme for the recruitment of a total of 50 excellent and prospective Marie Skłodowska-
Curie Early-Stage Researchers (ESRs).
In the first Call, opening on 15th November 2020 and with a deadline of January 15th 2021 for
the submission of applications, a total of 29 PhD positions in Europe are proposed. The full
list of topics is given in Annex I.
WHO: The DESTINY project is open to young researchers of all nationalities who meet the
eligibility criteria for entering a PhD programme, as described in details in section 3.2.
HOW: The complete “Application FORM Global Document” gathered as a SINGLE PDF
document (SURNAME-Name.pdf) will have to contain the following sections:
The Curriculum Vitae (SECT#1) using a provided Europass Template (maximum of 2
pages), to be downloaded on the https://europa.eu/europass/eportfolio/screen/profile-
wizard?lang=en.
A Personal Letter (SECT#2) with motivation statement, including on secondments, career
plans for the doctoral period and 3 years beyond, and a selection of a maximum of 10
research projects (within the list of 29 for the first call – see Annex I) ranked in the order
of preference. The candidate is encouraged to justify her/his choice for the first five topics
selected.
A proof and certificate of Academic Records (SECT#3), translated into English, including
transcripts from undergraduate and master levels. In order to be able to embark on a PhD,
the candidate must hold a degree or equivalent of a Master's degree.
A signed declaration of honour on the compliance and eligibility to the Mobility Rules /
ESR status (SECT#4).
A two-pages Original Essay (SECT#5) on an “Energy Storage” related topic.
Two recommendation letter(s) from academic mentor(s) (SECT#6 & SECT#7).
English proficiency test results (SECT#8) : TOEIC > 800 or TOEFL > 79 or CEFR > C1 or IELTS
> 6.5 or equivalent (for those students who graduated in an English-speaking country).
A complete Check-List (SECT#9) stating that all the necessary documents have been
gathered within the Application FORM global document.
The dedicated online portal, the DESTINY website (https://www.destiny-phd.eu/), contains all
the necessary information and documents related to the application process: list of topics
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proposed in the corresponding Call, Template of the Application FORM Global Document,
Guide for Applicants, etc. The ESR candidates are encouraged first to contact the DESTINY
team. The ESR candidates can apply for the programme through the CNRS online employment
platform as soon as the CALL#1 is open. Every applicant will receive an automatically
generated acknowledgement email when the Application Form Global Document has been
successfully received. A Helpdesk service (email, telephone) is available as well as a F.A.Q
section in the Website.
3/Selection process
The recruitment and selection process is based on the principles of the European Charter for
Researchers and Code of Conduct for the Recruitment of Researchers.
3.1 Stages of the selection process
There are different stages in the selection procedure, each with clear evaluation criteria and
scoring:
Stage#0 : Applications of ESR candidates (Nov.15 th 2020 - Jan 15th 2021)
Stage#1 : Eligibility check of the applications (Jan. 15th – Jan 31st 2021)
Stage#2 : Grading from paper applications (Feb. 1st – March 1st 2021)
Stage#3 : Oral interviews (3-days period, last days of March).
Stage#4 : Final Selection and Topic-Student Attribution (April 4th – May 31st 2021).
STAGE#0: Applications of the candidates, see section 2
Timescale for the selection of Cohort#1 of DESTINY
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STAGE#1: Eligibility Check. Applications will be screened by the Administrative Team (AT)
of DESTINY. Each application without a complete “Application Form Global Document” file –
see the above section HOW - will be considered ineligible and therefore eliminated from the
process. Each application will be carefully checked against the Mobility and ESR rules, as listed
in the section 3.2. The applicants will have to demonstrate the academic requirements in
order to embark on PhD studies. Only those applications that pass the Eligibility check
(STAGE#1) will go through to the Grading from Paper Applications (STAGE#2).
STAGE#2: Grading from paper applications. A global list of all the Applications passing
STAGE#2 will be elaborated by the AT within a week after the CALL closes, using a single
worksheet subsequently sent to and cloud-shared with an International Panel of Experts, (see
section 3.4) appointed within the Principal Investigators of DESTINY (50%) and Independent
Researchers and Representatives of the Industry world (50%). The Application packages of
candidates will be accessible to all members of the International Panel of Experts via a server
(a smooth and safe procedure, as used for many years for the EMJMD Master Course MESC+).
Each application will be graded by five expert referees. Each evaluator will have to score the
application according to predefined and public evaluation criteria and include brief comments
on strengths/weaknesses for each criterion (see evaluation criteria below). From the scores
gathered for all applicants, a global ranking list will be established by the Administrative
Team. To favour a fair, open & transparent selection and awarding process, the highest and
lowest scores for a given applicant will be closely compared to address any unjust bias and/or
extreme grades. A final list will then be established by the AT and communicated to the
Executive Board of DESTINY (the DESTINY governance body that organizes the selection
process) for validation. A threshold of 70 pts (out of 100) will have to be reached by the
candidates at this stage and the first 60 ranked students will pass to the next stage.
STAGE#3: Oral Interviews. The 60 best-ranked students after STAGE#2 will be invited
from early March to an individual videoconference interview with the Selection Committee
(SC) (see criteria for the evaluators selection for its composition) to be organized at the PC’s
facilities. The interview will assess the suitability of the candidate’s profile to the doctoral
program and his/her ability to communicate in English. The SC will evaluate the research skills
and motivation, with the help of a pre-defined evaluation grid (see evaluation criteria
below). The students will elaborate preferably on the five topics of their preferences. The
interview will be of 15’, i.e. 5’ of presentation by the candidates and 10’ of questions including
a few identical questions for all the candidates to ensure equal opportunity. All the 10
members of the SC and the Chairman (the DESTINY coordinator) will listen to and grade all
the applicants (except the Chairman) so that the average scores will be non-random and
promote excellence of the ranked students and fairness of the selection.
Following the interviews, a list of 29 students Recommended for Funding (RF) will be
elaborated, together with a Reserve List (RL) for the next students on the list, who will have
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passed a global threshold of 150 pts (out of 200) after STAGE#2 and STAGE#3. In case of ex
æquo, the SC will deliberate at the end of interviews to decide the ranking of the tied
applicants. In this case, the main criterion used will be to differentiate the candidates through
the “sharpness and quality of the answers to technical questions”. If the candidates are still
tied, we will choose the candidate to ensure gender balance, at least 30% female (or male).
The lists will be proposed for a vote and communicated to the Executive Board and finally all
partners of DESTINY (Supervisory Board). An Evaluation Summary Report will be sent to all the
applicants and contain the following: Final score, funding decision (RF, RL or NF), summary of
strengths and weaknesses. As in the application stage, an opportunity to submit a redress
request will be available for those applicants on the RL or NF list if they believe that the scores
obtained are not fair. A period of ten (10) days after receiving the information will be given
for the redress, through a dedicated e-mail address indicated in the DESTINY web site.
STAGE #4 - Final Selection and Topic-Student Attribution. The AT, under the
supervision of the Project Coordinator, will be responsible for conveying the results to the
students, in early April. Candidates will confirm their topic choice (within the 5 topics they
had selected), priority being given to students with higher rankings. A period of 1,5 months
will be necessary to establish the final list of who-goes-where for the Research topics funded
for a given cohort. Importantly, if a RF student happens to have none of his/her topics
available anymore (being taken by students with higher grades), he/she will be oriented (with
a deadline for accepting or not) towards a topic that would not have been chosen by any of
the RF students. A final list of Awarded Fellows (AF) will be established at the end of the
interview period. From May 31st to September 1st, the DESTINY offices of hosting institutions
will manage the administrative process for contracts, visas, and lodging, (see section 4).
3.2. Eligibility criteria
Mobility Rule: Candidates may not have resided or carried out their main activity (work,
studies, etc.) in the country of the beneficiary/partner organisation for more than 12 months
in the 3 years immediately before the date of recruitment (doctoral thesis starting date). Time
spent as part of a procedure for obtaining refugee status under the Geneva Convention,
compulsory national/service and/or short stays such as holidays are not taken into account.
In case of doubts, applicants are encouraged to ask advice to the DESTINY team.
PhD students (called Early-Stage Researchers, ESR, in H2020 MSCA): at the date of
recruitment, candidates must be in the first four years of a full-time equivalent research
experience. This is measured from the date when a researcher obtained the degree entitling
him or her to embark on a doctorate, either in the country in which the degree was obtained
or in the country in which the researcher is recruited, even if a doctorate was never started or
envisaged, of their research careers, carreer breaks excluded, and have not yet been awarded
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in research, regardless of employment status.
Degree: the candidate must be, at the time of recruitment, in possession of/or finalising a
master degree or equivalent degree which would formally entitle the candidate to embark on
a doctorate.
Availability: the candidate must be available for employment at the defined programme start
date.
English language: The working language of DESTINY is English and the thesis is expected to be
written in English. The candidate must have a demonstrable level of English: TOEIC > 800 or
TOEFL > 79 or CEFR > C1 or IELTS > 6.5 or equivalent (for those students who graduated in an
English-speaking country)
Specific doctoral school requirements in terms of marks, experience, or any other matter that
is a prerequisite to enrolment to the doctorate programme must be met. When applicable,
specific doctoral school requirements will be indicated in each job advert/description.
Completion of the application: the application must contain all the required documents (see
the above section – HOW)
3.3. Evaluation criteria
Evaluation criteria for the selection of students within the DESTINY programme. Each criterion will be given
scores between 0 (lowest) and 20 (highest). The maximum score is 200.
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Cofund PhD “DESTINY”Different criteria will apply for the 2-stage selection process (graded from Paper Applications
and Interviews). These criteria are summarized above along with their respective weights in
the scoring. The evaluation takes into account not only the educational aspects of the
applicant but also other activities in the context of career progression and (development of)
personal skills.
3.4 Criteria for the evaluators selection
Independent evaluators, with no conflict of interest, will be involved at all stages of the
selection procedure. At each of the selection stages, several evaluators will be involved, with
a minimum of three persons for each decision-making step. The teams will contain a balance
of gender, country of origin and expertise, in line with the European Charter for Researchers
and the Code of Conduct for the Recruitment of Researchers.
✓ Administrative Team (AT): Besides the Project Coordinator (PC) (Christian Masquelier,
Professor of Chemistry in UPJV Amiens, FRANCE), it is composed of two European Project
Managers (Mrs. Jamila TAMIMY from the International Office of UPJV Amiens and Mrs.
Caroline PERES hired by CNRS for the DESTINY project) and several Project Officers intervening
at different levels of the project. The AT carries out the eligibility check on applications,
organises the different stages of the process and conveys the final evaluation to the
candidates.
✓ The Executive Board (EB) organizes the whole selection process with the help of the
Administrative Team, including the nomination of both experts panel for paper grading
(stage#2) and selection committee for oral interviews (stage#3).
The Executive Board is composed of:
- the Project Coordinator, Christian MASQUELIER (UPJV – Amiens)
- four Academic Members of DESTINY: Robert DOMINKO (NIC-Ljubljana) Patrik JOHANSSON
(Chalmers TU-Göteborg), Rosa PALACIN (CSIC - Barcelona) and Laurence CROGUENNEC (UB -
Bordeaux)
- two DESTINY industrial partners: Pierre-Etienne CABELGUEN (UMICORE), Xiaohan WU (BASF)
- one large scale facility partner: Emmanuelle SUARD (ILL Grenoble)
- two Battery 2030 + partners: Kristina EDSTRÖM (Uppsala University) and Simon PERRAUD
(CEA)
✓ International and Independent Experts panel for paper grading. They are nominated
among the scientific community including the 39 Principal Investigators (PI) of the DESTINY
consortium and 39 other independent experts from all over the world, proposed by each PI
(with gender balance ensured for each proposed expert). A particular attention being payed
to avoid conflicts of interest, the experts panel is then validated by the Supervisory Board.
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Cofund PhD “DESTINY”✓ The selection committee (SC) in charge of the interviews of stage#3 of the selection
process. It is composed of one academic people from the EB, two people from industry, one
from a large-scale facility, four external experts, one representative of HR from CNRS, and one
student representative (already in PhD in one of DESTINY laboratories).
✓ The Supervisory Board (SB) is the decision-making body that will deal with strategic
orientations, selection and follow up of the program. It is composed by the PIs of the whole
Consortium (see Annex 1).
3.6 Equal opportunities.
Non-discrimination will be ensured at all stages during the DESTINY recruitment process both
in the recruitment panels and in the selection of the candidates. No restrictions on
disability/special needs, gender, age, nationality, ethnicity, religion, sexual orientation, social
status (like migrant/ refugee), etc. will be implemented during the selection process. In
addition, applicants who have had career interruptions due to maternity / parental leave
(F/M), career break (or non-research related working periods), military service, or long
illnesses are encouraged to apply.
For disabled staff, additional financial support to enable MSCA participation and mobility of
disabled researchers will be provided (MSCA Special Needs Allowance).
Gender balance recommendation of the EC will be complied with at two levels: (1) by
promoting gender-balanced in evaluation/selection bodies incl. experts; (2) by aiming at
welcoming an identical number of female and male fellows with equal merits with an overall
objective of at least 30% of female students within DESTINY. To this end, : The calls will be
advertised in specific web portals (European Platform of Women Scientists – EPWS;
Association of Women in Science – AWIS).
3.7 Ethics
The student projects in DESTINY will be compatible with the international and national ethics
laws and the ethical principles of Horizon 2020. During the student project ideation process,
projects will be screened for ethical issues by an international Ethic Board that can provide
recommendations in the unlikely event that a risk is identified.
The ethic training included in the DESTINY program will be mandatory for every doctoral
students. It will include ethics issue such as integrity in research or ethics of science and
technology, but also specific topics in relation with the DESTINY scope: energy/climate issues,
dual use, misuse, data collection/processing, artificial intelligence and intellectual property.
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We would like to inform you that, if the position for which you are applying is likely to be
located in a "restricted zone" (ZRR) as defined in Article R. 413-5-1 of the French Penal Code,
your appointment and/or assignment can only take place after you have been granted access
authorisation by the head of establishment, in accordance with the provisions of article 20-4
of decree no. 84-431 of 6 June 1984.
What is a restricted zone (ZRR) in France? The system for protecting the nation's scientific
and technical potential offers legal and administrative protection based on the control of
access, both physical and virtual, to sensitive information held within protected areas, known
as restricted areas (ZRR). A ZRR constitutes defined spaces within which strategic research or
production activities are carried out and which must be protected because of their interest in
the competitiveness of the establishment or the nation.
What does it involve? Public and private ZRR establishments or laboratory have the obligation
to ask for an authorization first to the Defense Security Officer to access the area and before
any recruitment or assignment takes place. Once the Defense Security Officer has given
his/her consent, the recruitment or assignment process can be prepared. For information,
unauthorized entry into a ZRR is punishable by law as stated by the French Penal Code.
4/ Enrolment
4.1 Remuneration and employment contract
Recruited fellows will be hired for a 36-month research working contract and will be paid a
salary under an employment contract including social security coverage. PhD living allowance
in each country will be of a minimum of 2709€/month for the gross salary, including the social
coverage charges of employer and employees.
These charges depend on the national laws, but for all students they cover benefits for health
care, occupational accident, parental, pension provision and sick leave. On top of the living
allowance, the mobility allowance also granted by the cofounders, consisting of a fixed
amount of 5000€ per PhD, will be paid to the student to cover the expenses relating to the
initial travel and installation.
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Cofund PhD “DESTINY”Recruiting organisation Country Total gross salary (including the
social coverage charges of employer
and employees)*
CNRS FRANCE 3 241 €
ICMAB-CSIC SPAIN 2 709 €
UNIVERSITY OF BATH UK 4 157 €
DANMARKS TEKNISKE DENMARK 4 210 €
UNIVERSITET
FORSCHUNGSZENTRUM GERMANY 3 900 €
JÜLICH
CIDETEC SPAIN / GERMANY 2 709 €
FRIEDRICH-SCHILLER JENA GERMANY 3 700 €
NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF SLOVENIA 2 709 €
CHEMISTRY
CIC ENERGIGUNE SPAIN 2 709 €
WARSAW UNIVERSITY OF POLAND 2 709 €
TECHNOLOGY
* These numbers fulfil the 2 709 € minimum amount required for the MSCA Cofund PhD
programme and vary from one country to another since they take into account the national
laws on salaries and social benefits, local living costs and registrations fees to Universities that
differ from one place to another.
4.2. Working conditions
Working conditions and equipment
The recruiting partner organisations endorse the European Charter & Code. All researchers
independently of their disability (or gender) will enjoy the same working conditions, physical
access and inclusion as carefully monitored by the Executive Board of the DESTINY project at
the beginning of the contract and during the full duration of the fellowships. Expenses related
to the participation of the students in the different activities, throughout the programme will
include costs related to the execution of the research project (chemicals, consumables,
characterization, etc.) as well as travel and accommodation costs for training and networking
activities (secondments, conferences, workshops, schools, etc.). These costs will be covered
by recruiting laboratories, institutions for secondments and/or by cofounders from industry,
on a case-by-case basis.
The students will benefit from the equipment and infrastructures needed for the successful
completion of the project objectives, both at the main host institution or at the other partner
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space and will be provided with a computer. Upon starting the contract, students will receive
adequate training in health & safety issues by the recruiting organisation.
Administrative support
The students will receive the support of the Administrative Team of the DESTINY Project, the
local administration and the doctoral school to complete the necessary paperwork in order to
be registered for PhD studies. The hosts have extensive experience in welcoming students and
more specifically PhD students coming from foreign countries. They all have an International
Office including a Visa Applications Office, and they offer a tutor/contact person and set of
tools which provides a very complete and personalised welcome system.
4.3. Available services/facilities, special needs
Special needs
All special needs will be identified during the contract phase. Upon arrival, the PhD student
will have an appointment with medical/service staff of the host institution to agree on specific
arrangements and if needed put in place technical solutions to adapt teaching materials,
facilitate travels, etc. The same procedure applies also to the secondments. Indeed, all the
consortium universities have different specific services and personnel addressing students
with special needs in order to ensure the principles of equal opportunities for access to studies
and services. In addition, a local student tutor will be assigned for more informal support.
Most partner institutions are already located in adapted buildings and offer transport
assistance, adapted accommodation, tutoring and special equipment.
For disabled staff, additional financial support to enable MSCA participation and mobility of
disabled researchers will be provided (MSCA Special Needs Allowance).
Support
Most of the hosts provide assistance with housing either in the campus or via agreements with
rental agency for foreign researchers. The students are in contact with local student
organisations for social events and activities, and to ease the adaptation to live in a foreign
city. Language lessons (semi-intensive courses over several days or evening courses) are often
provided free for foreign students.
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The highest quality possible education of next generation battery researchers is the aim of the
DESTINY programme. Well-structured supervision arrangements and a rich training and career
guidance programme are proposed. Special emphasis is placed on the participation of
European industry and large-scale facilities together with the academic partners to provide
the fellows with the necessary tools and means to boost their scientific excellence, strengthen
their skill set and thus increase their employability. Future transferable and digital skills are
especially taken into account in the programme that is ranging network-wide to individually
performed training activities.
1.3.1) Joint
5.1 Training activities
Tomorrow’s leading researchers will evolve in a world where the technological advances but
also the economic and ecological restrictions will constantly raise the level of complexity and
diversity of the role they will play. DESTINY will provide the training enabling to go beyond
narrow specialization and reach a broad understanding of the interdisciplinary context,
grasp new skills including transferable and digital, and a mindset of continuous learning – all
to solve not only today’s but also emerging challenges.
The ambitious training programme of DESTINY uses both traditional and innovative
methodologies. Individual practical research work in host laboratories is carried out through
the implementation of a forefront research and technology programme, completed by shared
training through international, intersectorial and interdisciplinary secondments. In addition,
local/ national training modules will be offered to the fellows as well as network-wide joint
training events constructed specifically such as hands-on and Summer/Winter schools,
workshops, and transferable skills events all along the fellows’ path. Some of these are open
also to external experts, students and companies – which further supports the fellows of
DESTINY in terms of creating their own extended networks.
5.1.1 Description of the training modules
The key competences identified for initial and life-long learning are: science, technology and
engineering, literacy - multilingual, digital, entrepreneurship, personal, social and learning to
learn and cultural awareness - intelligence - citizenship competences. They all emerge from a
combination of different knowledge, skills and attitudes. The DESTINY training programme is
divided in two domains: A. Scientific and Technical Knowledge and Skills implemented
through 4 overall study tracks to match to the fellows’ own research project and a common
set of B. Transferable skills with 3 sub-domains (see Table below).
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Cofund PhD “DESTINY”DESTINY’s scientific and technical training program (A) is designed to cover the full energy
storage value chain. It is therefore designed in 4 Tracks (A1-A4), to provide both a broad
coverage and at the same time the needed depth in the training to connect to and leverage
further the fellows’ own research projects. There are also many trainings designed and
valuable to more than one Track and these are therefore Compulsory for many fellows – which
also creates a better understanding of the nearby Tracks’ needs in knowledge and skills and
further supporting the community within DESTINY.
To allow for each fellow to evolve her/his own special interests we also provide large Optional
training possibilities within all four Tracks. DESTINY’s transferable skills program (B) is
divided in 3 sub-domains (B1-B3) covering the future skills embedded throughout the key
competences, and vital for the future.
5.1.2 The Training Application
To facilitate the on-line training, a « DESTINY Training App. » is implemented for both digital
training and personalized training and progress monitoring. The functionalities are organized
as different interoperable interfaces that will be accessed from a main webpage, with mobile
capabilities, including the following information:
✓ Student’s Profile: Name, country, hosting institution and research field. To ensure personal
data protection, security features to keep the platform safe at all times (e.g. management data
encryption, audit logs, two-factor authentication, etc.) will be used.
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Cofund PhD “DESTINY”✓ Career Development Plan dashboard, including foreseen secondments and planned local
and DESTINY schools / events as well as the e-training plan. In collaboration with his/her
supervisors, the student will select the Compulsory/ Optional trainings that he/she will attend
according to the set of skills that he/she wishes or needs to develop during the PhD. A
competence map tool (skills tracking) allows to easily and effectively follow the progress of
each individual trainee.
✓ Progress tracking tool: target dates and status of each stage (personalized timelines). These
include administrative deadlines and formal progress review activities, but also the mentoring
activities.
✓ Online trainings: In order to face the current COVID-19 context, the student will have access
to a number of digital courses through the app, including webinars, downloadable
slideshows, hands-on exercises, and a final test in the form of an interactive assessment to
pass. A list of other resources with their corresponding links will be also available. The training
app will be energized with webinars and collaborative sessions with the most popular
videoconferencing software (e.g. GoToMeeting, Webex, Zoom, ….) and calendars (e.g. Google
Calendar or Outlook Calendar). Features like inscriptions and captions to suit online students
who are hearing debilitated and sound portrayals for the individuals who are outwardly
hindered will be available. The Obligatory modules are: Personal development: Time
management & active learning (B1); Professional responsibility: Health & Safety (B2); Working
with others & engagement: Team-work / collaboration/ efficient reporting (B3); Societal
impact: Global climate change: economics, science and policies. New energy technologies.
History of science and technology (B3).
With these online courses the students are able to learn at their own pace, improve their
digital skills while saving costs associated to traditional courses. Finally, to help students
engage with the material online and speed them through the modules, gamification features
are added to the courses (e.g. small quiz’s; set a general point-based ranking where each
student gets points by “passed” lectures, posts in the blog, etc.; rewards, recognition, etc).
5.1.3 Mobility as a key asset of the DESTINY training programme
The training programme includes exchanges and visits planned for all fellows at partner
laboratories and industrial premises. The secondments will last for at least 3 months with a
minimum of one international/intersectoral secondment per fellow. These secondments
enable the fellows interested to apply for a “European Doctorate” at their respective doctoral
schools. The secondment(s) will be clearly outlined in the research project summary made
prior to the start of the fellowship and further in the Career Development Plan (CDP).
Furthermore, longer or additional secondments can be arranged later if agreed between all
parties involved. The mobility will favour and benefit the training of the fellow and also both
broaden and deepen the scope and impact of the research performed.
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Several hosting institutions (CNRS, ICG Montpellier, USTAN - St Andrews, OXF Oxford, UoB
Bath, UL Ljubljana, CIC ENERGIGUNE,..), have been awarded the “HR Excellence in Research”
label (and others are in the process) from the European Commission for their Human
Resources Strategy for Researchers (HRS4R) demonstrating that they already established
management structures and procedures at all levels to ensure the best possibly quality of
fellows guidance and monitoring of the projects.
DESTINY fellows will be registered for PhD studies at one of the 15 academic institutions listed
in Annex I and will be under the direct supervision of the corresponding Principal Investigators
(PI). Each PI is a recognized worldclass authority in the area of energy storage systems and
with extensive experience in leading international research projects and directing of young
scientists. PIs will be seconded by a younger junior researcher of their Laboratory.
Additionally, two complementary experts from partner institutions (University, Research
Centres, Large Scale Facilities, Industry, see Annnex I) will be appointed as mentors for the
student and be co-responsible of the thesis and career follow-up / guidance and secondment
periods. The PI, as thesis main supervisor, will be in charge of the “day-to-day” scientific and
training progress monitoring by weekly oral discussions and assessment with the fellow,
monthly writing report and 2-monthly oral presentations in the team seminars with other co-
workers and experts.
A supervision/mentoring guideline will be proposed to all PIs, supervisors and mentors to
help them to implement a uniform, appropriate and effective support to the DESTINY fellows.
The mentoring scheme will consist (in addition to possible secondment periods), in at least 4
interactions per year, of which one face-to-face between mentor and fellow. The latter will
perform a short summary report after each interaction, validated by the mentor. Finally,
regular (every month ideally) face to face or video conference meetings will be organized
between the collaborating teams of a given shared project. The Executive Board of DESTINY
will ensure that all the supervision / mentoring duties are fulfilled.
5.3 Career Guidance Programme
A rich Career Guidance Programme (CGP) is proposed in the DESTINY MSCA PhD programme.
Special emphasis is placed on the participation of European industry and large-scale facilities
together with the academic partners to provide the fellows with the necessary tools and
means to boost their scientific excellence, strengthen their skill set and thus increase their
employability.
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mentors, and communicated to the Project Coordinator. In addition to the objectives of the
research project as well as the details on the secondment(s), the CDP includes short, medium,
and long-term qualitative and quantitative objectives and analysis for the skills and
competencies to be developed. It provides individual career guidance and planning, and a
programme with an extensive array of training modules, events, hosting, etc. for the PhD
period and short after. The fellows are also encouraged to use additional and free online skills
assessment tool (http://www.mydocpro.org/en) to help them identify new career
opportunities starting at Year 2.
The CDP will be submitted within two months after the start of the PhD contract, and will be
annually updated. The major items of the CDP are monitored by the dashboard included in
the DESTINY training app.
THE DESTINY CONSORTIUM
WISHES GOOD LUCK TO ALL APPLICANTS
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Grading Recruiting Organisation Secondment monthly
Phd# PhD project title City Country Laboratory @ GI/RO Country2 Cofuding Organisation PhD supervisor Administrative contact at GI
Institution (GI) (RO) foreseen gross
salary
Jean-Noël Chotard (jean-
Ultra-fast operando characterizations for high ICMCB Bordeaux & noel.chotard@u-picardie.fr) et Anne Charbonnier
PhD-01-01 UPJV Amiens France CNRS France LRCS France UPJV Amiens 3 241 €
rate energy storage materials ALBA Barcelona Vincent Seznec (vincent.seznec@u- (anne.charbonnier@u-picardie.fr)
picardie.fr)
Christine Frayret
DFT- assisted investigation of ion transport in ICMCB Bordeaux & (christine.frayret@u-picardie.fr)et Anne Charbonnier
PhD-01-02 UPJV Amiens France CNRS France LRCS France UPJV Amiens 3 241 €
Na-based ceramic solid electrolytes NUS Singapore Christian Masquelier (anne.charbonnier@u-picardie.fr)
(christian.masquelier@u-picardie.fr)
Alejandro A. Franco
Multiscale Modeling for the Optimization of the
UMICORE N.V, (alejandro.franco@u-picardie.fr), Anne Charbonnier
PhD-01-03 Manufacturing and Interfaces in Solid State UPJV Amiens France CNRS France LRCS Belgium UMICORE N.V 3 241 €
Belgium Virginie Viallet, Vincent Seznec et (anne.charbonnier@u-picardie.fr)
Batteries Mathieu Morcrette
New ionic lithium and sodium solid state SOLVAY Christian Masquelier Anne Charbonnier
PhD-01-04 UPJV Amiens France CNRS France LRCS France SOLVAY 3 241 €
conductors Aubervilliers (christian.masquelier@u-picardie.fr) (anne.charbonnier@u-picardie.fr)
UMICORE (Belgium
Electrochemical and structural study of blended CIC energiGUNE Vitoria &
Universitat Autonoma or Korea) Rosa Palacin
PhD-01-05 positive electrode materials for high power Li- Barcelona Spain ICMAB-CSIC (SPAIN) ICMAB-CSIC Barcelona - Belgium ICMAB-CSIC Laura Cabana (lcabana@icmab.es) 2 729 €
de Barcelona CIC Energigune (rosa.palacin@icmab.es)
ion batteries SPAIN
(SPAIN)
New Oxysulfide Materials as Solid Electrolytes
PhD-01-06 University of Bath Bath UK University of Bath Department of Chemistry LRCS, UPJV Amiens France University of Bath Saiful Islam (msi20@bath.ac.uk) Emma Perry (ep261@bath.ac.uk) 2 709 €
for Solid State Batteries
Development of new sulfate-containing cathode Laurence Croguennec
Université de CEA Grenoble and Frédérique Bonnet
PhD-01-07 materials based on abundant elements for Na- Bordeaux France CNRS France ICMCB France CEA, Grenoble (Laurence.Croguennec@icmcb.cnrs.f 3 241 €
Bordeaux LRCS Amiens (frederique.bonnet@icmcb.cnrs.fr)
ion batteries r)
Multiscale characterization of positive electrodes Laurence Croguennec
Université de SOLEIL Frédérique Bonnet
PhD-01-08 for Li-ion batteries: from ex situ to operando Bordeaux France CNRS France ICMCB France SOLEIL SYNCHROTRON (Laurence.Croguennec@icmcb.cnrs.f 3 241 €
Bordeaux SYNCHROTRON (frederique.bonnet@icmcb.cnrs.fr)
study r)
Supercritical fluids, an alternative towards Li- Université de LRCS Amiens & Gilles Philippot Frédérique Bonnet
PhD-01-09 Bordeaux France CNRS France ICMCB France Région Nouvelle Aquitaine 3 380 €
ion battery (LIB) recycling Bordeaux IPREM Pau (Gilles.Philippot@icmcb.cnrs.fr) (frederique.bonnet@icmcb.cnrs.fr)
Section for Atomic-scale
Hierarchical latent-space models for battery Danmarks Tekniske Copenhage Danmarks Tekniske University of
PhD-01-10 Denmark Materials Modellling, DTU UK DTU Tejs Vegge (teve@dtu.dk) Karina Frederiksen (karf@dtu.dk) 4 157 €
interface dynamics Universitet (DTU) n Universitet (DTU) Cambridge
Energy
Solid electrolyte/cathode interfaces in ceramic all Universitat Duisburg- Institute of Energy and TU Delft & Univ. The Forschungzentrum Jülich Dina Fattakhova-Rohlfing
PhD-01-11 Duisburg Germany Forschungszentrum Jülich Stefan Weitz (s.weitz@fz-juelich.de) 3 900 €
solid state batteries Essen Climate Research Twente Netherlands GmbH (d.fattakhova-rohlfing@fz-juelich.de)
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CIDETEC, Basque Research CIDETEC, Basque
Forschungszentrum
Inorganic ultra-rich composite electrolytes for Universitat Duisburg- and Technology Alliance Energy Storage Institute, Research and Technology Kvasha Andriy
PhD-01-12 Duisburg Germany Jülich GMbH Germany Lacunza Jon (jlacunza@cidetec.es) 2 709 €
high performance solid state batteries Essen (BRTA), Donostia-San Materials for Energy Unit Alliance (BRTA), Donostia- (akvasha@cidetec.es)
(FZJ), IEK-1
Sebastián San SebastiánFriedrich-Schiller- Friedrich-Schiller-universitat Institute of Technical and CIRIMAT Toulouse Friedrich-Schiller- Andrea Balducci Petra Neumann (p.neumann@uni-
PhD-01-13 Innovative electrolytes for high power devices Jena Germany France 3 700 €
universitat Jena Jena Environment and IMN Nantes universitat Jena (andrea.balducci@uni-jena.de) jena.de)
Fluorinated solvent based electrolytes Department of Materials Chalmers University Sara Talian Drvaric
PhD-01-14 Universza v Ljubljani Ljubljana Slovenia National Institute of Chemistry Sweden NIC Ljubljana Ivana Maver (ivana.maver@ki.si) 2 709 €
and metal anode based batteries Chemistry of Technology (Sara.DrvaricTalian@ki.si)
Department of
Applied Science and
Department of Materials Robert Dominko
PhD-01-15 Protective coatings for metal (Li, Mg) batteries Universza v Ljubljani Ljubljana Slovenia National Institute of Chemistry Technology - DISAT Italy NIC Ljubljana Ivana Maver (ivana.maver@ki.si) 2 709 €
Chemistry (robert.dominko@ki.si)
POLITECHNICO DI
TORINO
Synthesis of silicon-based alloys for negative Université de Montpellie Institut Charles Gerhardt, Laure Monconduit Catherine Andreux
PhD-01-16 France CNRS France CEA Grenoble France CEA, Grenoble 3 379 €
electrodes of Li-ion batterie Montpellier r équipe Batterie (laure.monconduit@umontpellier.fr) (catherine.andreux@umontpellier.fr)
Tailored oxides and carbides as active materials Institut des Matériaux de Germany and Thierry Brousse Sophie Guedon
PhD-01-17 Université de Nantes Nantes France CNRS France Iena and Toulouse Région Pays de la Loire 3 199 €
for high power energy storage devices Nantes, Jean Rouxel (IMN) France (thierry.brousse@univ-nantes.fr) (sophie.guedon@cnrs-imn.fr)
Characterization and understanding of the SEI
Institut des Matériaux de CIDETEC and Nicolas Dupre Sophie Guedon
PhD-01-18 in Li-ion batteries based on silicon and ionic Université de Nantes Nantes France CNRS France Spain Université de Nantes 3 241 €
Nantes, Jean Rouxel (IMN) DEAKIN (Nicolas.Dupre@cnrs-imn.fr) (sophie.guedon@cnrs-imn.fr)
liquid
Triggering the formation of a passivating Alexis Grimaud Jessica Duvoisin
Chalmers University
PhD-01-19 interface to enhance the performance of aqueous Sorbonne Université Paris France CNRS France SCEL, Collège de France Sweden Collège de France (alexis.grimaud@college-de- (jessica.duvoisin@college-de- 2 800 €
of Technology
batteries france.fr) france.fr)
Ca and Mg batteries: improvement of Université de Pau & Rémi Dedryvere
PhD-01-20 Pau France CNRS France IPREM ICMAB, Spain Spain UPPA, Pau Marie Rouby (marie.rouby@cnrs.fr) 3 241 €
performances by interface engineering Pays de l'Adour (remi.dedryvere@univ-pau.fr)
2-Dimmensional MXene materials for high Université Toulouse FSU Jena and IMN Germany and Patrice Simon (simon@chimie.ups- Sandrine Cerny (cerny@chimie.ups-
PhD-01-21 Toulouse France CNRS France CIRIMAT Université Paul Sabatier 2 800 €
power energy storage devices III Paul Sabatier Nantes France tlse.fr) tlse.fr)
Development of the Fluidized Bed Chemical Institut Natinal CIRIMAT, RTS Team
Brigitte Caussat Christophe Guiraud
PhD-01-22 Vapor Deposition process to produce high Polytechnique de Toulouse France CNRS France LGC Toulouse & UMICORE N.V. Belgium UMICORE N.V 3 241 €
(brigitte.caussat@ensiacet.fr) (fp7@dr14.cnrs.fr)
performances battery materials Toulouse (Belgium)
Novel (poly)anionic structures for highly Li-ion Javier Carrasco
Electrochemical Energy
conductive solid polymer Universidad del Pais Vitoria (jcarrasco@cicenergigune.com) et Olaeta Leire
PhD-01-23 Spain CIC EnergiGUNE (Spain) Storage University of Uppsala Sweden CIC energiGUNE 2 709 €
electrolytes: A combined theoretical and Vasco Gasteiz Maria Martinez (lolaeta@cicenergigune.com)
Research Group
experimental study (mmartinez@cicenergigune.com=
Rational design of improved Li transport
Electrochemical Energy Frederic Aguesse
mechanisms in composite ceramicpolymer Universidad del Pais Vitoria Warsaw University of Olaeta Leire
PhD-01-24 Spain CIC EnergiGUNE (Spain) Storage Poland CIC energiGUNE (faguesse@cicenergigune.com) & 2 709 €
electrolytes by means of electrochemical and
solid state NMR characterizations
Vasco Gasteiz
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Juan Miguel Lopez del Amo
(lolaeta@cicenergigune.com)
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Polymer electrolytes for calcium – based Politechnika Warsaw University of Warsaw university of Zalewska Aldona Malgorzata Chrzanowska
PhD-01-25 Warsaw Poland Faculty of Chemistry University of Uppsala Sweden 2 709 €
batteries Warszawska Technology, Poland technologyT (aldona@ch.pw.edu.pl) (m.chrzanowska@ch.pw.edu.pl)Sustainable and green batteries: fluorinefree Politechnika Warsaw University of Warsaw university of Leszek Niedzicki Malgorzata Chrzanowska
PhD-01-26 Warsaw Poland Faculty of Chemistry CIC EnergiGUNE Spain 2 709 €
lithium-ion cells Warszawska Technology, Poland technologyT (iniedziki@ch.pw.edu.pl) (m.chrzanowska@ch.pw.edu.pl)
Wladyslaw Wieczorek
Modyfied high-nickel NCA cathode materials for Politechnika Warsaw University of Warsaw university of Malgorzata Chrzanowska
PhD-01-27 Warsaw Poland Faculty of Chemistry NIC Ljubljana Slovenia (wladek@ch.pw.edu.pl) & Wioletta 2 709 €
Li-ion batteries Warszawska Technology, Poland technologyT (m.chrzanowska@ch.pw.edu.pl)
Rarog-Pilecka
Structural studies of heterocyclic alkali metal Politechnika Warsaw University of Technical University Warsaw university of Maciej Dranka Malgorzata Chrzanowska
PhD-01-28 Warsaw Poland Faculty of Chemistry Denmark 2 709 €
saltsolvates as materials for battery applications Warszawska Technology, Poland of Denmark (DTU) technologyT (mdranka@ch.pw.edu.pl) (m.chrzanowska@ch.pw.edu.pl)
Highly concentrated electrolytes dedicated to Politechnika Warsaw University of Chalmers University Warsaw university of Wladyslaw Wieczorek Malgorzata Chrzanowska
PhD-01-29 Warsaw Poland Faculty of Chemistry Sweden 2 709 €
lithium-sulfur batteries Warszawska Technology, Poland of Technology technologyT (wladek@ch.pw.edu.pl) (m.chrzanowska@ch.pw.edu.pl)
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