MultiLAwa recruitment: Preliminary dates, selection and evaluation process
Preliminary dates for the recruitment procedure
– Wednesday 8 July 2026, 11:59 pm (CEST/Brüssel): Deadline for all applications
– Wednesday 15 July to Friday 7 August 2026: Preselection process by the DC-selection committees
– Tuesday 11 August 2026: Notification of the results of the assessment of the written applications to the applicants (rejected, waiting list, invitation to interview). The waiting list will remain active until the end of the recruitment process (by 14 September 2026)
– Monday 31 August to Monday 7 September 2026: Online interviews with shortlisted candidates by the DC-selection committees
– By Monday 14 September 2026: Results of the recruitment procedure: list of selected DCs for each IRP.
– 1 September 2026: Start date of the MultiLAwa project
– 1 November 2026: Start date of MultiLAwa PhDs
Selection and evaluation process
A specific Selection Commission will be established for each individual research project / PhD position to assess the applicants.
Each Selection Commission includes the two academic co-supervisors, the secondment(s) supervisor(s), and where appropriate, and depending on the local rules of the beneficiary universities, a member of the local doctoral school.
The Selection and the Recruitment of the Doctoral Candidates are conducted in accordance with The European Charter for Researchers and The Code of Conduct for the Recruitment of Researchers.
The evaluation process centralised by the Recruitment, Training and Skill Progress Committee (RTSPC) of the MultiLAwa consortium will include two stages:
– an internal selection based on the evaluation of each application sent to application [at] multilawa.eu (Deadline: 8 July 2026)
– and an individual online interview between 31 August and 7 September 2026.
1st stage: Application assessment
Applications for each PhD position to be filled will be examined based on a list of evaluation criteria common to each selection committee, including three main criteria:
Criterion 1. Research Excellence of the applicant: coherence and quality of the applicant’s education and track record; a high grade in the Master’s Programme; a high mark in the Master’s Thesis; scientific profile of the applicant, international experience; strong digital skills (for example knowledge of bibliography software (Zotero, Citavi, etc.), knowledge/mastery of digital corpus analysis tools, or other possibly relevant software for the selected IRPs etc.) (50 points)
Criterion 2. Match between the applicant’s profile and the selected Individual Research Project(s), incl. good knowledge of another language / other languages needed for the IRP(s) (35 points)
Criterion 3. Motivation(s) of the applicant and potential impact of the research and training programme on the applicant’s career (15 points)
Candidates that score at least 70 points are eligible for a virtual individual interview; however, not all candidates scoring 70 points or more may be invited for an interview depending on the applicant pool. The selected applicants will then be interviewed via videoconference in line with the MSCA Green Charter.
2nd stage: Interview
Individual interviews will be conducted to gain a better understanding of each applicant’s background, education and skills, proposed Individual Research Project and motivation for applying. All interviews will be conducted via videoconference and will last approximately 20-30 minutes. The languages used for the interviews are German and English.
The Selection Commission will evaluate the interviewees based on the following criteria:
Criterion 1. Excellence of the research statement: innovativeness, scientific knowledge and excellence of the research statement as demonstrated during the discussion, as well as affinity and interest in interdisciplinary research (60 points)
Criterion 2. Quality of the applicant’s oral presentation: argumentation, communication skills, and language skills (40 points)
Each DC-Selection Committee draws up a shortlist for each PhD position. It will reserve the right to hold a second interview round, if needed.
Announcement of the results
The MultiLAwa network will publish the selected candidates for each position on the project website by 14 September 2026. In addition, all applicants will be informed of the outcome of the selection process with an Evaluation Summary Report.
Gender equality
MultiLAwa will comply with the objectives defined in the “Gender Equality Strategy 2026-2030”. The consortium considers the promotion of equal opportunities and gender balance to be an important part of the recruitment of the Doctoral Candidates.
