1.1. List of activities planned to promote the supervision of doctoral theses

The supervision of doctoral theses will be in accordance with Article 12 of Royal Decree 99/2011, of January 28, which regulates official doctoral studies.

In this regard, within the scope of the program, the doctoral student will be assigned a supervisor for the preparation of their doctoral thesis. The supervisor will be ultimately responsible for ensuring the coherence and suitability of the training activities, the impact and novelty of the doctoral thesis topic in their field, and for providing guidance in planning and, where appropriate, its adaptation to other projects and activities in which the doctoral student is enrolled.

Supervising doctoral theses is the natural path for a university professor's research activity, and its evaluation largely determines their career development. Therefore, professors participating in the program have an objective motivation to dedicate part of their time to this task. However, the universities participating in the proposed doctoral program will encourage and value the supervision of doctoral theses by recognizing teaching credits for mentoring researchers in doctoral training and supervising their theses.

The Interuniversity Academic Committee of the program, in accordance with the regulations of the participating universities, may propose mutual recognition of training activities.

Specific actions to promote doctoral thesis supervision include the following:

a) Provision of resources

• Funding for resources allocated to the completion and supervision of doctoral theses (with funds generated primarily through research projects from competitive public programs and collaboration agreements).
• Co-financing of human and material resources by the universities involved.
• Support for research projects that include the supervision of doctoral theses.
• Financial support from the universities involved, linked to the production of quality publications (research productivity, PRIN).
• Allocation of research resources to activities involving doctoral thesis supervision (repair of research equipment, travel grants, conference organization, etc.).

b) Mobility aids

• Provision of travel grants linked to the presentation of research results.
• Development of residency programs for professors and researchers in doctoral training at prestigious national and international centers.

c) Visibility Actions

• Organization of research seminars where national and international visiting researchers present their progress in research areas within the Doctoral Program.
• Organization of seminars where research trainees from the Doctoral Program itself can present the progress of their research lines.
• Carrying out visibility actions for supervised doctoral theses, in collaboration with the libraries of the universities participating in the program.

d) Professional recognition

• Promoting the reduction of the teaching load of thesis supervisors.
• Preferential participation in the Doctoral Program Committee for research professors who direct doctoral theses
• Promotion of doctoral theses on topics in which the generation of knowledge clearly improves opportunities for professional development.

1.2. Code of good research practices

Research projects must not only comply with the requirements established in each case by current legislation on the code of ethics for good research practices, but also have the express authorization issued by the Ethics Committee of the Center where the research will be conducted.

In recent years, various research ethics or bioethics committees have been established at Spanish universities. These structures recognized their responsibility to society from the outset.

The universities participating in the program belong to the Network of Ethics Committees of Universities and Public Research Organizations in Spain. The network's objective is to provide committee members, on the one hand, and the entire scientific community, on the other, with access to information relevant to their needs: protocols, regulations and other documents, news and calls for proposals, useful links, and a discussion forum.

In a new environment with evolving legislation, it was necessary to share information and experiences to define procedures, both for the Committees themselves and for researchers and, ultimately, for society as a whole.

The need for these Committees to have common, agreed-upon operating guidelines was raised and for this reason the Network of Ethics Committees of Universities and Public Research Organizations of Spain (E-mail: cbub@ub.edu). The network's objective is to provide Committee members, on the one hand, and the entire scientific community, on the other, with access to information relevant to their needs: protocols, regulations and other documents, news and calls for proposals, useful links, and a discussion forum.

The members and contacts of the network of universities related to the interuniversity program being presented are listed below.

• CSIC: comitedeetica@csic.es; subcomitedebioetica@csic.es; ceeacnb@cnb.csic.es; cei@cnb.csic.es; montoliu@cnb.csic.es; f.prat@csic.es (Andalusia); redondo@ebd.csic.es (Doñana); mcasado@ibv.csic.es (Valencia); miguel.fernandez.gutierrez@eae.csic.es (León)
• CANTABRIA: juan.garcialobo@unican.es
• THE LAGOON: gabello@ull.es
• OVIEDO: abrio@uniovi.es
• EHU / BASQUE COUNTRY: ceid@ehu.es; susi.marcos@ehu.es; ainoa.larrinaga@ehu.es; mabel.marijuan@ehu.es
• BARCELONA: Bioethics Commission of the University of Barcelona  Animal Experimentation Ethics Committee; Barcelona Science Park; Ethics Committee of the Open University of Catalonia ; cbub@ub.edu; ceea@sct.ub.es; jvisa@idibell.cat; lsimo@pcb.ub.es; sea-pcb@pcb.ub.es; mtora@imim.es

Specifically, the University of Cantabria's Research Ethics Committee (CEIUC) aims to issue reports, proposals, and recommendations to the UC on matters related to the ethical implications of research. The CEIUC also represents the UC in supranational and international forums and organizations involved in research ethics.
The CEIUC is affiliated with the Vice-Rectorate for Research and Knowledge Transfer, from which it is organically dependent but functionally independent.
Regarding the activities of the doctorate, the CEIUC has developed the "Code of Good Practices in Scientific Research" based on which the Doctoral School has drawn up a "Guide to Good Practices in the Preparation of Doctoral Theses", which has been favorably reported by the EDUC Steering Committee, and which should serve as an aid to doctoral students and supervisors in achieving success in the completion of a thesis project.

2. List of planned activities that promote the supervision of doctoral theses.(List of planned activities that promote multiple supervision in academically justified cases (co-supervision of theses by an experienced and a new supervisor, co-supervision of interdisciplinary theses, in collaboration, international, etc.) and presence of international experts in monitoring committees, preliminary reports and thesis tribunals.)

The interdisciplinary nature of the program facilitates joint supervision of doctoral theses among its participants. Therefore, thesis supervision will be encouraged in cases where it is academically justified, in various ways, such as:

• Co-supervision of theses by pairs (e.g., between an experienced director and a new director)
• Co-direction of interdisciplinary theses
• Co-direction with researchers from other national or international centers

Additionally, the Interuniversity Academic Committee of the doctoral program will encourage the presence of international experts on monitoring committees, preliminary reports, and thesis committees. To this end, various actions will be developed, such as:

Participation in International Congresses, among others.

Inclusion and participation of experts in R&D&I projects,

International mobility of doctoral students through short stays