Individual Monitoring Committee - CSI

Individual Monitoring Committee is mandatory for each renewal of registration

Role of the CSI

- Checking and reporting on the progress of he phD project on all aspects

- Scientific progress, training progress, dissemination progress

- Alert on all kind of difficulties : with the supervision, with the project, with the working conditions and environment, with health…

Composition of the CSI

- 1 external member, i.e. neither ED 397 nor the host unit(s)

- 1 representative of ED 397 proposed by the ED Steering Committee (HDR is not mandatory)

- the Director of the Host Laboratory (or one of its permanent representatives).

Note that the external member can not be appointed as external reviewer (rapporteur) of the phD manuscript

Note that the thesis director is not part of the committee as such but participate to the committee. He/she will give his/her opinion to CSI. 

Organisation

each CST will be organised by the Thesis Director/ doctoral candidate and can take place with visio systems.

- 2 weeks prior the committee, the doctoral candidate send a summary of her/his activity during the year (research project, training, dissemination), 2 pages maximum 

- oral presentation by the doctoral student of 20 minutes presenting the subject of the thesis, the progress and results obtained

- discussion of about 20 minutes: this will be a constructive exchange between the participants highlighting the progress, difficulties and solutions to be considered for the continuation of the thesis work.

- 10-minute interview of the committee with the doctoral student in the absence of the thesis director

- 10-minute interview of the committee with the thesis director in the doctoral student's absence

Report

- Each CSI meeting will be documented by a report prepared by ED397 representative . Use only the ED template

- Uploading signed report on ADUM before July 15 

Important notes :

when the thesis has started with a delay with respect to October 1st (beginning of the academic year): the CSI will take place at the latest 2 months before the anniversary date of the thesis start.

CSI is mandatory for each renewal of registration, including derogative 4th year of registration