Doctoral students will be provided with support material and tutorials through the virtual campus to enable them to carry out this activity in a manner that guarantees the highest level of success. The PhD student, together with his/her supervisor(s), and following the indications in the support material, will reflect on: the objectives of the work to be carried out, the methodology to be used for this purpose, the need to be evaluated by an Ethics Committee, and the planning of the research activities necessary to achieve the objectives. The outcome of this work will be the research plan.

Proof of participation in this activity will be evidenced by the subsequent submissions made on the virtual campus. Students will submit as many projects as necessary until they obtain a favourable score on the campus task. Once the favourable score is obtained, the last version (the approved one, with all its documentation signed by the supervisors) will be uploaded on LAUREA ACADEMIC in the activity ""Elaboration of the Research Plan"" for validation by the student's tutor. Description of the procedure: Students will have access to support material and tutorials that will allow them to develop this activity through the Virtual Campus platform. Within 6 months, the research plan report (signed by the supervisors) and all the necessary documentation for its development (Ethics Committee, CVs of supervisors external to the programme and justification of the third supervisor, if applicable) must be submitted on the Virtual Campus for evaluation. This action shall be repeated as many times as necessary, as instructed by the evaluator, until a favourable evaluation is obtained. In any case, before the end of the first year of the programme, the student must have a favourable evaluation of this activity. Once the favourable evaluation is obtained, all evidence (documents) will be uploaded on LAUREA ACADEMIC in the Activity Document, activity Elaboration of Research Plan, for validation by the tutor.