Research at UVigo

 

Ethics in research

Professional responsibility & attitude

As a member of staff at the Universidade de Vigo you are expected to conduct all aspects of your academic life with integrity and in a professional manner. Researchers should adhere to the recognised ethical practices and fundamental ethical principles appropriate to their discipline(s) as well as to good practice in Research standards as documented in the different national, sectoral or institutional Codes of Ethics. 

Ethics Commission

If you have questions about the ethical aspects of your research work, you are welcome to contact the Ethical Advisory Board at Universidade de Vigo. We can assist with an advisory ethical assessment of the project regarding resources, the relationship and information pertaining to research participants, and the collection, processing, publication and archiving of data.

Good practice in Research 

The Universidade de Vigo describes practices and recommendations that have been established by experts or taken as reference as good practice and are generally accepted by members of academic & research staff at the university

A full explanation of professional responsibility and attitude in Research, including information on the Universidade de Vigo’s approach to plagiarism is available here in the following link.

 

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Data protection

Universidade de Vigo is responsible for making sure that all processing of personal data that takes place within its activities is correct and follows the Data Protection Ordinance (DFS) (General Data Protection Ordinance, GDPR): The European Parliament and Council’s Ordinance EU 2016/697) and national laws.
A personal data ombudsman has been appointed to organise the work with GDPR.

• Processing personal data collected

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Industrial and intellectual property

Industrial  and  intellectual  property  related  to  the  results  of  research activities,  as  well  as  the  documentation  and  the  digital, biological, chemical  material  or  any  other  type  of  material  resulting  from  these activities, belongs to the Universidade de Vigo, except when these activities have been outsourced to third parties.

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Transfer of knowledge

Dissemination & Exploitation of research results

The Universidade de Vigo has among its objectives to promote the well-being and progress of society, contributing with its capabilities and resources to the advancement of knowledge, social development, economic growth and job creation. The University promotes research, transfer and innovation, aligning them with the challenges of society and the needs of the productive framework. The capabilities of our researchers must be put at the service of society through, among other actions, collaboration with companies in the field of knowledge transfer and innovation.

The mission of the R&D Office is to carry out work on the transfer of R & D & I capabilities and results to the socio-economic environment for teaching and research staff (PDI), companies and other external entities.

Further information:

• R&D Office
• Knowledge Transfer

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Open Science and Open Access

UVigo is committed to promote the dissemination of teaching and research in the information society context and the possibilities of electronic publishing. An Open Access policy has been set in order to ensure the widest possible dissemination of research results.

• Open Science 
• Open Access: policy and repositories

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Science communication

• For press related actions, you can contact with the Press Office. Find here information about its structure and contacts in the three campuses.
   
• If you are interested in public engagement projects, activities or any scientific culture actions, please contact with the Scientific Culture Unit (UCC+i, Unidade de Cultura Científica e da Innovación)

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Research services and resources

 

Standards and forms

Selection & Recruitment

The Universidade de Vigo is committed to the OTM-R principles in its recruitment and selection policy.

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Universidade de Vigo researchers are invited to join the profile of our University in the EURAXESS Platform from where they can disseminate the contracts in charge of their projects. Our goal is to ensure that the best candidate is recruited for a particular job through an open, transparent and merit-based selection process.

• Sign up at EURAXESS

Purchasing

Purchasing management is done centrally through a specific ordering application.

Support Research Centres

• CACTI
  The role of the CACTI is the acquisition, management and centralized use of large scientific equipment to provide scientific and technological support to members of the University Community.
  @LIMS is a web platform for requesting and tracking the services offered by CACTI.
• Toralla Marine Science Station
  ECIMAT offers state-of-the-art seafront facilities and specialized scientific / technical services to any public or private entity interested in marine research. ECIMAT is a key element in the Centro de Investigación Mariña-CIM's internationalization strategy, participating in numerous international initiatives.
• Research, Transfer and Innovation Center
  CITI, located on the Ourense campus, seeks to promote the development of R&D&I in companies, through the creation of collaborative spaces to favour and transfer knowledge from the University to the business framework through joint R&D&I projects, related to the field of agri-food, biotechnology, energy, environment and information technologies.

Investigo

Investigo is the institutional repository of the Universidade de Vigo that collects, disseminates and preserves the scientific production of its research staff

BIDI

BIDI is the search engine for researchers and research groups of the Universidade de Vigo

SUXI

SUXI is the software application for the management of scientific production of the Universidade deVigo. 

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Career Development

Funding & grants

The Universidade de Vigo has its own research grant programme

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Special Educational & Research Needs 

So that all people can fully develop their university life, regardless of their nationality, religion, sexual orientation, gender, functional capacity or socioeconomic situation, each centre of the Universidade de Vigo has a person in charge of students with special needs.

• Further information

Lifelong Learning Programme

Researchers will be able to participate as teachers or students in Universidade de Vigo’s permanent training programs, which are unofficial degrees aimed at academic specialisation, entrepreneurship, professional advancement or retraining, and the cultural training of people.

These degrees can be postgraduate or university training and cover different areas of knowledge. The educational offer includes short-, medium- or long-term courses and may have admission requirements for participants.

All information on permanent training programmes including pre-registration for courses is available on the web: https://cpfp.uvigo.gal/

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Complaints, suggestions and congratulations system

Complaints, suggestions and congratulations (QSP, in Spanish) are active mechanisms of citizen participation of great importance for our university.

The QSP system is our university's own program based on quality standards for public administration, quality standards in higher education, and state and regional legislation and regulations.

Its objective is to promote and facilitate that the users of the University services transmit their opinion both in the form of congratulations or complaints, whether or not their expectations have been met, as well as as a suggestion, proposing actions to improve the provision of services. This valuable information allows us to improve the internal processes that lead to the provision of public services.

• Further information