- The chosen Research Field and the “Problem Statement” (social/technical/economical/environmental) about which she/he will work.
- The professional/social practice linked to that problem, its scientific basis, the knowledge about that research field.
- An anticipation about the general objective of the Candidate’s research work within that Problem Statement and how it will make the knowledge to advance.
- The most important (and fundamental) people that have worked and are working in Candidate’s Research Field
- The research groups, the conferences and the meetings that have been organized, in the past, and are going to be organized in the future, in Candidate’s Research Field;
- The main research projects that have been funded, in the past, in particular EU Projects (see CORDIS), their results or attended results;
- the main stakeholders (industrial, social, communities ...) directly involved or to be involved or just interested in solving the stated problem.