Grantholders at JRC - Commission

Opinion of 9 October 2008 on a notification for prior checking on the selection, recruitment and management of grantholders at the Joint Research Centre (JRC) (Case 2008-138)

The Joint Research Centre (JRC) of the European Commission offers grants for doctoral researchers (cat. 20), post-doctoral researchers (cat.30) and senior scientists (cat. 40). The recruitment procedure starts with the publication of a open call on the JRC corporate website. Then, the candidates make a request for a grant by filling in an application form. Applications are collected and evaluated. A contract is signed with the successful candidates.

The EDPS has issued an opinion relating to the processing of personal data in the selection, recruitment and management procedures of grantholders at the Joint Research Centre. The EDPS concludes that on a general basis the procedure complies with the principles established in the data protection regulation. However the EDPS did make number of recommendations mainly as concerns the collection of excessive data, transfer of data, access to evaluation data, information of the data subject as well as the security measures.