RESTART Programme
Examples of eligibility
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Researcher A was granted 120 days of parental leave, and this number of days elapsed exactly on April 10, 2024. In this case, the researcher reaches 120 days on the first day of the eligibility window (April 10, 2024 to June 2, 2025) and is therefore eligible to submit her application.
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Researcher B took 120 days of parental leave on June 2, 2025 (the reference date for eligibility purposes) and will continue to take this leave for another 30 days. If she continues to take parental leave after the reference date, is she eligible? Yes, because the day on which she reached 120 days of leave occurred between April 10, 2024 and June 2, 2025, and she can therefore submit her application.
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Researcher C is currently on shared parental leave starting on December 15, 2024 which, with interpolated periods of leave, will end on June 15, 2025. If, by June 2, 2025, she/he has taken a total of at least 72 days of shared parental leave, she/he will meet the requirement set out in point 2(iii) of the Notice of the Call and will therefore be eligible to submit her/his application.
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Investigator D is currently on shared parental leave, which began on January 24, 2024. After the initial period of 42 days of exclusive parental leave taken by the mother, the researcher took 78 consecutive days of shared parental leave, which ended on April 10, 2024.
Is the researcher eligible? Yes, because he has taken at least 72 days (in this case, 78 consecutive days) of shared parental leave, entirely within the eligible period, which runs from April 10, 2024 to June 2, 2025.In this example, the mother, who is also a researcher, began by taking 42 days of exclusive parental leave. After the 78 days of shared parental leave taken by the father (from January 24 to April 10, 2024), the mother took 72 interpolated days of shared parental leave, distributed between April 11 and June 21, 2024.
Is the mother eligible? Yes, because she took at least 72 interpolated days of shared parental leave within the eligible range (from April 10, 2024 to June 2, 2025).So, in this example, we have a scenario in which both parents, researchers, having shared parental leave, are eligible for the RESTART Programme.