RESTART Programme
Examples of eligibility
-
Researcher A benefited from 120 days of parental leave, which ended 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 and may submit her application.
-
Researcher B had taken 120 days of parental leave as of June 2, 2025 (reference date for eligibility purposes) and continued to take leave for another 30 days. Is the researcher eligible if she continues to take parental leave after the reference date? Yes, because the day on which she reached 120 days of leave fell within the period from April 10, 2024, to June 2, 2025, and she is therefore eligible to submit her application.
-
Researcher C is on shared parental leave starting on December 15, 2024, which, with intermittent periods of leave, will end on June 15, 2025. If, by June 2, 2025, the researcher has taken a total of at least 72 days of shared parental leave, they will meet the requirement set out in point 2(iii) of Notice of the Call and will therefore be eligible to submit their application.
-
Researcher 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 took 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 father took 78 days of shared parental leave (from January 24 to April 10, 2024), the mother took 72 interpolated days of shared parental leave, spread out 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 period (from April 10, 2024, to June 2, 2025).In this example, we have a scenario in which both parents, who are researchers, have shared parental leave between them and are eligible for RESTART Programme.