The research plan consists of the forecast of the different activities to be carried out by the researcher during the research process. These activities should be foreseen to be carried out in a logical sequence and according to the stages of the scientific research process, and for each one, it is necessary to calculate the time it will take for its execution and the necessary and adequate resources for its realization.
It is important to consider that the forecast of research activities is modifiable, that it is not definitive, that it can and, in most cases, must be varied and perfected during the development of the research process.
The research plan is only an instrument of general orientation for the researcher, and should not be conceived as a set of rigid, absolutely imperative and immutable determinations.
One year is available for the approval of the research plan. The computation of this time will start from the completion of the training complements, if they have been assigned by the Academic Committee in the itinerary of the doctoral student.