INCEPTION End Of Thesis grant / Bourse de soudure 2022 (S2I call)
(INstitut Convergence : Emergence of Pathology Through Individuals and PopulatiONs)
The INCEPTION program, Institut Convergence supported by Investissement Avenir, is launching a call to fund extensions of PhD contract. It aims to support PhD students needing additional time for experimental or editorial work, due to the COVID 19 pandemic. The call is open PhD students with transversal, integrative and interdisciplinary research projects, aimed at understanding the emergence of pathologies in individuals and populations.
Funding
End Of Thesis grant of 1 to 6 months, covering the PhD student’s salary.
Selection criteria
-Quality and interdisciplinarity of the research project
-Scientific excellence of supervisor(s) and host team(s)
-Academic excellence of the student, interest in life sciences and medical applications, solid training in one the following fields: mathematics, statistics, computer science, physics, social sciences
-Current status of the research work and the timeline until completion of the thesis
Application and eligibility
The call is open to all research units/teams of Institut Pasteur (G5 included) and to all those affiliated to INCEPTION (see the list). The candidate must be in his/her 3rd year of PhD for the current academic year, i.e. 2021/2022.
The application should convene to the main subjects of the INCEPTION program and should meet the following criteria:
-Interdisciplinary project on the emergence of pathologies, associating biology, medicine, mathematics, statistics, computer science, physics, social sciences …
-The cross-cutting nature and its added value to respond to questions addressed in the project must be clearly demonstrated.
-The candidate hosting team must be part of the Institut Pasteur – Paris or of the INCEPTION partner teams (see website for the complete list of partner teams).
-Applications must include a certificate of registration in a doctoral school. Registration for a 4th year for the 2021-2022 academic year may be asked, depending on the extension requested.
The application (template available here) must be sent as a single PDF file before March 25, 2022 to maha.david[a]pasteur.fr and inception-contact@pasteur.fr . You will receive an e-mail confirmation within 24h.
Timeline
• Opening date: February 11th, 2022
• Closing date: March 25th, 2022 – 12:00 p.m.
• Results: April 2022
CONTACT:
maha.david[a]pasteur.fr
