Calls for proposals for the Pasteur-Paris University International Doctoral Program

The next call for the recruitment of PPU students for October 2023 is opening on June 25, 2023.

To have your project online in September 2023
 
Projects will be accepted from June 25 through September 1, 2023. They must be deposited on the PPU platform  and will be visible to candidates according to the rule "first come, first served": the sooner your project is posted, the closer to the top of the website list it will appear.
 
The call for candidates will be open from September 18 until October 31, 2023.
 
The final application, prepared jointly by the chosen applicant and the host lab (aka "joint application"), with a more detailed project description, will be due by November 13, 2023.
 
Teams that have already chosen a candidate must still post a project indicating their desire to recruit a student into the program. Later they will receive further instructions to avoid receiving additional applications.
 
The PPU doctoral program is for students who have obtained or will obtain a master’s degree or equivalent in a foreign (not French) University for the PPU programs "classic", Oxford, EID, CNBG (see below). The eligibility criteria do not exclude a student internship period in France (less than one year), including at the Institut Pasteur. For the PPU-R&T, a French or foreign master’s degree or equivalent is accepted.
 
The host labs must be affiliated with a Doctoral School of the Université de Paris-Cité, Sorbonne Université, or Université Paris Saclay. Any scientist with an HDR (and the approval of the Unit director) may propose a project for a PPU student. A scientist who is in the process of obtaining his or her HDR may be a co-advisor. The PPU program follows the rules of the universities concerning the number of students per HDR.
Units with "installation packages" (except G5s) will have to fund the 3 years of the student salary with their packages.

Scientists who have successfully recruited a student for any PPU programs (see below) in the previous 2 calls cannot submit an application this year.

PPU-OXFORD:
The supervisors who wish to submit a project in the area of antimicrobial resistance and who are willing to collaborate with the Oxford Chemistry Department have to select the option "PPU-Oxford program" in the box "sponsor" of the PPU platform. PPU-Oxford students will have the possibility to spend up to three months of their PhD in the Oxford University Chemistry Department. They will follow all the activities proposed by the PPU program.
 
PPU-CNBG:
This year again we propose a call for the PPU-CNBG program. CNBG (the biggest pharmaceutical company in China) will select a few candidates for us. The selection will then be completed by us in February 2024 by videoconference and up to 2 students will be accepted. Even though the PPU-CNBG call starts in February 2024 (after the general PPU call), in September 2023 researchers who submit a project for the PPU will be asked if they want to participate in the PPU-CNBG call as well.
 
PPU-R&T:
As last year, the PPU offers the PPU-Research and Technology (PPU-R&T) program.
The PPU R&T program fosters the development of a new technology or methodology to answer a biological question with an impact on human health through collaborative projects between a laboratory and a technology platform or technology service unit. Selected PhD students for a collaborative project will spend a significant amount of their time in the partner technology platform or technology service unit.
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New this year! PPU-EID:
The PPU-Emerging Infectious Diseases (PPU-EID) program aims at implementing a global vision for a "One Health" approach by preparing the next generation of scientists to major challenges of (re)-emerging infectious diseases (EID). Research-based multidisciplinary projects will focus on developing health, societal, economic and communication aspects in order to prevent and manage EID. This program is in partnership with 5 Doctoral Schools (BioSPC, MTCI, Pierre Louis de Santé Publique, Science des Sociétés and ABIES) and is part of the new Graduate School 1H-EID at University Paris Cité.

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Should you require more information, please contact us at phd@pasteur.fr