MD-PhD program to strengthen links between science and medicine – 2025 calls for proposals: lab-funded PhD contracts and partnership contracts

On the initiative of the senior management team and in connection with the new Pasteur 2030 Strategic Plan, the Department of Education and the Medical Department are pleased to announce the launch of the Institut Pasteur's new MD-PhD program.
 
The aim of the program is to strengthen the links between basic research, applied research and clinical practice. It provides physicians and medical students with opportunities to develop translational research projects in the Institut Pasteur's many research units.
 
There are five ways to enter the MD-PhD program:  
1. "Médecine-Sciences" program  
2. International PPU-MD-PhD program
3. Hospital collaboration
4. Lab-funded PhD contracts
5. Erasmus+ program and bilateral agreements

 

Find out more about the MD-PhD program

 

In 2025, two calls for proposals are being launched in connection with the MD-PhD program:

•    2025 call for proposals for PhD contracts funded by laboratories

This option is open to French and international medical students wishing to complete a PhD at an early stage of their medical studies, or to physicians with an MD wishing to carry out a PhD after qualifying.

Your research could therefore benefit from the expertise of a medical student or qualified physician during their PhD. The Institut Pasteur's MD-PhD program provides specific support for your project by devising a personalized curriculum for your PhD student to optimize their and your links with the clinical environment.

You will also receive support from the Institut Pasteur's Department of Education and Medical Department for your communication needs and to boost the visibility of your research project with other institutions at national and international level, thereby ensuring high-quality recruitment.

This is a unique opportunity to advance your research while helping to train up future physician-scientists.

Submit your proposals in English all year round via the "Jobs" page on the Pasteur Research website, using the dedicated template (click here).
 
Important: please tick the box "MD-PhD student" in the category "Position" when you fill out the page.
 
For further information or if you have any questions, please contact: MD-PhD@pasteur.fr

 

 

•    2025 call for proposals for partnership contracts

The Institut Pasteur is keen to step up its interactions with practitioners working in hospital clinical departments with its call for proposals for "partnership contracts for hospital professionals."
 
These contracts, which allow for significant flexibility in terms of timeframe and practical arrangements (part time or full time, for periods lasting from 1 to 3 years on the basis of an annual appraisal), provide financial compensation for clinical departments and hospitals to cover the "research" time of the physicians concerned.
 
They are aimed at hospital physicians at varying stages of their career (consultants (PH), lecturer/consultants (MCU-PH), professor/consultants (PU-PH), hospital-university practitioners (PHU) or contract practitioners (PC)) who are keen to work in a research unit, at the Institut Pasteur Medical Center and/or at a National Reference Center (CNR) or WHO Collaborating Center (WHOCC) at the Institut Pasteur.
 
This call for proposals is open to the whole of France and applies to physicians at any health care establishment involved in research.

The 2025 call is now open. The application process is as follows:
 
•    June 2, 2025: submission of applications to interface@pasteur.fr (you must use the application template including: proposal summary, CV, proposal, publications and patents, collaborations, cover letter, agreement from the laboratory, head of department, head of division and representative of the university hospital);
•    End of June 2025: oral presentation of the proposal to a mixed panel composed of Institut Pasteur staff and university hospital staff;
•    July 15, 2025: successful applications chosen by the selection board;
•    November 1, 2025: start of partnership contracts for successful applicants.
 
If you have any questions, please contact the Institut Pasteur Medical Department: interface@pasteur.fr
 
Identification of a host team: please use the search engine on the research.pasteur.fr website or contact interface@pasteur.fr

 

If you have any questions, please contact the Institut Pasteur Medical Department:  interface@pasteur.fr