Pasteur-Paris University (PPU) International Doctoral Program: new 2022 call for proposals and new PPU-Research & Technology satellite program (PPU-R&T)

The next call for the recruitment of PPU students for October 2022 is open (June 25, 2022).

To have your project online in September 2022

Projects will be accepted from now through September 2, 2022. They must be deposited on the PPU website and will be visible 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 19 until November 2, 2022.

The final application, prepared jointly by the chosen applicant and the host lab, with a more detailed project description, will be due by November 15, 2022.

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.
 
This doctoral program is for students who have obtained or will obtain a master’s degree or equivalent in a foreign (not French) University. The eligibility criteria do not exclude a student internship period in France (less than 1 year!), including at the Institut Pasteur.

The call is also opened via the "INCEPTION program" in the following fields: Phylodynamics; Sequence analysis; Metagenomics; Systems biology; Deep learning; Databases; Precision medicine. Please indicate if your project is in the INCEPTION area of interest in the appropriate box on the platform ("sponsor"). The candidates for INCEPTION will be selected according to the same rules as the PPU candidates, with a special focus on candidates with an interdisciplinary background in INCEPTION fields of interest, and in emerging diseases. Co-supervision will be required. The name of the co-supervisor has to be communicated before the interview week (beginning of February 2023).

Supervisors who wish to submit a project in the area of antimicrobial resistance and are willing to collaborate with the Oxford Chemistry Department should select the "PPU-Oxford program" option in the "sponsor" box on the PPU platform. PPU-Oxford students will have the possibility to spend up to three months of their PhD in the Chemistry Department of Oxford University. They will follow all the activities proposed by the PPU program.

The host lab 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 the PPU (or PPU-CNBG, see below) program in the previous 2 calls cannot submit an application this year.

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. Then the selection will be completed by us in February 2023 with videoconferences and up to 2 students will be admitted. Even though the PPU-CNBG call starts in February 2023 (after the PPU call),  researchers who submit a project for the PPU will be asked in September 2022 if they want to participate in the PPU-CNBG call as well.

 

This year, the PPU offers a new satellite programme: the PPU-Reserch and Technology (PPU-R&T)

 

The PPU R&T program will foster the development of a new technology or methodology to answer a biological question with 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.

The PPU-R&T program will start with a call for projects on September 1, 2022.

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

 

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