This program provides PhD students with a 3-year fellowship, a high level interdisciplinary, inter-sectorial, and international training with dedicated career development plans, secondments and mentoring.
PhD research projects in life sciences cover Institut Curie’s main research domains:
- Biology & Chemistry of Radiations, Cell Signaling & Cancer
- Development, Cancer, Genetics & Epigenetics
- Integrative Tumour Biology, Immunology & Environment
- Multiscale Physics-Biology-Chemistry & Cancer
Institut Curie brings together a world-class multidisciplinary cancer research center and a model hospital group in Paris and surroundings. By embracing cross-disciplinary approaches, it drives the discovery of more effective treatments and leads to improved patient care.
Eligibility criteria
Applicants:
– must not have lived or worked in France for more than 12 months during the past 3 years prior to February 4th 2016,
– must have a Master’s degree (or be about to obtain one) or have a university degree equivalent to a European Master’s (5-year duration),
– must have obtained this degree no more than 2 years ago.
Applicants will have to complete an online application form in English in time via the web-based application portal.
Deadline for applications: February 4th, 2016
Start date of PhD contract: October 3rd, 2016
IC-3i International PhD Program
The IC-3i international Phd Program is a PhD fellowship program partly funded by the European Commission under the Cofund scheme of Horizon 2020’s Marie Skłodowska-Curie Actions.
Aim
The aim is to recruit motivated students for 12 PhD projects who will be starting their PhD in October 2016 at Institut Curie bringing together a world-class multidisciplinary cancer research center and a model hospital.
Call for applications
Applications can be sent until February 4th 2016, 17:00 CET.
Applicants will have to complete an online application form in English.
Incomplete applications will not be eligible.
PhD fellows
The IC-3i-PhD fellows will carry out research at Institut Curie, located in Paris and surroundings, (France). This vibrant environment is based on the pluri-disciplinary approaches and excellence offered by over 80 research groups comprising Institut Curie’s 12 research departments and its hospital group.
Thesis projects cover Institut Curie’s 4 main research axes:
- Biology & Chemistry of Radiations, Cell Signaling & Cancer
- Development, Cancer, Genetics & Epigenetics
- Integrative Tumour Biology, Immunology & Environment
- Multiscale Physics-Biology-Chemistry & Cancer
PhD students will be employed by Institut Curie and will be registered with a Parisian University (ex: PSL Research University*) and affiliated with a Doctoral school**.
*PSL Research University is a trans-disciplinary world-class research and training university of 25 institutions sharing a common culture founded on scientific excellence. Institut Curie is a founding member of this initiative.
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