France

On October 19th, 2023, the third edition of the French-Italian Day for early career researchers (from all disciplines) took place, marking the first edition on-site. The event was organized in Turin by the University of Turin and ABG, and with the support of the French Italian University. It provided a rare opportunity for students and researchers from both countries to meet and discuss with experts in the field of Franco-Italian mobility!

In this article, you can find the program, replay of all the sessions, and many resources designed to help you prepare your career evolution beyond academia.

The SILAB - Jean PAUFIQUE Foundation supports fundamental and applied research in the field of skin diseases. Each year, it enables a young doctoral or post-doctoral researcher to carry out their research project with a grant of €20,000 for a maximum duration of 3 years. The deadline for applications is November 15, 2023.

The Kazakhstani international program - Bolashak - aims to fund international internships for Kazakhstani researchers wishing to carry out a research internship abroad. This is an opportunity for French research institutions to welcome researchers from Kazakhstan. The deadline for applications is October 13, 2023.

The French Ministry of the Armed Forces and the Defense Innovation Agency (DIA) are launching the DIA Cifre-Défense 2023 call for thesis projects. It covers military and dual (civilian and military) topics. EU, UK and Swiss citizens are eligible.

Check out the details of funded topics and apply by May 5, 2023.

PhD candidates, early-career researchers who want to join the world of deeptech: the largest gathering of startups, investors, large corporations and international deeptech companies will be held in Paris. Take part in the Hello Tomorrow Global Summit on March 9 & 10, 2023 at the Centquatre!

Get discount tickets through the ABG! Details are in the article...

The French Embassy in Germany is granting an award for a French-German cooperation between two young scientists in the following fields: chemistry, health, pharmacology. The award is granted under the patronage of Pr Jean-Marie Lehn, Nobel Prize in Chemistry, together with the French-German University as well as BASF France and Sanofi Germany. For 2023, applications must be submitted by Monday, April 10, 2023.

Recruitment of PhD holders can be an arduous task. ABG provides a comprehensive range of recruitment services. Who better to talk to you than the people who have used our services? Discover the return of Joséfina GIMENEZ, Research and Innovation Director of Artimon...

Within the framework of the "Espoirs de la recherche" programme, the Foundation for Medical Research FRM supports the best projects likely to generate significant impact in the health sector. A variety of funding schemes are available to teams, regardless of the theme and nature of their research work.

Read the details of the calls for projects in this article (there is a specific application deadline for each call).

The 2022 online edition of the cross-border workshop took place from 29 November to 1 December 2022 and gathered participants from Luxembourg, Germany and France. Like the previous year, this year’s seminar was aimed at PhD candidates at the end of their PhD programs, and young researchers on a temporary contract from all fields who wish to pursue a career in the non-academic sector.

The Shaker is the answer to the needs of students, PhDs candidates and holders, as well as young engineers who have developed an innovative concept in the field of biotechnology. Apply before February 5, 2023!

The French-Italian University (UFI) has launched the new Vinci Call for Proposals 2024. It is intended to support Franco-Italian university cooperation through mobility funding for master degree's students, PhD candidates, post-doctoral fellows and professors between France and Italy. Application deadline is February 9, 2024, 12:00 pm (noon).

FBF supports scientific and scholarly exchanges and collaboration between the University of California at Berkeley and French research and higher education institutions in all disciplines.The application deadline is January 31, 2024.

The Chateaubriand Fellowship in Humanities and Social Sciences, Technology, Engineering, Mathematics & Health for doctoral students aims to initiate or reinforce collaborations, partnerships or joint projects between French and American research teams. The application deadline is January 13, 2023.

The main objective of the MOPGA visiting fellowship program is to strengthen scientific contributions to climate change issues raised by the COPs. The program is intended to welcome 40 young researchers wishing to carry out their research in France. The deadline for applications is January 16, 2023.

Institut Curie is launching a fourth call for applications to recruit talented young researchers to build a community able to communicate, interact, build and share expertise to tackle the challenges of cancer. Application deadline: January 9,  2023.

In the labour market, soft skills have become increasingly important. The interpersonal nature of the work (whether we work remotely or in the office) is important. One of these soft skills is increasingly sought after by PhD holders who are, in essence, an international group of actors: intercultural competence.

The Franch-Slovak program for scientific stays in France aims to facilitate the transfer of skills or access to specific equipment, in order to support cooperation between two counties in areas identified as priorities. The deadline for applications is November 20, 2022.

Atlas program aims to develop scientific exchanges between France and other countries and to finance research work: field surveys, work in libraries and archives. Applicants in social sciences & humanities  must be attached to a private or public higher education /research institution and be a PhD holder. The deadline for applications is March 18, 2024.

The main objective of the Eiffel Excellence scholarship programme is to train in French higher education institutions the future foreign decision makers of the private and public sectors. Three scientific fields have priority : sciences, economics and management, law and politics. The deadline for applications is January 10, 2024.

Genopole and its partners launch the 3rd and last ApogeeBio call for proposals to fund postdoctoral fellowships. In this call, a total of 12 will be funded for a duration of 24 months and a monthly salary up to 3000 euros net. Association Bernard Gregory will support selected young researchers in their career development. The deadline for applications is February 28, 2024.

The France-Stanford Center for Interdisciplinary Studies has for goal to bridge the disciplines of humanities, social sciences, sciences, engineering, business and law, addressing historical and contemporary issues of significance for France and the United States from a broad range of perspectives.

The Partenariat Hubert Curien (PHC) - Alliance 2023 - aims to develop scientific and technological exchanges of excellence between French and the UK laboratories, involving a significant participation of young researchers (PhD and post-doctoral fellows). The deadline for applications is September 30, 2022.

As major players in the European research landscape, Germany and France offer numerous opportunities to (future) young researchers. Association Bernard Gregory , the Franco-German University, Campus France in Berlin, the French Embassy and the Institut français in Germany are organising the 7th information day for young researchers on their career development (held in French and German). This year, the event will be back to a on-site format on July 7, 2022, in Berlin.

The Partenariat Hubert Curien (PHC) - Procore 2023 - aims to develop scientific and technological exchanges of excellence between French and Hong-Kongese  laboratories, involving a significant participation of young researchers (PhD and post-doctoral fellows). The program supports two types of cooperation: research projects and workshops. The deadline for applications is July 25, 2022

The Académie des sciences (France) and the Ministry of Science and Technology of Taiwan award a France-Taiwan Scientific Prize every year to a team of French and Taiwanese researchers for their contribution and achievements to scientific research of interest to both regions. Application deadline is June 19, 2024.

Fulbright-Tocqueville Distinguished Chair Award aims to reinforce collaborative research between the United States and France by giving a French university the opportunity to invite an American professor/researcher and give him/her the opportunity to meet French colleagues, to organize and participate in conferences, and to interact with French graduate and PhD candidates in their discipline. Application deadline: September 16, 2024.

ECOS-South program aims to foster new co-operation between researchers and to develop joint research projects for a period of 3 years, between French and Argentinian teams. Application deadline: May 15, 2022.

To encourage and promote research in the field of defense and military history, the French Scientific Council for Historical Research in Defense is awarding a "Military History Prize" for PhD theses, as well as for Master 2 theses. 

Apply until June 10, 2022.

As part of the After Doc' SHS, and of the After Doc' in Management Sciences, ABG and LallianSe organized their first Apérodoc "PhDs - entrepreneurs" in bio-health, on April 7, 2022, in Paris.

It allowed participants, PhD candidates, PhD holders and professionals to discover the careers of 4 PhD holders who have created or joined a startup, but also to exchange with them during a cocktail reception.

Discover key moments in images and podcasts (in French).

The Partenariat Hubert Curien (PHC) - Van Gogh 2023 - aims to foster new co-operations between young researchers and to develop scientific and technological exchanges of excellence between research institutions from Netherlands and France. Active participation and mobility of young researchers, especially Phd students or postgraduate, is one of the very first criteria of selection.. The deadline for applications is June 17, 2022.

In response to the current crisis, the PAUSE program is opening a special call for emergency assistance to Ukrainian researchers in danger, through an emergency fund granted by the French Ministry of Higher Education, Research and Innovation. Discover all the modalities and practical information in this ABG article.

The French Ministry of the Armed Forces and the Defense Innovation Agency (DIA) are launching the DIA Cifre-Défense 2022 call for thesis projects. It covers military and dual (civilian and military) topics. EU, UK and Swiss citizens are eligible.

Check out the details of funded topics and apply by May 6, 2022.

Are you passionate about ecological transition, and interested in doing your PhD at ADEME? Then the 2022 call for applications for its Theses program might be for you (students from humanities and social sciences are welcome) !

Check out the terms and conditions of eligibility, and apply before April 5, 2022 

From November 16 to 18, 2021, a session of the Post-Doctoriales® was held in Paris. This seminar is dedicated to researchers on fixed-term contracts in the public sector, or searching for opportunities, regardless of their field of expertise. 

It is designed to help these young researchers initiate a personal reflection, aiming at valorizing their skills in a stimulating and realistic professional project. It also offers them the opportunity to meet professionals working outside the academic sector.

Check out the highlights of those three intense days.

Institut Curie is launching a third call for applications to recruit talented young researchers to build a community able to communicate, interact, build and share expertise to tackle the challenges of cancer.

Application deadline: January 20,  2022.

Euraxess France National Days took place on October 11 and 12 in Strasbourg. More than 40 Euraxess centers met to advance the practices of welcoming and supporting the mobility of foreign researchers in France.

ABG and the University of Turin are organizing the new online edition of the French-Italian day for early-career researchers of all disciplines on October 11, 2022. This event is an opportunity for students and researchers from both countries to get an insight on the job market and the skills necessary for a career transition and to network with recruiters and PhDs working in companies. Registration is open!

The WINNINGNormandy – the program WelcomINg and TraiNING international high-level post-docs in Normandy aims to promote attractive research careers in the Normandy Region in France by funding individual-driven research training and career opportunities for Experienced Researchers. The program is co-funded by the European MSCA-COFUND program and the regional council of Normandy. Application deadline for the 2nd and final call is October 14^th, 2022.

Genopole and its partners launch an ambitious funding programme that aims to foster the international attractiveness and visibility of Genopole biocluster through competitive international calls. Association Bernard Gregory will support selected young researchers in their career development. 

Together with its partners from Luxembourg and Germany and with the support of the French-German University, the Luxembourg National Research Funds (FNR), ABG is organising a new online edition of the cross-border seminar for doctoral candidates “PhD, what comes next?”. This seminar is aimed at all doctoral candidates from France, Germany and Luxembourg. On your marks? Get set? Apply now!

En 2019, ce concours ouvrira dans la spécialité sciences de la matière et de l’ingénieur et, en 2020, dans la spécialité sciences humaines et sociales. Trois places devraient être ouvertes en 2019, s'ajoutant aux places des autres concours (externe, interne et troisième concours).

Le ministère des Armées attribue au titre de l’année 2021 jusqu’à six allocations de thèse en histoire militaire. Le montant de l’allocation est de 10 000 euros. Ces allocations sont ouvertes à tout candidat inscrit en thèse au moment du dépôt de dossier de candidature, à l'exception des doctorants bénéficiant d'un contrat doctoral.

Candidatez jusqu'au 14 janvier 2021.

Vous êtes jeune docteur(e), post-doc ou doctorant(e) en fin de thèse ?  Vous pensez que vos résultats de recherche ont du potentiel pour devenir un futur produit  / service, répondant à un besoin de la société ? Vous songez à un projet de startup pour le concrétiser et l’amener jusqu’au marché ?

Le programme Jeunes Chercheurs Spécial Startup est peut-être le tremplin qui vous aidera à concrétiser votre ambition DeepTech.

Candidatez jusqu'au 15 octobre 2020.

Candidatez, soumettez votre projet, et projetez-vous dans une future création d’entreprise !

Pour tous les candidat(e)s : notre BootCamp spécial Jeunes Chercheurs vous fera découvrir toutes les facettes de la création de startup Deep Tech

Pour les projets sélectionnés : notre investissement vous permettra de prototyper le futur produit / service à partir de vos résultats

The Palladio Foundation supports and encourages young talents (students, PhD candidates, post-doctoral researchers, French and foreign citizens) who will create real estate and the city of tomorrow as part of its 2021 scholarship campaign. Applications are open until March 18, 2022.

Within the framework of the "Espoirs de la recherche" programme, the Foundation for Medical Research FRM supports the best projects likely to generate significant impact in the health sector. A variety of funding schemes are available to teams, regardless of the theme and nature of their research work.

Read the details of the calls for projects in this article (there is a specific application deadline for each call).

Le 2 février 2021 avait lieu le webinaire "Les métiers technico-commerciaux", premier épisde de la série "Focus métiers - hors R&D" organisé par le pôle Relations Entreprises, Partenariats et Recrutement et l'ABG. 

Retrouvez le replay de la session, ainsi qu'une série de bonus !

The EDENE doctoral programme, winner of the Horizon 2020 Marie Curie COFUND calls for projects, offers to train 30 international doctoral students in the fields of energy and the environment, and more specifically in the disciplines the University of Pau is most renowned for (science and technology and social sciences & humanities)

Consult the details of the call and apply until March 31, 2021.

Are you passionate about ecological transition, and interested in doing your PhD at ADEME? Then the 2021 call for applications for its Theses program might be for you (students from humanities and social sciences are welcome) !

Check out the terms and conditions of eligibility, and apply before March 31, 2021 

Altran, leader mondial des services d’ingénierie et de R&D lance le programme Future of People @Work. Il prévoit le recrutement de plusieurs docteurs, issus des disciplines des Sciences Humaines et Sociales (SHS), au cours du premier semestre de 2021, afin d’imaginer l’entreprise de demain.

Audrey Dominguez holds a Cifre PhD in French literature and French language, specializing in the sciences of imaginaire. Thanks to a Cifre agreement (Industrial Agreement for Training through Research), she had the opportunity to work on her thesis and aquire her PhD while working in the company « Au temps des Fées », in Grenoble. Read more about her career path, her views on the dctorate and the assets it comes with, as well as some advice...

From September 7 to 9, 2020, a session of the Post-Doctoriales® was held in Paris. This seminar is dedicated to researchers on fixed-term contracts in the public sector, or searching for opportunities, regardless of their field of expertise. 

It is designed to help these young researchers initiate a personal reflection, aiming at valorizing their skills in a stimulating and realistic professional project. It also offers them the opportunity to meet professionals working outside the academic sector.

Check out the highlights of those three intense days.

Genopole-Evry has launched a new call for proposals for a postdoctoral fellowship which enables a France-educated1 researcher currently performing research abroad to return to France. The fellowship is intended to fund a research project in Genopole-based research laboratories or biotech companies. Application deadline: June 30.

The Ecole Universitaire de Recherche (EUR) Humanities, Creation and Heritage offers practitioners in the fields of creation and heritage (architecture, heritage, arts, literary creation, landscape) the opportunity to complete a PhD allowing them to put their own creative process at the heart of their research. Deadline for application: April 30, noon.

You have decided to go abroad for your research project but you don’t know yet which country will host you. Why not France? Rank 4 in hosting international PhD candidates before the USA and Germany, France offers many opportunities for international PhDs in academia and in industry. Discover them by participating in the webinar organised together by ABG and the French diplomacy network in Northern America on the 19^th of May, at 6 pm (CET).

PEARL is a doctoral programme held by the I-SITE ULNE. It is co-funded by the Marie curie COFUND actions within the framework of the European Commission’s H2020 programme. It funds the recruitment of 30 PhD students who will work on interdisciplinary research projects related to the scientific themes of I-SITE ULNE. The first wave of recruitment is open now, until April.

EuReCa (Europe Research & Care) is Institut Curie’s international PhD programme which provides PhD candidates with an excellent interdisciplinary, inter-sectorial, and international training. Application deadline: 9 January 2020.

You are about to finish your Master’s degree or your PhD? You are currently working as a postdoctoral researcher and you don’t know yet what your next professional step will be? Then come and visit the Welcome Desk Pro in Paris to discuss with experts on career development and recruitment!

Interview by Bérénice Kimpe (Head of International Department)

Resigning from a permanent position in a research institute to land in a company: you consider that as a crazy move? Not at all, as explains Sébastien Rochette, PhD : "leaving academia is not a failure". As long as it is what you really want.

3 CEA laboratories located in France are seeking bright, highly motivated PhD candidates willing to contribute to the progress of these research with an important contribution of numerical simulation, scientific computing and artificial intelligence.

Deadline for applications: 30 April 2019

The ESPCI proposes a brand new international doctoral programme, UPtoPARIS, cofunded by the European Union and offering an interdisciplinary doctoral training between physics, chemistry and biology. The third call is now open: apply before March 31.

You have decided to go abroad for your research project but you don’t know yet which country will host you. Why not France? Rank 4 in hosting international PhD candidates before the USA and Germany, France offers many opportunities for international PhDs in academia and in industry. Watch the full session of the webinar organised together by ABG and jobs.ac.uk and get an access to additional information to make your stay in France easier!

The Welcome Desk Paris 2018 is organised by Cité internationale universitaire with the support of the City of Paris and the Region Ile de France to facilitate the arrival and integration of international students and researchers.

A better selection as well as a better preparation of the candidates for doctoral programs!

The ESPCI proposes a brand new international doctoral programme, UPtoPARIS, cofunded by the European Union and offering an interdisciplinary doctoral training between physics, chemistry and biology. The second call is now open: apply before September 17^th.

Pôle emploi and CNRS organize together with the doctoral college of COMUE Grenoble Alpes, INRIA and the University of Lyon a specific event for the recruitment of PhDs: the online career fair for PhDs, from 4 to 22 June. Register now!

Hello Tomorrow, in partnership with Bpifrance and under the joint patronage of the ministère de l’Enseignement supérieur, de la Recherche et de l’Innovation and the Ministère de l’Economie et des Finances, is launching a unique deep tech entrepreneurship training programme for researchers from all disciplines. Application deadline: June 22, 2018 at noon.