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).
Individual fellowships
Information and contact
Individual fellowships
The FRM programme "Espoirs de la Recherche" is open to all areas of biological and health research. In particular, it contributes to the professional development of young researchers by offering different types of individual funding schemes.
The individual fellowships proposed in 2022, for which it is still possible to apply, are as follows:
INDIVIDUAL FELLOWSHIP IN PREPARING A THESIS IN SCIENCE
Criteria
- Applicant: PhD candidate enrolled in the 1st or 2nd year of thesis in science during the academic year 2022-2023
- Applicant profile: The applicant must hold a Master 2 research degree. He/she must also be either an intern or former intern or assistant clinical director (CCA) / university hospital assistant (AHU).
- Compulsory registration for the academic year 2022-2023 either in the 1st or 2nd year of thesis in a French university. Host laboratory located in France or abroad.
Funding
- Assistance to cover the cost of the beneficiary's salary (gross salary, employer's charges and related taxes)
- Full-time fixed-term contract (CDD)
- Employer: priority is given to the organisation that managed the doctoral contract (first 3 years of the thesis). If the host laboratory is located abroad, ensure that the employing organization in France accepts the implementation of the contract (CDD).
- Funding period: 6 months minimum to 12 months maximum, non-renewable. The assistance cannot continue beyond the date of the defense of the thesis.
- Starting period: between October 1, 2022 and April 1, 2023.
- Amount: 36 600 €/year paid to the employing organization. The gross salary is determined according to the grid of the employing organization that establishes the work contract.
- Mission expenses (participation in a conference or short stay in another laboratory): 2,000 € granted in addition to salary expenses, regardless of the duration of the grant (6 to 12 months). These expenses must be incurred at the latest at the end of the contract and cannot be used to cover operating expenses.
Application deadline: January 19, 2022, at 4:00 pm
Reminder: for the session of the scientific council of April 28 and 29, 2022, a host team can submit only one application for an end of thesis.
Please note: Under this call for projects, the FMR will not commit to funding FMR beneficiaries.
Return mobility to France
Criteria
- Applicant: Post-doctoral researcher
- Applicant profile: Researcher with a doctorate in sciences awarded in France for a maximum of 6 years at the date of the Scientific Council AND having completed a postdoctoral experience abroad of at least 2 years in the same laboratory
- Host laboratory located in France
NB: The laboratory in France in which the thesis has been completed can be chosen as the host laboratory but mobility is strongly recommended.
Return to France: the applicant may already have returned to France. In this case, it must have been for a maximum of 6 months on the date of the Scientific Council (September 30, 2022)
Integration in the host laboratory
The applicant must join the host laboratory in France within 6 months before or 6 months after the date of the scientific council (September 30, 2022)
Funding
- Funding covering the cost of the beneficiary's salary (gross salary charged, employer's charges and related taxes) - Full-time fixed-term contract
- Employer: institution in charge of managing this type of contract in the host laboratory (CNRS, INSERM, University...) subject to its acceptance, in particular within the framework of the limited accumulation of the number of years on fixed-term contract
- Funding period: 2 or 3 years, non-renewable
- Start of fixed-term contract: at the latest on April 1, 2023, i.e. 6 months after the date of the Scientific Council (September 30, 2022)
- Amount: 68, 000 €/year paid to the employing organization. The gross salary is determined according to the grid of the employing organization that establishes the employment contract.
- If the funding is granted, whatever its duration (2 or 3 years) and therefore its amount, an additional nominative funding will be allocated in addition to the salary costs: 3000 € in order to cover mission expenses incurred at the latest at the end of the CDD fixed-term contract (participation in a congress(s) or a short stay in another laboratory).
Application deadline: May 11, 2022, at 4:00 pm
Post-doctoral fellowship in France
Criteria
- Applicant: Post-doctoral researcher
- Profile of the applicant: researcher holding a doctorate in sciences (awarded in France) or a PhD (awarded abroad) defended no earlier than April 1, 2021 (i.e. for a maximum of 18 months at the date of the Scientific Council) and no later than 31 December 2022.
- Laboratory of origin located in France or abroad
- Host laboratory located in France and different from the laboratory in which the thesis has been completed
- The supervisor in the host laboratory must be different from the thesis director or co-director
N.B. Derogating terms are provided. The following events that occurred after the completion of the Ph.D. may be considered: maternity leave, parental leave, long-term sick leave (more than 90 days). Applications will be reviewed by FRM on a case-by-case.
Funding
- Funding covering the cost of the beneficiary's salary (gross salary charged, employer's charges and related taxes)
- Full-time fixed-term contract
- Employer: institution in charge of managing this type of contract in the French host laboratory (CNRS, INSERM, University...) subject to its acceptance, in particular within the framework of the limited accumulation of the number of years on fixed-term contracts
- Funding period: 2 or 3 years, non-renewable
- Start of fixed-term contract: no later than 6 months after the date of the Scientific Council (September 30, 2022)
- Amount: 52,000 €/year paid to the employing organization. The gross salary is determined according to the grid of the employing organization that establishes the employment contract
- An additional nominative funding will be allocated in addition to the salary costs: 3000 € in order to cover mission expenses incurred at the latest at the end of the CDD fixed-term contract (participation in a congress(s) or a short stay in another laboratory).
Application deadline: May 11, 2022, at 4:00 pm
The textes of both calls for projects (in French)
Information and contact
Find on the dedicated page of the FRM website, the details of the procedures.
The application procedure is carried out on the Evision portal.
The contact person for any questions regarding the calls for projects of the "Espoirs de la Recherche" programme:
Mrs Gaëtane Pollin - Project manager for scientific awards
gaetane.pollin@frm.org [+33 1 44 39 39 75 74]
