The CIFRE scheme and the City of Paris<\/a><\/p>\n The 2026 call for applications and eligibility criteria<\/a><\/p>\n Application process and practical information<\/a><\/p>\n The CIFRE scheme, managed by the French National Association for Research and Technology (ANRT)<\/a> on behalf of the Ministry of Higher Education and Research<\/a>, is a funding mechanism that supports the recruitment of doctoral candidates.<\/p>\n Implemented within the City of Paris since 2009<\/strong>, the CIFRE scheme<\/a> enables long-term collaborations between municipal departments and research laboratories through the recruitment of doctoral candidates whose dissertation topics are of interest to the municipality.<\/p>\n Integrated into a municipal department directly related to their research topic, these early-career researchers benefit from a dual academic and professional training experience<\/strong>. In return, their research provides the City of Paris with analytical and strategic insight to support the development of its public policies.<\/p>\n Doctoral candidates recruited by the City of Paris under the CIFRE scheme are selected through an annual call for applications.<\/p>\n A call for applications is open from January 7 to February 27, 2026<\/strong> for the recruitment of a cohort of doctoral candidates beginning their PhD in the 2026\u20132027 academic year, as well as master\u2019s students enrolling in 2026\u20132027:<\/p>\n A list of research themes of particular interest to the municipality is published. This list is not restrictive, and additional research topics may be submitted.<\/p>\n Applications must be submitted via the dedicated platform before February 27, 2026 at 12:00 noon<\/strong>.<\/p>\n Doctoral candidates selected under the CIFRE scheme are recruited as non-tenured contractual staff on a three-year fixed-term contract. The candidate:<\/p>\n The submission process is fully digital. It requires the use or creation of a \u201cMon Paris\u201d account:<\/p>\n Click here to access the form on the Mon Paris platform<\/a><\/p>\n The following documents must be attached to the online form:<\/p>\n 1)\u00a0PhD research proposal (maximum 5 pages), including the following sections:<\/p>\n 2)\u00a0Candidate\u2019s CV<\/p>\n 3)\u00a0Letter(s) of recommendation<\/p>\n Call for applications regulations<\/a> Under the CIFRE (Conventions Industrielles de Formation par la Recherche – Industrial Agreements for Research Training) scheme, the City of Paris takes on doctoral students whose dissertations address priority issues for the municipality. A new call for applications has been launched at the start of 2026. (More details below in French). Submit your application before 12:00 on Februry 27, 2026!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":747,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[126],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-746","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-fundings"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/abg.asso.fr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/746","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/abg.asso.fr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/abg.asso.fr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abg.asso.fr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abg.asso.fr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=746"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/abg.asso.fr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/746\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1796,"href":"https:\/\/abg.asso.fr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/746\/revisions\/1796"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abg.asso.fr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/747"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/abg.asso.fr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=746"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abg.asso.fr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=746"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abg.asso.fr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=746"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
\nThe CIFRE scheme and the City of Paris<\/h2>\n
The 2026 call for applications and eligibility criteria<\/h2>\n
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\nTheir activity is dedicated to conducting their doctoral research and to missions assigned by the City of Paris in connection with their research work. Their working time (35 hours per week) is divided between the City of Paris premises and those of their host laboratory.
\nThe City of Paris does not provide any direct financial contribution to the doctoral candidates\u2019 host laboratories.<\/div>\nEligibility criteria<\/h3>\n
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Application process and practical information<\/h2>\n
Procedures<\/h3>\n
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Documents to download<\/h3>\n
\nList of research themes proposed under the 2026 call<\/a>
\nInformation sheet<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"