ED397 Competition

COMPETITION 2023 CLOSED

PHD projects selected for doctoral contract is HERE

Calendar

25 January - 28 February : phD project submission on ADUM

Only HDR can submit project, Maximum 2 projects/HDR

1 March - 15 April : phD open to application, Maximum one application possible

Contact the phD supervisor before you apply

8 May : publications of selected application to oral presentation

22-24 May : Oral presentation

25 May : Publication of successfull candidates

Procedure for student applicants

Opening of application procedure March 1st : OPEN PROJECT

~20 phD positions to be filled at ED397 at Sorbonne Université Labs and PSL

√ Before applying CONTACT SUPERVISOR, NO APPLICATIONS WILL BE CONSIDERED IF NOT APPROVED BY SUPERVISOR - ONLY ONE APPLICATION AT ED397 WITH ONE SUPERVISOR

√ Complete on-line application HERE with in a single PDF

CV

Letter of intent

Transcript of records in higher education

Recommendation from supervisor

Recommendation from lab director

Recommendation from the responsible of teaching programme at master level or equivalent to be sent by the responsible directly by the to Hakima.Si_Bachir @ admp6.jussieu.fr (Hakima.Si_Bachir @ admp6.jussieu.fr)  

Deadline : April 15th 23h59

!Caution : uncompleted application will not be considered 

List of interviewed candidates is published HERE

Selection process

2 step selection process :

STEP 1 : application file examination ,  criteria of selection are excellence of the candidate and adequation between student background and phD project

STEP 2 : oral presentation ; total duration 20 minutes : 10 minutes of presentation - CV, internships, master thesis, phD project plus 10 minutes of questions. 

The criteria of selection used during the STEP2 are the quality of the oral presentation, the mastery of the subject and the relevance of the answers to the questions.

Candidates will be given a PC, projector and laser pointer. The presentations in english are accepted, possibility for visio presentation for candidate not in Paris.

! A PDF file will be provided by the candidate for the presentation at least 24h before the interview!

Procedure for supervisor

Submission by HDR supervisor on ADUM 

Maximum 2 propositions by HDR

PI = contact personn

A PI can not submit a phD project if allocated the previous year

Council agreement is requested if the supervision rate of the HDR >3 upon success

HDR is affiliated to a lab from SU or PSL

Deadline : February 28th 17h00

Committee members

Yvette Tran (SIMM-PSL) – Nadine Witkowski (INSP-SU): direction ED397

Gilles Patriarche (C2N – CNRS/Paris Saclay  ED397)

Erwan-Nicolas Paineau (LPS – CNRS/Paris Saclay - ED564)

Julien Reboul (LRS - SU - ED397)

Ali Abou-Hassan (PHENIX- SU - ED388)

+ 2 phD representatives