HOW TO APPLY ?
First you must choose your phD project (1 single project per candidate) and then prepare your candidature with your future supervisor in the hosting lab (and he must give you his recommendation letter).
You may find your thesis subject among the labs' proposals on our website or else prepare a new one with any Paris region laboratory.
Then you must apply on line (sending all mandatory information and uploads) before the April 30th 2010 deadline.
UPDATE 1/5/2010 : Online application is now CLOSED !
Application deadline was April 30th 2010
A few things to know :
On step 1 you will create your personal account and then receive by email your account details that will allow you to come back to the application form.
If you need to postpone the data capture, you can "save and quit" on any step, that will bring you back to the summary page.
Once logged in, you may navigate between the different steps of the application form to complete what needs to be.
Texts should not be copied and pasted from word or pdf documents but you can use a neutral text editor such as notepad (PC) or text edit (Mac).
When you submit your data with the "save" buttons, each step is saved independantly and the overview panorama allows you to visualize incomplete steps.
You may come back and complete/correct your application until the deadline April 30th 2010.
When filling up the 8 steps of application form, you will be asked the following information (in english mostly) :
1. Your personal information, contact details
2. Your project and your potential funding
3. Your supervisor, hosting laboratory (paris region mandatory), team and lab team's graduate school
+ Your second supervisor if any
4. Your path and education, languages
5. Your previous research experience, personal publications if any
6. Your scientific interests, subjects and methodologies you wish to study
7. Your motivation (why and how you chose your PhD subject, lab team, why you want to join the FdV PhD program, your personal approach to interdisciplinarity) + your choice of FdV courses for your first year in the PhD program (based on our academic program)
8. Mandatory uploads :
- Project description (in English) of up to 3 pages : abstract (English and French), Introduction, Objectives, Experimental and/or modelling venues, perspectives.
- List of 5 most significant relevant publications of the PhD supervisor
- Your 2 recommendation letters : the first one from your PhD supervisor and the second one from a scientist of your choice.
- Your curriculum vitae
- A recent passport photo
9. The Overview step will show you how advanced your application is, with green signals for step completed, or red alerts for missing information.
REMINDER : to be accepted, your application must be completely fullfilledonline (mandatory uploads included) before the deadline : April 30,2010
Should you have additional questions, do not hesitate to contact us.
CALL FOR STUDENTS APPLICATIONS
The FdV European interdisciplinary PhD program, from the Paris Descartes and Paris Diderot Universities, launches the 2010 call for PhD candidates.
Eligibility
M.Sc. degree or equivalent, this typically include 5 years of higher education, or contributions to scientific publications.
Selection
The PhD program Council selects and eventually attributes fundings to the candidates adutionned by the Insernational Scientific Committee. The main criteria for selection of students are :
The candidates that already have found themselves a funding will also be auditioned by the International Scientific Commitee that will decide of their eligibilty to the FdV PhD program.
Funding
The FdV PhD program is supported by many institutions that are offering fellowships to students according to their ranking after the auditions. This include fellowships from the Universities (doctoral contracts), INRA Young scientists contracts, other institutions (regions, foundations, ...).
Since the doctoral school will not be able to support all the eligible candidates (around 10 out of the 25 students admitted every year), students and their supervisors are encouraged to apply independently to funding available from other institutions, to insure the eligible candidate to be admitted in the FdV program.