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- Formal sciencesNatural sciencesProfessions and applied sciences
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- Recognised Researcher (R2) (PhD holders or equivalent who are not yet fully independent)
- European Research Programme
- HE / MSCA
About
The Alliance Sorbonne Université (ASU) welcomes applicants to Marie S. Curie Postdoctoral Fellowships in the research units of Sorbonne University and its partners CNRS, Inserm, Muséum National d’Histoire Naturelle and Université de Technologie de Compiègne.
The Marie Sklodowska Curie (MSCA) Postdoctoral Fellowship is one of the most important scheme of the European Commission’s Horizon Europe Research & Innovation programme. If you are a young researcher with high potential and ambition to advance research in fundamental or applied fields, you are invited to apply to this programme with our acclaimed researchers for an opportunity to work on and develop your ideas in an exceptional research environment with the 1st ranked French university for Horizon Europe funding. The Alliance Sorbonne Unversité is fully committed to give the best support to MSCA candidates to ensure their success at the EU call, and runs its own funding scheme for selected Seal of Excellence projects, hence providing additional opportunities to join the Sorbonne University research units.
The following 17 projects are currently open for prospective applicants. Should you wish to apply and submit a joint project with a local Supervisor, please send an email to msca-pf@sorbonne-universite.fr with your CV and a motivation letter describing your expected contribution to the topic. The email object must include the specific project code that you apply to. If you apply to several projects, a separate email is requested for each of your applications. The bestapplicants will be invited for a one-week meet-up with the hosting Supervisors and will be enrolled in a Master Class on June 17-21 2024 to prepare the MSCA proposal (travel and accommodation included).
More information on the projects topics description is listed the attached annex and is also available at the ASU call website
Code | Topics and supervisors / research units |
MED1 | Development of a human lymphoid organ-on-a chip platform to study the role of interleukin-1 in antibody production Stéphanie Graff-Dubois – Immunologie, Immunopathologie, Immunothérapeutique (I3) |
MED2 | Immune aging trajectories Delphine Sauce - Centre d'immunologie et des maladies infectieuses (CIMI) |
MED3 | The effect of diet on immune and vaccine responses in people living with obesity in Tanzania. Martin Larsen - Centre d'immunologie et des maladies infectieuses (CIMI) |
MED4 | Targeted manipulation of antibody-regulated host-microbe interactions Guy Gorochov - Centre d'immunologie et des maladies infectieuses (CIMI) |
MED5 | Unraveling Immunological Responses in Retinal Diseases Florian Sennlaub -Institut de la Vision (IDV) |
MED6 | Linking cellular and functional changes in age-related macular degeneration Denis Sheynikhovich -Institut de la Vision (IDV) |
MED7 | Study of neural correlates of visual aging using combined fMRI and EEG recordings Denis Sheynikhovich -Institut de la Vision (IDV) |
MED8 | Preclinical development of allele-specific silencing therapy for the dominant centronuclear myopathy Marc Bitoun –Centre de Recherche en Myologie |
MED9 | The microtubule network in dilated cardiomyopathy: from mechanism to therapy Antoine Muchir –Centre de Recherche en Myologie |
MED10 | Implication of innate immune cells in autoimmune Myasthenia Gravis Rozen Le Panse –Centre de Recherche en Myologie |
MED11 | Epigenetic defects in striated muscle laminopathies Anne Bertrand –Centre de Recherche en Myologie |
MED12 | Evaluation of a gene therapy for striated muscle laminopathies Anne Bertrand –Centre de Recherche en Myologie |
MED13 | Study of mechanisms that sustained ventilation improvement in Central Hypoventilation syndrome after transcutaneous direct current stimulation (tDCS) Florence Cayetanot - Neurophysiologie Respiratoire Expérimentale et Clinique |
MED14 | Exploration in a preclinical model of the expiratory recruitment defect as a novel physiological biomarker in patients suffering from the neurorespiratory disease Central Congenital Hypoventilation syndrome (CCHS) Laurence Bodineau - Neurophysiologie Respiratoire Expérimentale et Clinique |
MED15 | Expiratory recruitment defect as a novel physiological biomarker in patients suffering from the neurorespiratory disease Central Congenital Hypoventilation syndrome (CCHS) Pierantonio Laveneziana - Neurophysiologie Respiratoire Expérimentale et Clinique |
MED16 | Transcending Cell Death: Unraveling the Metabolic Impact of Necroptotic Mediators in Obesity Jérémie Gautheron – Centre de Recherche Saint Antoine (CRSA) |
MED17 | Ex vivo generation of erythrocytes and platelets from hematopoietic cell lines Laurence Guyonneau-Harmand – Centre de Recherche Saint Antoine (CRSA) |
The MSCA Postdoctoral Fellowship programme aims at developing the potential of young researchers in Europe, by funding excellent research and promoting international mobility, as well as interdisciplinary and intersectoral exchanges. The proposal must be a joint application between a candidate and a Supervisor from Sorbonne University or its Alliance partners, which presents an original research project. We welcome two types of fellowship applications:
- European Fellowships: With Sorbonne University or one of its ASU partners as the Host Institution, for a duration of 12 to 24 months. Secondments in partner research or industrial organisations are possible.
- Global Fellowships: With an outgoing phase of 12 to 24 months at a Host Institution outside of the EU or associated countries, and a return phase of 12 months at ASU.
The fellows selected for funding, after external evaluation by independent experts appointed by the European Commission, will be employed by Sorbonne University or its ASU partner under a full social benefits contract for up to 24 months (or 36 months for Global Fellowships), including a mobility allowance for all fellows and a family allowance for eligible fellows. The funding will also cover additional research costs of up to €1000/month. The University has received the HRS4R award and provides a world-class research working environment in terms of Ethics & research integrity, recruitment, working conditions, and training.
Eligibility criteria
Eligible candidates must be in possession of a doctoral degree at the date of the call deadline (Sept. 11, 2024) and must have a maximum of 8 years full-time equivalent experience in research, measured from the date of doctoral degree awarding. The candidates must comply with the following mobility rule: they must not have resided or carried out their main activity (work, studies, etc.) in France for more than 12 months in the 36 months immediately preceding the call deadline. The programme is open to candidates from any nationality.
Only one proposal per candidate is eligible. Candidates who have applied to the MSCA Postdoctoral Fellowship 2023 call and received an evaluation below 70% are not eligible for an application in 2024.
Selection process
The applicants for each of the proposed project topics in this call for expression of interest will be evaluated by a Sorbonne University committee. The best-suited applicants will be invited (travel and accommodation included) for a one-week training at Sorbonne University that includes a MSCA PF master class and exchanges with the hosting laboratory and supervisors.
The applicants and their supervisors will then be responsible for writing a joint proposal on their project topic, which will be submitted to the Horizon Europe MSCA Postdoctoral Fellowship call and evaluated by experts appointed by the European Commission on the basis of Excellence, Impact, and Quality & Efficiency of the Implementation by one of 8 selection panels : Chemistry (CHE), Social Sciences and Humanities (SOC), Economic Sciences (ECO), Information Science and Engineering (ENG), Environment and Geosciences (ENV), Life Sciences (LIF), Mathematics (MAT), Physics (PHY). Each panel will establish two ranked lists, one for European and one for Global Postdoctoral Fellowships.
If selected, the proposal will be funded by the European Commission through Sorbonne University or its associated ASU partner, which will employ the researcher and provide the allocated research funds, as well as follow the implementation of the project.
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