Doctoral Program of Excellence: 5 fully-funded fellowships 1450 views

Université Côte d’Azur (UCA) is offering Doctoral Program of Excellence for exceptional candidates. The program will provide 5 fully-funded fellowships commencing no later than October 2018. The aim of the program is to recruit and support the most academically qualified and promising early-stage researchers worldwide who are developing a research program involving one or more laboratories within UCA.

Fellowship value: gross salary of 2500 € per month; 1500 € / year for participation in international conferences or workshops

Duration: maximum 3 years

Eligibility:

• Applicants must hold a Master’s degree, but should not have yet been awarded a doctoral degree. Students who have not yet completed their Master’s degree by the application deadline but who may nevertheless be ready for a PhD program may also apply.
• Applicants who have previously been considered but who received a grade of B or C during the selection process are not allowed to re-apply in the subsequent session.
• A potential supervisor can only support one candidate. A candidate may only apply with one research project and one supervisor.
• Research projects must follow French and European regulations on ethics issues in order to be eligible for funding.
• The Program is meant to be a recruiting tool to UCA to attract outstanding students entering doctoral programs (current students of the UCA member institutions will receive lower priority than students graduating from other institutions).

Applications:

• Apply online and upload the following documents (as PDF or JPG files):
• The filled Application Form
• CV of the candidate, including a list of two references with their names, titles/relationship to the candidate addresses, phone numbers and email addresses.
• Cover letter describing the applicant’s motivation
• Last diploma
• A written description of the doctoral research project (max 2 pages)
• A support letter from the host laboratory director and/or from the director of a UCA academy
• Copy of the applicant’s passport or ID
• A letter with CV from the anticipated supervisor (and co-supervisor, if applicable)
• Advisor letter attesting the adequacy of the academic environment with the research topic
• Additional documents