The IDIL 2025 thesis opportunities are now available!

The IDIL graduate program at the University of Montpellier is offering three years of funding for 12 doctoral contracts as part of six multidisciplinary thesis projects. These doctoral contracts are unique in that they combine two distinct disciplinary theses within a single “mirror doctoral project” 🔀

💊 Project No. 1 | VEBIOCOL: Design of a bio-based, gastro-resistant encapsulation vehicle for the controlled release of bioactive molecules in the colon

Disciplines: Life and Environmental Sciences, Science and Technology, Information, Structures,and Systems
; Doctoral Schools: GAIA, I2S

💡🌙 Project No. 2 | POLLUNOCT: The Impact of Anthropogenic Nighttime Pollution on Biological Rhythms: Understanding to Protect and Treat

Disciplines: Life and Environmental Sciences, Science and Technology, Chemical and Biological Sciences for Health
Doctoral Schools: GAIA, CBS2

🖐️ Project No. 3 | HAPTIMED: The Sense of Touch in Healthcare: A Digital Twin of Haptic Perception for Educational Purposes

Disciplines: Human Movement Sciences, Information, Structures,and Systems
; Doctoral Schools: SMH, I2S

🧬 Project No. 4 | OPTIMA: Optimization of RNA splicing modifications for targeted gene expression and RNA-based therapies

Disciplines: Chemical Sciences, Biological Sciences for Health
; Doctoral Schools: SCB, CBS2

🦠📡 Project No. 5 | BIOREACH: Design of remotely accessible cellular bioelectronic systems for autonomous biomedical solutions

Disciplines: Chemical and Biological Sciences for Health, Information, Structures,and Systems
; Doctoral Schools: CBS2, I2S

🦴 Project No. 6 | CHIRARCHEOMS: Study of collagen chirality using mass spectrometry: an innovative methodology for exploring a fundamental characteristic of protein aging in archaeology

Disciplines: Life and Environmental Sciences, Science and Technology, Chemical Sciences
; Doctoral Schools: GAIA, SCB

👉 To apply and learn more about the various projects, visit this page: https://idil.edu.umontpellier.fr/candidatures-phd-contrats-doctoraux-en-miroir-idil-2025/

📅 Application deadline: April 28, 2024, at 11:00 p.m. (Paris time)

Academic partners:
, UM School of Sciences, Montpellier Management, Montpellier-Nîmes School of Medicine, Montpellier School of Pharmacy, Montpellier School of Law and Political Science, Polytech Montpellier, Institut Agro Montpellier, École Nationale Supérieure de Chimie de Montpellier

Scientific partners:
CIRAD, CNRS, Inria, Ifremer, INRAE, Inserm, IRD
National Research Agency (ANR)
Ministry of Higher Education and Research