The IDIL 2025 thesis opportunities are now available!

The IDIL graduate program at the University of Montpellier is offering three-year 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 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 Faculty of Sciences, Montpellier Management, Montpellier-Nîmes Faculty of Medicine, Montpellier Faculty of Pharmacy, Montpellier Faculty 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