Internships, Mentors & Tutors
See below for our “ Research Internships ” available for the 2026–2027 academic year, as well as those from previous years for your reference:
CHEMISTRY FOR HEALTHCARE, PROTECTION & NUTRITION
Available internships
Past bids submitted for review:
- Carbonic Anhydrase Inhibitors Featuring a Porphyrin Scaffold: Synthesis, Optical, and Biological Properties
- Development of Novel Molecular Targeted Probes for Profiling Metalloprotease Activities Using MALDI-Mass Spectrometry in Synovial Fluid
- Multivalent iminosugars as new organocatalysts
- Original nucleoside analogs for cancer treatments
- Dynamic vectors for RNA delivery
- Bioprinting of Vascularized Scaffolds for Nerve Tissue Engineering – Description
- Gene-Activated Matrix for Cartilage Repair – Description
- Novel Dynamic Hydrogels Produced by Dual Crosslinking of Modified Biopolymers for Sustained Drug Release in Cancer Treatment – Description
- Development of Novel Molecular Targeted Probes for Profiling Metalloprotease Activities Using MALDI-Mass Spectrometry in Synovial Fluid
- Mono- and multivalent iminosugar-based α-amino acids as new organocatalysts
- Activity-based probes targeting metalloproteases: toward the profiling of these enzymes in vivo?
- Electrospun Fiber-Based Membrane Condenser for Atmospheric Water Recovery
- Mono- and multivalent iminosugar-based α-amino acids as new organocatalysts
- Nanothermometers for Intracellular Temperature Measurements
- Structural Elucidation of Siderophores from Bacteria of the Genus Achromobacter
- Preparation of nanocrystals and nanocapsules of organic room-temperature phosphorescent luminescent materials for biological applications.
- Multifunctional Nanoparticles for Microglia Modulation
- Activity-based probes targeting metalloproteases: toward the profiling of these enzymes in vivo?
- BIOSOURCED ANTIOXIDANTS FROM LIGNIN
Comparative Politics and Public Policy
Available internships
Available Programs for 2026–2027
- Gender, Social Practices, and Public Policy
- Reflecting on the Space of Social Movements Today
- Environmental Governance
- Examining the Role of Images in the Development of Citizenship
- Changes to Election Rules
- Cultural Policies, Events, and Regions in Transition
- The Reconfiguration of Southern European Politics
- Is the End of Political Parties Nearing?
- Citizenship in All Its Forms
Bids Submitted for Review
DIGITAL AND MOVEMENT SCIENCES FOR HEALTH (DIGIMOVE)
Available internships
Available Programs for 2026–2027
- Ground-Truthing Posture: Validating Markerless Video for Handwriting Disorders
- Spontaneous vs. Intentional Interpersonal Coordination: Recovery and Leader-Follower Dynamics
- Combining Computer Vision and Wearable Sensors to Assess Upper-Limb Movement Quality After a Stroke
- Eye Gaze and Action Coupling in Paragliding
Bids Submitted for Review
- Multimodal Analysis of Spontaneous Gestures and Speech in Dyadic Interaction
- Modeling the recurrence of a new physical activity habit as measured by an accelerometer
- Multiscale Modeling of Rhythmic Auditory Stimulation
- Video Analysis and Artificial Intelligence for the Early Detection of Handwriting Disorders in Children
- Characterizing the Structure of Reaching Movements After a Stroke to Improve Rehabilitation
- Synchronized EEG-fNIRS for Improved Brain Source Validation in Real-World Settings
Earth and Water in the Context of Global Change
Available internships
Available Programs for 2026–2027
- Analysis of Long-Term Trends in Groundwater Quantity and Quality in French Karst Aquifers Using SNO Karst Data
- Thallium (Tl) Mobility in Sulfide Mining Catchments in a Carbonate Environment: A Speciation and Isotopic Approach
- Determination of Hydrodynamic Parameters of Complex Aquifers from Spring Hydrographs
- Hydrological Modeling in Karst Environments: Relating Lumped-Parameter Model Structure to Catchment Attributes
- Assessing the Validity of SWOT-Derived River Bathymetry Under Morphological Change
- Decentralized wastewater treatment for water reuse
- Building Transferable Agent-Based Models for Water Management Scenarios in Rice Cropping Systems in Southeast Asia
- Origin and Dynamics of Surface Water in the Cambodian Floodplains: Insights from Simple and Low-Cost Environmental Tracers
- Uncertainty Propagation in Hydrological Modeling
- Identifying the footprint of climate modes across Asian river networks using SWOT
- Modeling and Predicting Intermittent Flow in Small Streams within Cultivated and Riparian Catchments
- Hydrogeological Characterization of a Mountainous Headwater Catchment
- Quantification of Water Stocks in Forest Environments Using a Multidisciplinary Approach
- A study of the feasibility, benefits, and limitations of using low-cost sensors to monitor seasonal rivers
- How Does Pumping Affect Groundwater Levels? Unlocking a Unique Piezometric Archive in Cambodia
- Toward More Robust Evaporation Estimates for Hydrological Modeling Under Global Change
- Modeling SUDS at the watershed scale: Can a simplified model accurately represent complex systems on an annual scale?
- Water Storage and Streamflow Decline in Cévennes Catchments: Geomorphological and Geological Controls and Climate Change Impacts
Bids Submitted for Review
- Improving the Robustness of Hydrological Models Under Changing Climate Conditions
- Integrated Modeling of Surface and Subsurface Compartments of Karst Hydrosystems
- A Data-Driven Approach to Modeling Pollutant Discharges from Combined Sewer Overflows (CSO)
- Nature-Based Solutions for Addressing Droughts and Floods in Rural Areas: Spatial Indicators of NBS Efficiency at the Landscape Scale.
- Assessing the Influence of Urban Land Cover Classification on Hydrological Model Accuracy
- Melt-Rock Interaction in the Oceanic Lithosphere: A Case Study of the Bay of Islands Ophiolite, Newfoundland
- Toward “Intelligent” Hydrogeological Conceptual Models of Volcanic Island Aquifers
- Explainable AI (XAI) for Building Trust in Artificial Intelligence: Applications in Flash Flood Prediction
- Characterization and Monitoring of Saline Intrusions in the Coastal Aquifers of Roussillon
- Assessment of Water Resources Using an Interdisciplinary Approach in the Chyulu Hills
- Electrical Current Modeling and Inversion in 3D Fractured Rocks
- Improving the Robustness of Hydrological Models Under Changing Climate Conditions
- Tracking River Floods and Groundwater Recharge Areas in the Upper Mekong Delta Using SWOT and Sentinel-1
- Focus on Persistent, Mobile, and Toxic Chemicals (PM/PMT): From Water Resources to Human Exposure
- Benefits and Risks of Storing Treated Wastewater for Irrigation
- Agrohydrological Infrastructure Management for Water Conservation
- Evaluation of Future Land Use Scenarios for Groundwater Protection and Sustainable Territorial Development
- Predicting Agricultural Water Use at the Regional Level – Can Remote Sensing Help Identify Management Rules?
- Modeling Reactive Transport Processes in Pore Network Models for Karst Applications
- Heat transport processes in a fracture-matrix system under stress conditions
- Sensitivity of Urban Hydrological Modeling to Land-Use Mapping and Very Fine-Scale Precipitation Variability
- Determination of Hydrodynamic Parameters of Complex Aquifers from Spring Hydrographs
- Method development for detecting a phytosanitary vitamin K antagonist molecule: Brodifacoum in three compartments of a mangrove ecosystem
- Improving the Robustness of Hydrological Models Under Changing Climate Conditions
- Large-scale hydrodynamic modeling of the Upper Mekong Delta
- Production of Available Water Content Maps from Existing Soil Properties Datasets Using Pedotransfer Models—Application to Spatial Crop Modeling
- Targeted biochar amendments for improving agricultural water quality: What role do pesticide degradation mechanisms play?
- Understanding Shifting Patterns of Water Use for Irrigation in Prey Veng Province, Cambodia
- Management of Groundwater and Its Salinity Among Stakeholders in Deltas: A Case Study of Sine Saloum, Senegal
- Fluid Migration in Sedimentary Contexts as a Proxy for Basin Evolution: Implications for Resources, Reservoirs, and Storage
- Impact of the hydrological cycle in the corridors of altered rocks in the Grands Causses region, based on GNSS and InSAR measurements.
eco-epidemiology of emerging diseases
Management and Sustainable Transition
Available Internships
Available Programs for 2026–2027
- Sustainability Performance, Reporting, and Assurance
- Sustainable Entrepreneurship and SME Management
- Water Management
Bids Submitted for Review
Modeling Biological and Environmental Systems
Available internships
Past bids submitted for review:
- Dynamics of Red Blood Cells in Shear Flow: From Experimental Observations to Clinical Applications
- A Molecular Dynamics Approach to Water Sorption Phenomena in Wood
- New DEM modeling of the knee joint for the study of ligament forces during deep flexion
- Energy transfer from wind to waves: How far does it go?
- Modeling Axonal mRNA Active Transport and Translation
Contact: andrea.parmeggiani@umontpellier.fr - Modeling Cellular Populations During Osteoarthritic Crisis
Contact: andrea.parmeggiani@umontpellier.fr - Population Growth and Decline in a Fluctuating Environment
- Transcriptional noise in Drosophila
- Contribution of Automatic Control to Epidemiology – Description
- From the Structure of Sponges to the Physics of Granular Media – Description
- Measurements and simulations of a swimming bacterium trapped in optical tweezers
- Langevin dynamic simulations of the energy landscape of rotary molecular motors
- Biophysical modeling of the self-assembly process driving bacterial DNA segregation
- Mechanobiology of Tree Growth
- Physics-Informed Machine Learning for Lake Pollution Forecasting(seePoster)
- Exploration of Qualitative Trajectories for Robust Validation of Ecosystem Modeling and Development of a Numerical Tool(seePoster)
- Modeling Population Growth and Death Processes(seePoster)
- Langevin dynamic simulations of the energy landscape of rotary molecular motors
- Theoretical modeling of rotating respiratory saliva dumbbells(seePoster)
- Modeling Axonal Trafficking and Protein Synthesis
- Capture of Nanoplastics Using Nanocellulose(seePoster)
- Red Blood Cell Dynamics Under Flow: From the Mechanics of Single Cells to Blood Rheology
- Modeling ribosome motion during genetic translation
- Mechanical Characterization of Skull Base Tumors
- Robot-assisted indentation of the skull base to determine the force at break
- Bacterial Flagellar Motor
Plant and Microbiological Sciences for the Agro-Environment
Available internships
Available Programs for 2026–2027
- Priority effect and community assembly among soil entomopathogens
- Deciphering the signaling pathways underlying the inhibitory effect of elevated CO₂ on root nitrate uptake in Arabidopsis
- How do beneficial Pseudomonas bacteria increase plants' tolerance to iron deficiency?
- Revisiting Green Revolution Genes in Cereals to Address Agroecological Challenges
- Interactions Between Rice and Endophytic/Rhizospheric Bacteria Under Global Change
- Harnessing Phyllosphere Bacteria as Biocontrol Agents: Exploring the Diversity and Efficacy of Methylobacterium Species Against Rice Phytopathogens
Bids Submitted for Review
- Evaluating Potential Non-Target Effects of a Biocontrol Agent on Solitary Bees. Contact: julien.brillard@umontpellier.fr, quentin.petitjean@inrae.fr
- From Molecular Weapons to Microbial Ecosystems: Studying the Ecological Role of Anti-Eukaryotic Type VI Secretion Systems
Contact: guillaume.charriere@umontpellier.fr - Maintaining the Resilience of Spikes in the Face of Climate Change: An Integrative Analysis
Contact: jessica.bertheloot@inrae.fr - Symbiont or Commensal: The Role of the Bacterium Enterococcus mundtii in the Gut of Spodoptera frugiperda
Contact: vincent.doublet@inrae.fr, sophie.gaudriault@inrae.fr
- How do co-infections affect the epidemiological dynamics of two strains of the plum pox virus?(seePoster)
- Improving the Efficiency of Biocontrol Agents in the Context of Global Change
- Modeling the Morphodynamics of Inflorescence Development in Rice
- Multiple infections and the evolution of the rice yellow mottle virus (RYMV) in Burkina Faso
(Also available in the Ecology section) - The Role of the Cell Wall in Plant Metal Nutrition
Quantitative Biology: Molecular Mechanisms of Living Systems (qbio)
Available internships
Available Programs for 2026–2027
- Repurposing anti-mycobacterial drugs that target InhA and Ag85 to combat Nocardia infection
- Investigating the Regulation of the Metalloprotease ADAM10 by Tetraspanins in Colon Cancer: A Multidisciplinary Approach
- Implementation of simultaneous single-molecule FRET and force spectroscopy measurements to characterize the mechanosensitive activation of adhesion GPCRs
- The Chemistry of Choice: Linking Intracellular Plasticity to Learning Under Uncertainty
Bids Submitted for Review
- Dissecting the mechanisms by which intestinal AIECs promote macrophage-induced inflammation in Crohn’s disease
- Design of Artificial Stimuli-Responsive Polypeptides (SRPs)
- Inclusion of physical models in artificial neural networks
- A quantitative microscopy-based screening method to identify inhibitors of protein-protein interactions
- From Genes to Growth Regulation: Toward a Theory of Cellular Economy
- Computational design of proteins that target the replication machinery of mononegavirales
- Structural Basis of GPCR Modulation: Toward a New Class of Medicines?
- Lipid Environment and Heteromeric GPCR Interactions in Schizophrenia and Psychosis
- Functional Analysis of Enhancers That Regulate Memory Formation in Drosophila
- Development of an Inhibitor Against the DAF-12 Nuclear Receptor from Nematodes Through Structural and Interaction Studies
- Dynamics of Red Blood Cells in Shear Flow: From Experimental Observations to Clinical Applications
- Spatiotemporal Patterns of Fungal Bioluminescence
Quantitative Ecology & Evolution
Available internships
Available Programs for 2026–2027
- Understanding Metacommunity Dynamics in Mediterranean Vernal Pools
- Population Dynamics Under Temperature Fluctuations
- Modeling the Spatial Dynamics of Food Webs Under Global Change
Bids Submitted for Review
- Understanding the Dynamics of Emerging Zoonotic Agents in the Camargue – Giacomo Zilio & Emanuel A. Fronhofer
- Evolution of Tetranychus evansi traits in co-infections
- Eco-evolutionary range dynamics in a changing world
- Resilience and Long-Term Trends in Vegetation Dynamics in Global Drylands
- The ecosystem service bundle viewed as an interaction network
- Adaptive Management of a Large Carnivore Using Bayesian Forecasting and State-Space Models
- Understanding Spatio-Temporal Dynamics on a Large Scale Using Artificial Intelligence: Applications to Bycatch Dynamics in Tropical Pelagic Fisheries.
- Multiple infections and the evolution of the rice yellow mottle virus (RYMV) in Burkina Faso. (Also available in the Plants section)
- Understanding Metacommunity Dynamics in Mediterranean Vernal Pools
Sciences for Human Health
Available internships
Available Programs for 2026–2027
- Characterization of Muscle Signaling in Patients with Titinopathies
- Metabolic Control of Glycosylation During Immune Self-Recognition
Bids Submitted for Review
- IDIL Mentoring Proposal on Melanoma Resistance to MAPK Inhibitors
- Muscle Dysfunctions in Patients with Chronic Kidney Disease
- Cracking the glycan code that mediates immune tolerance in adipose tissue
- The Role of Non-coding RNAs and the Nuclear Exosome in Genome Organization
- Toward the Development of a Human Cellular Model That Mimics Diaphragmatic Dysfunction Induced by Mechanical Ventilation
- Targeting the DDR1 collagen receptor to reverse immune evasion and treatment resistance in colorectal cancer
- Response to Spinal Cord Injury and Effects Induced by CSF1R Inhibition Following Spinal Cord Injury: The Role of Age and Sex
- Role of proteins involved in epithelial integrity and polarity—regulated by (de)phosphorylation by Syk or PTPN13—in breast tumor invasion
- Muscle Dysfunction in Patients with Chronic Kidney Disease
- Furanic fatty acids: A New Key Player in Nutrition for Healthy Aging?
- Assessment of the Metabolic Activity of Extracellular Vesicles Secreted by Colorectal Cancer Cells
- scMel – Analysis of cellular heterogeneity using quantitative single-cell phosphoproteomics to predict the response of metastatic melanoma to MAPK inhibitors.
- Identification of the molecular and cellular mechanisms involved in the health effects of furanic fatty acids
- The Role of Nestin in the Motor and Cellular Response Following Spinal Cord Injury
- Study of the Neurovirulence of Arboviruses: One Health Approaches
- Understanding the molecular mechanisms underlying neurodevelopmental disorders
- Epigenetic Regulation of Endogenous Retroviruses in the Liver: Impact on Liver Tumorigenesis
- Inter-organ communication during cancer-associated cachexia
- New factors involved in cell competition during development and cancer
- Molecular and Genetic Bases of Mutualism Between Yeasts and Pollinating Insects
- Targeting DDR1 Activity in the Collagen Receptor to Reduce Tumor Progression, Resistance, and Immune Exclusion in Colorectal Cancer
- FLT3 and FLT3 alternative splice variants in the pathophysiology of chronic pain
- Cytoskeletal Signaling and Dynamics
- A Microfluidic Approach to Erythrocyte Transport in Diabetic Retinopathy
PHOTONIC & ELECTRONIC SENSORS FOR ENVIRONMENT AND HEALTH
Available internships
Available Programs for 2026–2027
- Microelectromechanical Systems (MEMS) for Photoacoustic Gas Spectroscopy
- Optical sensors: on-chip integration for telecommunications and biosensing
- THz environmental spectroscopy
- Photoacoustic Laser Spectroscopy: A cutting-edge detection technique for applications ranging from industry to the medical sector
- Quantification of UV-C, UV-B, and UV-A for Photochemistry
- Regulation and Signal Conditioning of a Luminescence Test Bench
Bids Submitted for Review
- Exotic Structured Laser Light for Enhanced Societal Applications: Toward THz Sensing, Data Processing, and Biophotonics
- Hyperspectral imaging data combined with climate data to predict stomatal conductance and transpiration in grapevines
- An Inkjet-Printed, RFID-Enabled Humidity Sensor on Paper Based on a Biopolymer
- UHF RFID Anisotropic Magnetoresistance Sensor for Human Motion Monitoring
- Microelectromechanical Systems (MEMS) for Photoacoustic Gas Spectroscopy
- Powerful structured THz source based on novel photoconductive antennas using III-V technologies for applications in agronomy and environmental monitoring
- Optical tweezers for biomedical applications based on a structured photonics-based source for manipulating nanocrystals
- Semiconductor Plasmonic Nanoantennas for Optical IR Spectroscopy of Endocrine Disruptors
- Human Motion Monitoring Using a UHF RFID Wristband
- IR photoacoustic spectroscopy: state of the art, system development, packaging, and applications in gas detection
- Toward Integrated Photonic Sensors
SUSTAINABLE ECONOMIES & SOCIETIES
Available Internships
Available Programs for 2026–2027
DIPLOMA IN RESEARCH AND INNOVATION ENGINEERING
Available internships
Bids Submitted for Review
The Roles of Mentors and Tutors at idil
Mentors, Academic Advising (M1/M2)
Researchers or Faculty Members
They provide personalized support to their mentees
throughout their two-year master’s program:
- Provides year-round support to students as they pursue their educational goals
- Provides personalized academic support
- Offers opportunities to connect with its professional network, labs, conferences, etc.
- Supervises the Research Internship
- Assistance with developing the Personal Project in consultation with the advisor (M1)
- Assistance with the development of the Multidisciplinary Project (M2)
If you'd like to become a mentor, please send an email tothe program coordinator for the relevant program.
Tutors: Academic Support (M1)
Faculty Members
They provide personalized support to their students
during their first year of the master’s program:
- Provides year-round support to students as they pursue their educational goals
- Assistance with developing the Personal Project in consultation with the mentor
- Tracks the progress of the laboratory immersion
If you'd like to become a tutor, please send an email tothe program coordinator for the relevant program.