GENE Mentors program

As part of its Graduation mission, the Graduate School Genetics and Epigenetics New Education (EUR GENE) created a 1 to 12-month funding for 4th year of PhD or Transition Post-Doc:

to fund additional PhD time to finalize their project before graduating
or to fund PhD graduates transitioning between the end of their PhD and the start of a postdoc in a different laboratory

This funding offers a unique opportunity to complete the thesis project and maximize publications from their thesis lab.

The grantees will participate in mentoring activities within the EUR G.E.N.E. and will be encouraged to help organzing various workshops (carreer, vulgarisation, etc) for the other students.

FUNDING DESCRIPTION

1 to 12 months PhD or post-doc salary

Attention: due to Human Resources processing time, the earliest start date for all contracts will be in September from the application year. Post-doc contracts will start after the completion of the PhD.

ELIGIBILITY CRITERIA

To be in the process of obtaining a PhD in a doctoral school of the EUR G.E.N.E. (BioSPC, HOB) and in a laboratory affiliated to Université Paris Cité
For applications to a 4th year of PhD funding, to be in the 3rd year of the doctoral contract when applying
For transition post-doc applicants, to have an estimated defense date before the end of the civil year
To work on a subject linked to the EUR G.E.N.E. (genetics or epigenetics in the broad sense)
Not yet benefited from this funding program
Have submitted a complete application form during the opening period of calls for projects

KEY DATES

Opening date for application: 22th April 2025
Application Deadline: 23th May 2025 6PM
Results notification: Mid-June 2025

APPLICATION FORM

Applications are sent through an online platform. It will be necessary to upload a pdf file (max 2Mb), that you can prepare in advance, containing:

The research proposal (3 pages max),
Your CV (1 page max),
Your list of publications,
A personal statement (1 page max) including your career goals after the G.E.N.E. funding and a description of your motivation for becoming a G.E.N.E. Mentor and the mentoring initiatives that you would like to particiapte in,
A letter from your Ph.D. advisor to support your application (1 page max) and, for transition post-doc applications, a statement committing to the Ph.D. defense before the end of 2024.
A list of previous financial support to the team from the G.E.N.E. Graduate School.

All the above should be fused into a single PDF file entitled YOURNAME_gene_mentors_YEAR.pdf. The documents can be written in ENGLISH or in FRENCH

1) State of the art (1/2 page and 5 references)

2) General objectives of the PhD project

3) Results obtained during the Ph.D. (1 page)

4) Specific research aims for the funding period

5) Research plan, expected results, and outcomes for the G.E.N.E. Mentor period.

6) Justification for the number of months requested

7) Relevance to the missions of the G.E.N.E. Graduate School

8) 5 major publications (recent) of the host team(s) with names of doctoral students underlined