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Permanent Research Positions at CNRS

Deadline: January 8, 2025. The French National Center for Scientific Research (CNRS) offers permanent research positions as civil servants. These positions are open to candidates holding a doctorate (or equivalent degree), without any age or nationality restrictions. The 2025 competition (with appointments starting in September 2025) opens on December 8, 2024, and closes on January 8, 2025. Application deadline: January 8, 2025. More information on the CNRS Careers website.

Friday, December 6, 2024 | 1 minute Read

Research in Paris in Institut Henri Poincaré (IHP)

Deadline: May 15, 2025. The Institut Henri Poincaré (IHP), located in the heart of Paris (5th arrondissement), offers an opportunity to meet to develop or finalize a research project with a small group of geographically dispersed collaborators who can meet at the IHP for a period of one to six weeks between January and June 2026. The IHP offers logistical facilities and, where appropriate, financial support. The application (maximum two pages) must include :

Wednesday, October 16, 2024 | 1 minute Read

Choose France: establish and lead a research program in AI

Deadline : March 31, 2025. As part of the French Strategy in Artificial Intelligence (AI), the Choose France - CNRS AI Rising Talents program offers exceptionally talented early-career AI researchers with the opportunity to establish and lead a research program and team for a duration of 4 years in one of the French laboratories led by the Centre national de la recherche scientifique, enhancing their potential to become leading scientists. This program is open to current postdocs as well as junior professors or researchers, with the primary criterion having an outstanding research track record. Applications are welcome from those who earned their PhD either in France or abroad, as soon as they demonstrate substantial international research experience, including mentoring students and managing scientific projects.

Wednesday, October 2, 2024 | 1 minute Read

FRQ support: extended Research Visits in France for CRM Members

Deadline : January 10, 2025. CRM scientists are eligible for FRQNT grants for medium-term stays (up to 6 months) in a French laboratory. The application must include a CV and a list of publications ; a (short) scientific project for the stay ; the projected dates of the stay; a letter of support from the host laboratory must be submitted so that the internship begins at least 2 months and at most 12 months after the application deadline.

Monday, September 30, 2024 | 1 minute Read

FRQ support: participation in Scientific Events in France

Deadline : January 10, 2025. Members of the CRM (or one of its laboratories), CRM post-docs and graduate students supervised by CRM members are eligible for FRQ funding to attend scientific events in France. Eligible expenses include travel, accommodation and a 70 CAD per diem for meals. The application must include a description or program of the event, including location, date and web address, a letter explaining the purpose of participation, a budget request indicating costs, [for students and postdoctoral fellows only] a proof of registration at a Quebec university must be submitted so that the event begins at least 6 weeks after the application deadline.

Monday, September 30, 2024 | 1 minute Read

FRQ support: research internship in France for students

Deadline : January 10, 2025. Students supervised by a member of the CRM (or one of its laboratories) who are enrolled in a 2nd or 3rd cycle program at a Quebec university are eligible for FRQ research internship grants in France. The application must include a description of the work to be carried out during the internship, a curriculum vitae and a recent transcript of the candidate’s grades, a letter of recommendation signed by the thesis or dissertation supervisor, a letter signed by the internship supervisor specifying the start and end dates of the internship internship must be submitted so that the internship begins at least 2 months and no more than 9 months after the application deadline.

Monday, September 30, 2024 | 1 minute Read

FRQ support: visit in CRM of mathematicians from France

Deadline : January 10, 2025. Mathematicians working in France and students enrolled in a university in France are eligible for FRQ funding to visit the CRM in connection with its scientific activities. The application must include a letter of intent with a description of the activity, a budget proposal, a letter of nomination from an CRM member (or the e-mail address of an CRM member who could serve as a reference), a CV including a list of publications must be submitted so that the visit starts at least 2 months and no more than 9 months after the application deadline.

Monday, September 30, 2024 | 1 minute Read

12- to 24-week stays in France and Canada for students and post-docs

Deadline: November 20, 2024. The information below is limited by my understanding of the call for projects. I find the wording of the call for proposals a little obscure. The program described here is not limited to exchanges between Canada and France, but I’m only talking about these exchanges. Mitacs is a Canadian national organization that defines and implements research programs with numerous academic and industrial partners.

Friday, September 20, 2024 | 2 minutes Read

Funding of new collaborations

Deadline : November 18, 2024 A consortium of twenty-three Canadian universities and the French Embassy in Canada have joined forces to fund new collaborations. Selected teams shall be awarded grants ranging from CAD 8,000 to CAD 15,000, mainly to finance the mobility of researchers and students between the two countries. Applications The project presented must involve only people who have never worked together (no co-publication, no co-organization, no co-supervision…). It must include master’s and doctoral students, but be presented by a researcher with a permanent position.

Wednesday, September 18, 2024 | 2 minutes Read

Affectations, délégations: Hosting mathematicians from France in Canadian laboratories

Deadline: October 15, 2024. In 2025 or 2025-2026, researchers and teacher-researchers who are members of the laboratories in partnership with the Institut national des sciences mathématiques ed de leurs interactions of CNRS (Insmi) can take part in a medium- or long-term stay abroad in an International Research Laboratory (IRL), in particular at CRM-CNRS or PIMS-CNRS. For better planning of the stay project, it is imperative to discuss the projects upstream (and certainly before submitting the application) informally with the Insmi deputy scientific director in charge of international affairs.

Thursday, August 15, 2024 | 3 minutes Read

AI projects

Deadline for expressions of intent: October 15, 2024. Canada and France are co-funding interdisciplinary research projects on artificial intelligence, in particular targeting : Generative AI; Integrated AI safety and security. Multidisciplinary projects, based on both theoretical and practical approaches, including a full range of disciplines (natural sciences, engineering, humanities, social sciences, health) and taking into account ethical and health equity considerations, are strongly encouraged. Applications French and Canadian partners must prepare a joint scientific project. For each country, teams must designate a national scientific coordinator.

Thursday, August 15, 2024 | 1 minute Read

Research in Paris in Institut Henri Poincaré (IHP)

Deadline: October 15, 2024. The Institut Henri Poincaré (IHP), located in the heart of Paris (5th arrondissement), offers an opportunity to meet to develop or finalize a research project with a small group of geographically dispersed collaborators who can meet at the IHP for a period of one to six weeks between July and December 2025. The IHP offers logistical facilities and, where appropriate, financial support. The application (maximum two pages) must include :

Thursday, August 15, 2024 | 1 minute Read