RULES OF THE CALL

ARTICLE 1 – ELIGIBILITY REQUIREMENTS

• The hosting team must belong to Université Côte d’Azur (UniCA).
• At least one of the supervisors must be a member of EUR LIFE.
• The PhD grant must start before October 31, 2025.
• Concerning the PhD grant funded by EUR LIFE and NEUROMOD, the main supervisor must be Habilitated to Direct Research (HDR) or equivalent. Co-direction by both laboratories is accepted but not mandatory. The main supervisor and the applicant must belong to the same doctoral school.
• Concerning the PhD grant funded by EUR LIFE and ACADEMY 4, the main supervisor must be Habilitated to Direct Research (HDR) or equivalent. Co-direction by both laboratories is accepted but not mandatory. The main supervisor and the applicant must belong to the doctoral school ED85 or to ED364 when one of the supervisors belongs to ECOSEAS.

ARTICLE 2 – EVALUATION CRITERIA

• The subject of research must clearly be interdisciplinary and fulfill the specific conditions of the grant outlined in the "OBJECT OF THE CALL" section.
• Scientific quality of the project (challenges involved, originality, feasibility within the timeframe of the project).
• Quality of the supervision (CV of supervisor(s) including publications and project management in relation with the project, scientific and technical environment, availability of

the supervisor(s) with respect to their supervision load, a recommendation letter of the supervisor).

• Excellence of the candidate (CV, academic records, motivation letter, recommendation letter…).
• Ability of the candidate to master the interdisciplinary aspects of the subject.

ARTICLE 3 – DOCUMENTS TO BE PROVIDED

The application can be either in French or in English, with a preference for English.

Research Project

Scientific presentation of the project (max. 5 pages) – template form to fill out here, which includes:

• Project summary (1/2 page), detailing: primary discipline, secondary discipline, primary Doctoral School.
• Public summary (1/2 page)
• Description of the project including scientific aim, context, methods, interdisciplinary impact, originality and feasibility (workplan).
• The relevance of the interdisciplinary consortium (positioning of the project with respect to the EUR LIFE & NeuroMod or EUR Life and Academy 4).

Supervision

• Brief CV of supervisor (and co-supervisor, if applicable), including 5 recent publications over the past 3 years.
• Feasibility statement: signed by the student, the supervisor and the head of the host team or laboratory, explaining that the material conditions for carrying out the project are secured, especially for aspects regarding experimental facilities.

Concerning the candidate

• CV of the candidate.
• Motivation letter (max. 1 page).
• At least 1 recommendation letter of previous supervisors/tutors.
• Master transcript including detailed marks and ranks (if the Master is not finished yet, a transcript of the grades obtained so far).

INCOMPLETE APPLICATIONS WILL NOT BE CONSIDERED

ARTICLE 4 – SELECTION COMMITTEE

Applications will be examined by a Scientific Jury made up of members from the Conseil de l’École Doctorale Sciences de la Vie et de la Santé (ED85) / LIFE Graduate School and experts covering the complementary disciplines.