Annual PhD Funding Campaign

  • Digital and Social Sciences
  • Digital and the Environment
  • Applied quantum technologies (quantum computing, quantum simulation, quantum communication or quantum metrologies and sensing), in partnership with QuantEdu-France through QuantAzur Institute for which transdisciplinary projects involving several laboratories will be particularly appreciated.
Why should you apply as a PhD candidate?
How to apply?
As a PhD candidate

Application deadline: 2024 May, 6th

To apply:

  • Simply click on the topic of your choice in the list below and click on the "Candidater/Apply" button at the bottom of the topic page
  • In any case, send an e-mail to the PhD supervisor to inform him or her that you apply.

The director will then select the student (s)he will support, prepare the application file and the audition with him/her, and submit the application file to DS4H Graduate school.

If you are selected, you will have to register to the doctoral school corresponding to your subject:

As a PhD supervisor


Application deadline: 2024 May, 6th

PhD supervisors apply for DS4H fundings after having selected a PhD candidate on a PhD given topic.

Folders submitted by the potential PhD supervisors should contain :

  • A description of the chosen PhD subject
  • The candidate’s CV 
  • Letter of motivation from the candidate
  • If the master is still in progress: the transcripts of at least Master 1 and the first semester of Master 2 (or equivalent) with, if available, the rankings among the master, and a scientific description of the current research internship
  • Else: the Master diploma, a complete transcript of the Master 2 or equivalent, and the dissertation with at least a summary in French or English
  • A letter of the potential PhD supervisor with commitment to supervise the candidate, a description of the knowledge (s)he has of the candidate, and why (s)he chose this candidate on this subject
  • Optionally : recommendation letters and any document likely to support the quality of the triplet

How to submit a PhD subject?

Before May, 6th

  • Conditions: please refer to the e-mail from Gilles Bernot, dated March 12th.

An additional allowance of 10 K€ will be allocated by DS4H Graduate school to selected subjects submitted before April, 10th.

Selection Process
2024 Campaign Calendar
  • April 10th: Deadline for submission of thesis topics that will be widely circulated internationally and benefit from 10k€ additional allowance
  • May 6th: Deadline for submission of thesis topics and applications
  • May 10th: Final choice of student supported by each thesis director
  • Mid-May to mid-June: Audition of the students and their potential thesis directors by the rapporteurs
  • June 11th: Indicative ranking by the jury from the DS4H Graduate school COSP
  • June 14th: Final laureates decision by the DS4H Graduate school Steering Committee
What if the PhD of your dream is not on this list? or if you want to apply after the official closing of the campaign?

You can still contact your doctoral school directly to identify open thesis subjects and fundings:


You can also identify the researcher of DS4H Graduate school's partner laboratories best matching your subject of interest and ask him/her if he/she would be willing to supervise you and if he/she can submit a specific topic for you.
Former Laureates

Since 2019, DS4H Graduate school has been awarding research grants targeting thematic priorities:

  • Digital and Social Sciences
  • Digital and the Environment
  • Artificial Intelligence, in partnership with the 3IA Côte d’Azur
  • And more recently, applied quantum technologies (quantum computing, quantum simulation, quantum communication or quantum metrologies and sensing), in partnership with QuantEdu-France through QuantAzur Institute

2024 PHD TOPICS


Discover below the 2024 doctoral projects. This list wil be updated on a regular basis until 2024 May, 6th.
Last update: 2024 March 20th

 
THESIS SCIENTIFIC FIELD / Title Laboratory
COMPUTER SCIENCE AND APPLICATIONS
COMPUTER SCIENCE
Program recognition with artificial intelligence i3S
Deep Learning Methods for Understanding Psychiatric Interviews Inria STARS
Efficient data structures and algorithms for processing massive point clouds Inria TITANE
AUTOMATIC SIGNAL AND IMAGE PROCESSING
ELECTRONICS
HUMAN AND SOCIAL SCIENCES FOR DIGITAL SYSTEMS