• A three-year work contract with health insurance and various social benefits, as well as a competitive remuneration with a monthly net salary of 2200 €/month (2743 €/month gross salary). The PhD students will benefit from full social security and his health insurance will be partially reimbursed. Public transportation will also be reimbursed at a rate of 75%. Financial support for international research training and conferences and contribution to research costs are also provided. Students will have access to all the equipment available in their lab. The tuition fees for the 3 years of Doctorate are also reimbursed.
• Excellent working conditions in a campus in the heart of Paris which provides an exceptional scientific environment conducive to rich, original exchanges
• A Training Programme focused on six areas, two scientific and four soft ones: 1) High level scientific and technical training on soft matter by supervisors, seminars, summer schools and compulsory one-month secondment with an international partner and short stays to non-academic partners, 2) Ecological transition and soft matter courses 3) Smart career development training to boost your employability, 4) Outreach programme to help you to present your results to the general public, 5) Advanced transferable skills training, including a transferable skills cursus covering topics like Open Access, ethic and integrity, grant application and management and 6) Innovation and entrepreneurship.
• A Career development Training Programme and a personalised monitoring by providing a high quality interdisciplinary training and a large variety of transferable skills courses. Fellows will define Career development plan elaborated in the beginning of the thesis and updated with the supervisor during the whole duration of their projects. Specific training in ethics will be provided to the fellows.
• Interactions with our industrial partners through secondments, visits, seminars and conferences organised during their three years at ESPCI. The PRISM fellows will also have the occasion to meet the young entrepreneurs of the start-ups hosted on campus.
Plus :
• A Welcoming day;
• Support in the administrative procedures;
• French language courses;
• Several activities to promote integration in the local student life and cultural activities.
The Welcome Desk provides information and support to the PhD students to help their entry in France with visa procedures if required. They provide information on how their arrival will occur, for their comfort and anticipation. They help them fulfil obligations regarding the French administration, internal administrative procedures and present work regulations and rights, and assist them on many practical aspects (bank account, transport card, health, accommodation, insurances), inform about PSL facilities and services and facilitate their integration (e.g. French language courses). The PRISM students will benefit from physical meetings, individual face-to-faces, and outings (events presented on the Welcome Desk website). The PSL Welcome Desk is composed of polyglot employees all with extensive international experience, who are dedicated to helping students and researchers settle down in Paris and adjust to the French every-day life and culture.
The goal of PRISM is to hire the best possible researchers for the PhD positions regardless of sex, age, ethnicity, country of origin, religion, sexuality, disabilities, etc. PSL will strictly implement the principles of the European Charter for Researchers and Code of Conduct for the Recruitment of Researchers promoting open recruitment and attractive working conditions. As being the only way to guarantee scientific excellence, ensuring equal opportunities will be a continuous imperative for PSL.
All PhD supervisors are either full-time researchers or faculty members holding permanent employment in one of PSL’s Joint Reasearch Units.
For PhD co-funded by business partners, an industrial referent is appointed and actively participates to the follow-up meetings of the PhD student with other supervisor(s), they are part of the PhD committee as well which meets once a year. A bilateral agreement is signed with the industrial partner prior the beginning of the PhD.
Supervisors are instrumental in helping the students to identify and address their research development needs. They integrate the PhD students into research group activities, including seminar series and staff meetings. They also coordinate teaching and supervision activities for the students, as determined within Career Development Plans. Weekly meetings are organised with the supervisor to discuss on the advancement of the PhD project. The co-supervisors provide additional guidance and facilitate the insertion of students during their mobilities. Joint online meetings are organised at least every month for coordination between the two co-supervisors.
For secondment, a scientific referent is appointed at the hosting partner institution. Complementing the secondment agreement, meetings are organised before, during, and after the secondment, with the PhD student and his PhD supervisor.