Marie Skłodowska - Curie Actions - COFUND - PEARL (15 PhD positions)

PEARL, Programme for Early-stage Researchers in Lille, is offering 15 prestigious PhD positions (among 20 PhD projects pre-selected) cofounded by the European Commission and the I-SITE ULNE Foundation. The proposed subjects list is given in the call for candidates available on our websites.

This call is being advertised worldwide in order to recruit PhD students who will respect the mobility rule (see below). The applicants will have to send their application via the following email address: international@isite-ulne.fr, following an evaluation on file, selected applicants will be invited to interviews.

Please, carefully check the following eligibility criteria before applying. In case of any doubt, please contact contact@pearl-phd-lille.eu or check out the last updates on www.pearl-phd-lille.eu.

Applicants eligibility:

• Mobility rule: Applicants from all countries are eligible. However, you cannot apply if you have resided or carried out your main activity (work, studies) in France for more than 12 months during the 3 years immediately preceding the call deadline (04/15/2017 - 04/15/2020).
• As Early-Stage Researchers (ESR) you shall, at the time of recruitment by the host organisation (between September 1^st and November 1^st), be in the first four years of your research career and not yet have been awarded a doctoral degree. The four years start to count from the date when a researcher obtained the degree which would formally entitle him/her to embark on a doctorate.
• You must have a master’s degree or equivalent university degree (with respect to the requirements of the host institutions and the regional doctoral school) earned no more than 4 years prior to the call deadline (April 15, 2020) and in hand by the start of the PhD contract (before August, 31 2020).