Apply with IMT Atlantique and join us!
Thinking about your next career step and willing to boost your career by joining a technological university ranked among the top 500 universities in the world (Top 201-250 for Computer Science and Engineering (THE ranking), Top 201-300 for Management (Shangaï ranking)]) and 20th to the THE World’s Best Small Universities Rankings (2023) ?
Willing to experience intersectoral, interdisciplinary and/or international research?
Looking to carry out your research in a new technological university putting industrial, environmental, societal and/or digital transitions as a priority challenge?
In that case you can apply for a Marie Sklodowska-Curie (MSCA) Postdoctoral Fellowship with IMT Atlantique as host institution!
The MSCA Postdoctoral Fellowships fund promising postdoctoral researchers with a view to develop their academic and transferable skills and enhance their career prospects by moving and working abroad.
By applying with IMT Atlantique, you give yourself a chance to join a technological university awarded with the « Bienvenue en France label », a recognition delivered by campus France for our capacity to welcome and host international researchers with the best conditions.
By joining us, you will be supervised by top-leaders:
- 20 M€ of research funding every year
- 300 PhD students supervised
- 800 publications with an average Field Weighted Citation Index of 1,45 between 2016 and 2021
- 24 ongoing EU projects
- high connection with the industrial world (10 industrial chairs and 40 industrial core partners), etc…
You can apply if:
- You are an Experienced Researcher eg. in possession of a doctoral degree at the time of the call deadline and a maximum of 8 years full-time equivalent experience in research.
- You comply with the mobility rule: eg. you must not have resided or carried out your main activity (work, studies, etc.) in France for more than 12 months in the 36 months immediately before the call deadline (September 13th, 2023). All nationalities welcome!
- You want to carry out an innovative research: only the best proposals will be selected by the European Commission. All domains of research are eligible!
- You already have great achievements in research: CV is an important criterion of MSCA application
| Duration | 12 to 24 months |
| Funding (salary) | € 5 913 per month (employer gross salary) + mobility allowance (600€ per month) + family allowance (600€ per month) if applicable |
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Funding (support to research and mobility |
€ 1 600 per month |
| Training | Portfolio of transferable skills offered which includes an innovative entrepreneurship training module |
| Supervision | 115 Full PhD / High-quality supervisors at IMT Atlantique |
| Secondment | An interdisiplinary and/or intersectoral mobility (3 months up to 1/3 of fellowship) is encouraged when relevant |
Useful links : MSCA Funding & tender opportunities & MSCA Postdoctoral Fellowship
Additional benefits:
The fellows receive institutional support and guidance to the installation language courses, accommodation, banking, day care, schooling & family related issues, entry conditions/visas, health insurance, medical care, taxation/salaries, unemployment, work permit, etc. Accommodation in Brest, Nantes and Rennes can also be facilitated upon arrival, by the International Houses in these cities.
How to apply to MSCA fellowship with IMT Atlantique:
Step 1: Find a supervisor at IMT Atlantique (application before March 15th, 2024)
- Pre-determined topics: You apply to one or two research subject(s) provided by supervisors (please see table 2 below) + CV + Personal statement (see below)
- OR Open topics: You want to propose a research project which is not mentioned in the list, please send us: 1) Your CV ; 2) A personal statement (maximum of 3 pages, free writing) that includes a personal introduction, qualifications and achievements, career development objectives, general motivation ; 3) A two-page work plan proposition.
- Please apply by sending your application to julien.prudhomme@imt-atlantique.fr before March 15th, 2024.
If your application is retained by a supervisor at IMT Atlantique (Feedback: End of March 2024), then, the next step is to apply jointly to the MSCA PF (call launched by the European Commission).
Step 2: Prepare the application to the MSCA PF
April 2024
- You receive an informative MSCA-PF starter package (Fellow + supervisors + EU project manager)
- You elaborate jointly the research approach with your supervisor (April 2023)
May 2024
- You receive a dedicated training session “Preparing for an Horizon Europe MSCA Postdoctoral Fellowship” + advise on institutional aspects and horizontal issues (open science, gender, ethics and research data management…) + advise on how to write your proposal
June 2024
- One joint meeting (fellow + supervisors + EU project manager) for proofreading
July or August 2024
- One joint meeting (fellow + supervisors + EU project manager) for proofreading
September 2024
- One joint meeting (fellow + supervisors + EU project manager) for proofreading
- Administrative support for your MSCA PF application
- We apply for you (deadline for the application: September 11th, 2024).
List of the predetermined topics and supervisors
Nuclear Reactor modeling
Supervisor : Lydie GIOT
Keywords: Reactor physics, decay heat, Molten salt reactors, Pressurized Water Reactors, nuclear safety, Monte Carlo methods, nuclear data, uncertainty propogation
Atomistic computational modeling of materials for energy, environmental, and geoscience applications
Supervisor : Andrey G. KALINICHEV
Experimental investigations of parameters influencing microparticles resuspension in ventilated duct - Application to Indoor Air Quality control
Supervisors: Félicie Theron and Laurence Le Coq
Physico-chemical characterisation of particulate emissions from ships
Supervisors : Audrey VILLOT and Aurélie JOUBERT
Key words : BTEX, condensables, soots, emission factors for ships, analytical methodology, GC-MS
Sustainable advanced fuels and biorefineries
Supervisor : Sary AWAD
Keywords :Biofuels, Advanced sustainable fuels for aviation and maritime sectors, Thermochemical processes, biomass, organic wastes, plastic wastes, experimental and numerical approaches coupling
Influence of singularities in ventilated pipes on airflow patterns and their impact on filter loading - combined experimental / numerical approach
Supervisors: Aurélie JOUBERT and Félicie Theron
Keywords : indoor air treatment, ventilation systems, energy consumption, aerosol physics, fluid mechanics, pipe singularities, anemometry, CFD, filter clogging, fibrous media autopsy
High-Performance Computational Electromagnetics and Applications to Biomedical and Industrial Challenges
Supervisor : Adrien Merlini
keywords: computational electromagnetics, bioelectromagnetics, preconditioning, integral equations, brain imaging, fast solvers
our previous proposals :
Study and optimization of high rate pairing of ionization and scintillation signals produced by high energy gamma-rays with the XEMIS2 camera
Superviso : Dominique THERS
Keywords : particle detector; liquid xenon; Compton telescop; PET imaging; 3gammas imaging; Single high energy gamma imaging; Multimodality; gamma rays radiation control; small animal imaging; precision medicine; ionisation *//*chamber; Time Projection chamber; Photodetection; Embedded artificial intelligence.
Machine Learning for 6G-Era Smart Wireless Environments
Supervisors : Samir SAOUDIet Mustapha Benjillali
Keywords : Artificial Intelligence, Machine Learning, Reconfigurable Intelligent Surfaces (RIS), Wireless Communications
Investigating multimodal perception for augmented humans and immersive technologies
Supervisor : Etienne PEILLARD
Keywords:augmented reality, virtual reality, perception and augmented vision, perceptual bias analysis, cognitive ergonomics and immersive systems
Réussite avec un programme Marie-curie : Heavy QGP
Contact :
European project manager
Email :julien.prudhomme@imt-atlantique.fr
Tel : +33 2.51.85.81.16