The Implanteus GS is a multidisciplinary training program, associating Avignon University and the INRAE Regional Center, and which tends to promote sustainable production and consumption of fruit and vegetables, fresh or processed, safe and healthy, in the context of the Mediterranean environment. The program is divided into the following training blocks: plant production / transformation of plant matter / plant food & health / interdisciplinary methods.
In partnership with ED536 Agrosciences & Sciences, EUR Implanteus offers doctoral students the opportunity to apply from the start of the 2022/2023 academic year for the Implanteus Label.
The advantages of the Implanteus label
- An endowment of 1000 euros to participate in an international congress abroad
- A grant of up to 3,000 euros for long-term mobility (from a minimum of one month to a maximum of three months) in a laboratory in France or abroad to enrich your research project (acquisition of new skills and techniques, carrying out additional analyses, expanding your scientific network and international mentoring, access to specific resources, improving your publications …….) during your doctorate. The funding is intended to cover general mission costs (transport, accommodation, catering) only.
- Authorization to compete for the EUR Implanteus thesis prize (see below)
Conditions for applying
The research work must fall within the multidisciplinary program of the EUR.
The doctoral student undertakes to assist:
- EUR seminars (typically 6 per academic year)
- at its annual summer school, with at least one oral communication presentation over the duration of the thesis
How to apply
A letter addressed to the EUR Project Manager (sylvie.fayard@univ-avignon.fr)
- mentioning the title and summary of the thesis project
- taking up the commitments mentioned above (seminars, summer school).
Thesis Prize of the University School of Research Implanteus
This individual prize of 1500 euros is intended to reward very high quality doctoral research within the framework of the multidisciplinary program of the EUR.
Only doctoral students with the Implanteus label are authorized to apply.
How to apply
During the 2 months following the defense of the thesis, the candidate for the prize must send the Project Manager of the EUR (sylvie.fayard@univ-avignon.fr) the following documents:
- a letter co-signed by the thesis director highlighting the quality of the doctoral research
- the thesis manuscript in pdf format
- the defense report
- the publications (pdf format) reporting this research in international peer-reviewed journals (if they are not already included in the manuscript)
At the end of the academic year, the EUR Executive Committee (possibly assisted by external experts) will select the winner of the prize.
The prize will be officially awarded to the laureate by the Director of the EUR during the doctoral graduation ceremony.
Annual budget
On the basis of its annual budget validated by the ANR, the EUR Implanteus plans to finance :
One EUR thesis prize per year (1500 euros)
A dozen EUR thesis labels per year (EUR 1,000 per doctoral student for participation in an international conference)
Up to two long-term mobility grants per year
