ParaFrap Call for Applications: International PhD Program in Parasitology
The French Alliance for Parasitology and Health Care (ParaFrap) is a Laboratory of Excellence (LabEx) created by the French Ministry of Research that currently has the International PhD Program open for applications for 17 PhD positions starting in October 2021. The selected PhD students will be recruited on a fixed-term contract of 36 months.
The LabEx ParaFrap is a Health Sciences collaborative research program focusing on Molecular and Cellular Parasitology in its wider sense. The network gathers 26 French leading groups in the field and is funded by the Excellence Initiative of the French Ministry of Research. Four major research fields are investigated in protozoan models such as Plasmodium, Toxoplasma, Leishmania, Trypanosoma and Cryptosporidium:
- Post-genomic data exploration
- Mechanisms of pathogenesis and protective immunity
- Parasite molecular and cellular biology
- Towards new intervention strategies against parasitic pathogens
The ParaFrap International PhD program is an ambitious program offering competitive PhD grants to high-quality students/early stage scientists. The early stage scientists will be joining research projects selected by an external scientific board and managed by a main supervisor and a co-supervisor from two distinct research groups of the LabEx. These core research projects will focus on the use of state-of-the-art post-genomic tools to enhance knowledge of the parasites’ biology and of their interactions with their hosts. We are committed to providing ParaFrap PhD students with the best starting platform for a successful career in science.
Eligibility:
- Applicants must have achieved academic excellence and be highly motivated to pursue a PhD project in Parasitology. They should have obtained a ‘Masters 2’ degree or an equivalent (5 years after high/secondary school) in science by July 2021; out of this format, only exceptional applications (upon justification) will be considered by the program director.
- English language skills are mandatory.
- The PhD program does not have an age restriction, but most accepted candidates are 24-26 years old and start their PhD within a year of finishing their M.Sc., a few of them within 3 years.
- Mobility between the Master’s lab and the PhD host lab is mandatory, meaning that the applicants must change from their present Research Director and Institute to another for the PhD. training.
- Applications are open to non-French students.
Read more here.
Application deadline April 10, 2021.
