GI IVID PhD Grant 2026-2029

The Graduate Initiative IVID

GI IVID will fund one doctoral contract (starting no later than September 1, 2026) within its thematic scope (immunology, vaccinology, and infectious diseases) to host a foreign student in one of its partner laboratories (CRCL, CIRI, IVPC, MMSB).

The procedure is as follows: after collecting thesis proposals, the GI IVID council will select four topics from each of the four partner laboratories. These four projects will be published for call for applications on the GI IVID website. Student candidates will be selected by the host teams and then proposed for final selection to the GI council.

Interested research teams are invited to submit their thesis offers (maximum 1 page detailing the project and thesis supervision) before February 8, 2026,

to the following addresses: candidature-IVID@univ-lyon1.fr and patricia.doublet@univ-lyon1.fr.

Internship proposal deadline: February 8, 2026