Deadline to submit the application to the doctoral school :
Tuesday 1st March 2011

The applications for AXA Research Fund 2011 (recruitment of doctoral students) is now open. (PhD Application Guidelines)
Only institutions may apply for these fellowships. No individual student applications will be accepted or reviewed.

Please note that each candidate cannot submit the same proposal several times. An applicant can be presented by only one institution.

Areas of research eligible for funding
The Ph.D. work financed by the Fund must fall within the scope of one of the themes identified by the AXA Scientific Board.
The themes for 2011 are identified below, and can also be found on the website of the AXA Research Fund: http://researchfund.axa.com/en/

- Life risks
o Aging and long term care
o Addictions and risky behaviours
o Emerging biomedical risks

- SocioEconomic Risks
o Geopolitical risks
o Macro-economic risks
o Large corporate risks

- Environmental risks
o Natural catastrophes
o Risks linked to climate change

How to apply :
Applications must be submitted by the research institutions to which the host laboratory is attached and where the Ph.D. work is to be carried out.

Paris Descartes University will select two applications maximum.
The application must be submitted by the Doctoral school to the University.

To apply, the lab must:
- Fill the form enclosed
- Join the candidate's CV
- Join the list of publications

Deadline to submit the application to the doctoral school: Tuesday 1st March 2011

Each doctoral School can submit only one application. If there are two excellent candidates, the doctoral school may submit two applications, in which case they will have to be ranked.

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