Call for applications within the framework of the MSCA COFUND (Horizon Europe) project “EU-DOCS for SmUCS” led by La Rochelle University

15 October 2025

We are pleased to announce a new PhD thesis opportunity under the MSCA COFUND – EU-DOCS for SmUCS program, in cotutelle with La Rochelle Université.

All applications must be submitted directly to the following email address: eudocs_cofund@univ-lr.fr.

The PhD student willl have to spend the first three months of his/her thesis à LRU (for administrative reasons).

Few conditions for candidates to be eligible:

·                    Compliance with the Marie Sklodowska-Curie mobility rule: applicants must not have resided or carried out their main activity (work, studies, etc.) in France for more than 12 months between December 2022 and December 2025. Compulsory national service, short stays such as vacations, and time spent as part of a procedure to obtain refugee status under the Geneva Convention (1951 Convention relating to the Status of Refugees and 1967 Protocol) are not taken into account.

·                    Possession of a Master’s degree (or equivalent) at the date of the call deadline (December 12, 2025).

·                    Not in possession of a PhD. Researchers who have successfully defended their doctoral thesis, but who have not yet officially obtained their doctoral degree, are not eligible.

·                    Previous training or work experience in research.

·                    All required documents combined in a single PDF document (CV, covering letter, ID, copy of Master’s degree, application form) must be sent by December 12, 2025 to eudocs_cofund@univ-lr.fr.