International doctoral Cotutelle funding programme (ADI) 2023

The conditions of the project must comply with the Université Paris-Saclay Doctoral Charter, the national regulatory framework and the internal regulations of the doctoral college and the doctoral school, as well as the regulations of the partner country and the internal regulations of its institution.

1. The project must be part of an international PhD cotutelle
2. The PhD student's host research unit in France must be part of the Université Paris-Saclay (see the list of units: https://bibliolabs.universite-paris-saclay.fr/Labs/Definition). The doctoral student must therefore be declared eligible by one of the doctoral schools of the Université Paris-Saclay, subject to obtaining funding from each of the two institutions
3. The request for cotutelle must be made before applying. The candidate must not have been enrolled in a thesis for more than 8 months at the date of receipt of the application. (see the conditions of the international PhD cotutelle before applying)
4. The thesis director at the foreign partner institution undertakes to co-direct the thesis and supports the application and the project
5. The foreign partner institution must be accredited to award the double doctoral degree and must have given an explicit agreement in principle to the establishment of an international doctoral co-supervision
6. The duration of the stay at the Université of Paris-Saclay and at the partner institution is at least 12 months
7. The partner institution/country must certify its commitment to finance the co-tutored thesis, for a minimum duration of 12 months and in all cases, for the duration complementary to the number of months requested in the framework of this call.

Programme of the campain

1. Opening of the portal for the submission of subjects: February 6, 2023
2. Closing of the portal for submission of subjects: March 6, 2023
3. Opening of applications: March 6, 2023
4. Closing date for applications: March,31 2023
5. Deadline for selection of candidates by the doctoral schools: May 15, 2023
6. Programme selection committee will meet: June 20, 2023 at 10 a.m.

Step 1 : application form

The application file must include

1. The documents requested by the doctoral school
2. The application summary form (max 2 pages)
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3. A letter of motivation from the candidate to carry out his/her thesis under cotutelle
4. One or more letters of support and commitment from the thesis director attached to the foreign partner institution
5. A letter of commitment from the partner institution for the setting up of the cotutelle
6. A letter of commitment from the foreign organisation/partner to co-finance the thesis An acknowledgement of receipt of the cotutelle application
7. An acknowledgement of receipt of the cotutelle application, saved in PDF format and made via the form: https://admin-sphinx.universite-paris-saclay.fr/SurveyServer/s/PHdFutur/Cotutelles_internationalesIQ3/questionnaire.htm 

ATTENTION: applications can be submitted from 6 March 2023 to 31 March 2023.

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Step 2: Eligibility by the doctoral school

The doctoral schools examine the candidates' files between early April 2023 and early May 2023.

• The opinions given by the doctoral schools are communicated to the international section of the Maison du doctorat by 15 May 2023 at the latest
• Only complete files and eligible applications will be studied by the programme's selection committee
  
   

Step 3: Evaluation of the projects by the Commission

The Commission will evaluate the complete and eligible applications on 20 June, taking into account the following criteria

1. Excellence of the application and the doctoral project
2. Conditions conducive to the successful completion of the international co-supervised doctoral project:
   Motivations of the candidate 
   The experience of collaboration between the partners
   The cooperation project around the doctoral project 
3. The institutional interest of this international partnership

• Is the agreement part of an already structured institutional partnership?
• What will be the contribution of the foreign partner?

 Supporting documents

 Step 1: collection of subjects

The submission of thesis subjects on the ADUM platform is carried out from February, 6 2023 to 6 March 6, 2023, by choosing the type of funding "Doctoral programme for international co-tutelles", for the academic year 2023-2024.

• The subjects will be validated by the directors of the host research units and the doctoral schools
  
   

Step 2: submission of subjects

Only subjects that have been validated by the doctoral school and the Research Unit will be published.

The subjects

Step 3: submission of applications

Candidates have to to submit their applications from March 6, 2023 to March 31, 2023 on ADUM.

• The content of the candidate file is indicated in "I AM A CANDIDATE".
• We invite you to consult in ADUM (as and when necessary) the applications on your subjects
  
   

Step 4: Eligibility by the doctoral school

The doctoral schools examine the candidates' files between early April 2023 and early May 2023.

• The opinions given by the doctoral schools are communicated to the international section of the Maison du doctorat by 15 May 2023 at the latest
• Only complete files and eligible applications will be studied by the programme's selection committee
  
   

Step 5: Evaluation of the projects by the Commission

The Commission will evaluate the complete and eligible applications on 20 June, taking into account the following criteria

1. Excellence of the application and the doctoral project
2. Conditions conducive to the successful completion of the international co-supervised doctoral project:
   Motivations of the candidate 
   The experience of collaboration between the partners
   The cooperation project around the doctoral project 
3. The institutional interest of this international partnership

• Is the agreement part of an already structured institutional partnership?
• What will be the contribution of the foreign partner?
  
   

Supporting documents (French version)

The University of Paris-Saclay pursues a policy of promoting the doctorate internationally by financing a programme of support for international doctoral co-supervision, with a projected budget of approximately 10 million euros for the period 2020-2024.

The International Doctoral Actions (ADI) provided by IDEX Paris-Saclay are essentially intended to pay the salaries of the winning doctoral students.
 

IDEX Paris-Saclay

IDEX (Initiative D'EXellence) Paris-Saclay financially supports :

• Employees
  Employees recruited on a fixed-term contract by the University of Paris-Saclay. The duration of the contract will be equal to the number of months of support granted, according to the periods of the research stay in France within the framework of this call for proposals.
• Scholarship holder
  They will receive a complementary grant to a foreign funding which already covers the whole duration of the thesis in order to reach the minimum required threshold. This grant will be awarded as a complement to other funding provided by another organisation and whose amount initially planned is below the required threshold. The grant is awarded for the period of the doctoral student's research stay in France. The costs of taking out work accident insurance during their stay in France will also be covered by the grant supplement.

In compliance with the ministerial decree of 11 October 2021, the gross monthly income is aligned with that of doctoral contracts with regard to the year of publication of the proposals and not the year of the start of the contract at the Université of Paris-Saclay.

Substantial co-financing is essential for a minimum duration of 12 months by the foreign partner institution, a foreign government or by a foreign company, organisation or institution, in particular to participate in the remuneration of the doctoral student.

ATTENTION: The funding granted under this call does not foresee the possibility of obtaining an extension of the funding beyond the number of months granted. 

Specific case

We point out the possibility of submitting, in a coordinated manner, a couple of international doctoral cotulle projects within the framework of this call for applications, with a process providing for one of the co-tutored doctoral students to be financed 100% by IDEX Paris-Saclay and the other to be financed 100% by the foreign partner institution.

• It will then be necessary to submit two separate applications within the framework of this call for proposals and to specify, in a very explicit manner, in each of the two applications, the link between the two applications. This type of arrangement is encouraged.

International Welcoming

The University of Paris-Saclay is committed to assisting the laureates in their efforts to:

• obtaining student accommodation on the university campus, or a room or flat off campus during their first year of the thesis
• informing them about the formalities for applying for a visa/residence permit and about the procedures for opening a bank account in France

Contacts

• For any question related to the Program:
  adi.upsaclay@universite-paris-saclay.fr
• For any question related to the international reception (visa, accomodation...):
  international.welcomedesk@universite-paris-saclay.fr