Discover PEPR PROPSY’s 1st call for projects !
Our research program is funding three doctoral fellowships in 2025 to support innovative research projects in precision psychiatry. A second wave of funding is planned for 2026, to further expand opportunities for young researchers and reinforce scientific advances in this field.
Proposals should address one of the following themes :
Markers for stratification of dimensions and/or transnosographic clinical forms
- Research and identification of clinical, cognitive, omics, environmental, imaging, EEG and/or digital markers, using PEPR PROPSY databases, existing national and international databases or those in the process of being acquired, etc.
- Exploration of pathophysiological mechanisms (i.e. immuno- and immunometabolism) underlying biomarker anomalies.
Modeling and artificial intelligence
- Development of learning algorithms (AI, machine learning, contrastive learning) based on multimodal databases.
- Exploitation of multimodal databases to identify algorithms for stratifying psychiatric pathologies.
Candidates must hold a Master’s degree (or equivalent) in neuroscience, psychiatry, artificial intelligence, biology or related disciplines.
The thesis must be carried out in a laboratory affiliated to a French institution authorized to award doctorates.
The thesis supervisor must be identified and have recognized expertise in the field.
Theses may be co-supervised with international laboratories (EU, USA, Canada), provided the doctoral student is enrolled in a French doctoral school. International co-financing may be considered.
Funding is intended to support doctoral theses in precision psychiatry. Each selected project will receive a grant to cover the costs of recruiting a doctoral student and implementing the research project :
- Maximum grant per project : €153,400, including a maximum of 18% in management costs.
- Co-financing : projects may include co-financing. These must be detailed in the application file, specifying their origin and use.
- Duration of funding : 3 years.
- Use of funds : remuneration of the doctoral student in accordance with current funding scales, operating costs directly linked to the research project and contribution to the costs of supervising and training the doctoral student.
Submission deadline : April 30, 2025 at 1:00 pm (Paris time).
Applications should be sent by e-mail to aap@pepr-propsy.fr.
An acknowledgement of receipt will be sent to candidates after submission of the file.
To consult the AAP description, click here, and here’s the template to use.
Program Scientific Director : Marion Leboyer
Program Manager : Marie-Hélène Soto
If you have any questions, please contact aap@pepr-propsy.fr