Thesis proposals

The IBS hosts on average 50 PhD students who are either selected via national Doctoral Schools and International PhD programs (CEA) or financed by external grants from ANR, EU2020 and private fondations.

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CEA Funding

The CEA offers students high-level doctoral training and IBS’s laboratories participate in this program. A diverse array of research topics is available and encompasses the following domains: environmental sciences and host-pathogen interactions, structural biology and biophysics and technologies for health and medicine.

Direct access to the IBS thesis subjects eligible for funding or cofinancing by the CEA:

  • Structural snapshots of a substrate within the active site of a mitogen-activated protein kinase (SL-DRF-26-0239), contact : Malene Jensen ;
  • V-SYNTHES-guided discovery of BET bromodomain inhibitors : a novel antifungal strategy against Candida auris (SL-DRF-26-0261), contact : Carlo Petosa ;
  • Studying the structural dynamics of vitamin B12 -dependent photoreceptors in view of biotechnological applications (SL-DRF-26-0263), contact : Martin Weik.

Applicants are invited to contact the researcher proposing the project directly and apply. Successful candidates will start their thesis in the fall of 2026.

Ministerial and Regional Funding

The next session for applications will take place mid 2026. The next session for applications will take place mid 2026. Details of IBS thesis projects for 2026-2029 are currently dispatched on the Doctoral Schools’ websites:

– Doctoral School in Physics : Ecole Doctorale de Physique de Grenoble
– Doctoral School in Chemistry and Life Sciences : Ecole Doctorale de Chimie et Sciences du Vivant (EDCSV)

List of EDCSV subjects :

Area of expertise : Structural Biolog-Nanobiology

  • A real-space fitting of dynamic atomic force microscopy topography at the atomic level
  • BLOCK-hPIV3 — Artificial intelligence-assisted design of mini-proteins that inhibit replication of human parainfluenza virus type 3 (hPIV3)
  • Structural characterization of different isoform of NADPH oxidase complex by CryoEM
  • Deciphering the role of the NPM1 protein in DNA repair: structural analysis of molecular interactions with the human AP endonuclease APE1
  • Reprogramming Light-Intensity Sensing : OCP-Coupled Electron Sinks and Optical Reporters.
  • NMR STUDIES OF MOLECULAR DYNAMICS AND DISORDER IN THE VIRAL REPLICATION MACHINERY OF SARS-COV-2
  • NMR Investigations of Proteolytic ClpP/ClpX Molecular Machine in Action
  • Unraveling the competitive mechanisms for peptidoglycan precursors during the bacterial cell cycle
  • Structure and lipid membrane adhesion of myelin protein P0 by NMR spectroscopy

Area of expertise : Virology-Microbiology-Immunology

  • Therapeutic monoclonal antibodies against Pseudomonas aeruginosa
  • Structural and functional characterisation of the Respiratory Syncytial Virus transcription factor in viral factories and in vitro
  • Structure and regulation of the microtubule cytoskeleton in the human parasite Leishmania infantumStructure and regulation of the microtubule cytoskeleton in the human parasite Leishmania infantum

Area of expertise : Chemistry Biology

  • Development of a Modular Enzymatic Platform for the In Silico Design and Synthesis of Novel Therapeutic Peptides via Protein Splicing

Candidates are able to apply to EDCSV until April 09, with pre-selection of candidates on May 04 and auditions on June 10 & 11, 2026 (Terms and conditions of the Competition).

GRAL funding

In the framework of the recently funded EUR “Grenoble Graduate School in Chemistry, Biology and Health” (CBH-EUR-GS), the LABEX GRAL funds PhD scholarships in GRAL labs of the IRIG institute (IBS, BCI, BGE, CBM, and PCV).

There will be no PhD scholarships for 2026-2029.

Informations about the IBS PhD projects selected for funding in the fall of 2027, as well as details for applying and auditioning, will be available in the spring 2027.

CBH Graduate School Funding

Information about PhD positions at IBS funded by the EUR “Grenoble Graduate School in Chemistry, Biology and Health” (CBH-EUR-GS) will be available in the spring 2026 here.

External grants

The IBS groups welcome thesis students in the context of different fundings, such as ANR funding or European funding (Marie Curie network, ERC, etc..).

No such funding is currently available.