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 - POSITION FILLED ;
  • V-SYNTHES-guided discovery of BET bromodomain inhibitors : a novel antifungal strategy against Candida auris (SL-DRF-26-0261 and to know more), 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

Ministerial and regional funding of PhD fellowships is also possible via the Doctoral Schools of the Université Grenoble Alpes. The IBS is affiliated with the School of Physics and the School of Chemistry and Life Sciences.

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 :

Candidates were able to apply to EDCSV until April 09, 2026.

List of Physics subjects :

  • NMR studies of molecular dynamics and disorder in the viral replication machinery of SARS-COV-2, contact : Martin Blackledge

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..).

  • As part of an ANR project, the SAGAG group is offering a thesis topic, under the supervision of Rebekka Wild:
    Subject: work on the molecular basis of substrate recognition in glycosaminoglycan biosynthesis.
    The project combines biochemistry with structural biology approaches, including NMR spectroscopy and cryo-EM (details)
    Deadline for application: Octobre31, 2026