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. More information about the CEA PhD program

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

  • SL-DRF-24-0555 : Conception de protéines insecticides modulant des canaux ioniques, contact : NURY Hugues
  • SL-DRF-24-0527 : Dynamique et désordre molèculaire dans la machinerie de réplication du virus SRAS CoV 2, contact : BLACKLEDGE Martin
  • SL-DRF-24-0550 : Etude du mécanisme de photoactivation de la protéine caroténoïde orange par cristallographie femtoseconde en série résolue dans le temps, contact : Colletier Jacques-Philippe
  • SL-DRF-24-0547 : Décryptage à résolution atomique du paysage énergétique complexe de la chaperone humaine HSP90 à l’aide d’outils de RMN et d’IA avancés (details), contact : BOISBOUVIER Jérôme

Applicants are invited to contact the researcher proposing the project directly and apply before xxx. Successful candidates will start their thesis in the fall of 2024.

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 2024. Details of IBS thesis projects for the fall 2024 are 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)

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).

Informations about the 2 IBS PhD projects selected for funding in the fall of 2024 are published here, as well as date for applying and auditioning.

Applications are open until March 31. Auditions will be held early May (exact date to be confirmed). To know more.

CBH Graduate School Funding

PhD positions funded by the EUR “Grenoble Graduate School in Chemistry, Biology and Health” (CBH-EUR-GS) are available at IBS (forthcoming positions):

  • Investigating the mechanism of biotin synthase (details) - Contact : Yvain Nicolet (IBS/METALLO) & Sandrine Ollagnier-de-Choudens (LCBM)

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..).

ANR funding
2 PhD positions in biophysics funded by ANR are open to applications in the Integrated Imaging of Stress Response Group (IBS/I2SR) and the Biomolecular NMR Spectroscopy Group (IBS/NMR):

  • Subject: Mechanistic investigations of photoswitchable fluorescent proteins by nmr, x-ray crystallography and single-molecule imaging.
  • To know more

ERC funding
A PhD position funded by ERC is open to application in the NMR of Large Assemblies Group (IBS/NMRLA), in co-supervision with Institut de biologie physico-chimique (IBPC-Paris):

  • Subject: Development and application of advanced cell-free protein synthesis for the NMR study of large macromolecular systems
  • To know more