Talents: Launch of the 6th L'Oréal France - UNESCO National Fellowships
Call for applications until 15th April. This year's fellowship organised with the support of the French National Commission for UNESCO & the Academy of Sciences
L’Oréal France launches the 6th Fellowship "For Women in Science", with the support of the French Commission for UNESCO and the Academy of Sciences.
This year, L'Oréal France will further its commitment by rewarding 12 students in their last year of their PhD thesis instead of 10.
The fellowships can be combined with other research grants and aim to enable doctoral students to introduce and promote their work and speed up their project.
In 2010, we talked with Carine NGUEMENI, a doctoral student at IPMC Sophia Antipolis, who was rewarded for her work on the influence of a diet rich in omega-3 on strokes.
Carine NGUEMENI explained the context in which the work rewarded by the L'Oréal-UNESCO Fellowship was carried out.
"Carine NGUEMENI: I wanted to join Doctor Catherine Heurteaux's team (EXPLORATION OF CEREBROVASCULAR AND THERAPEUTIC PATHOLOGY Team - UMR 6097/UNS/CNRS) which offered a thesis subject concerning the "Influence of a diet rich in Omega-3 (Alpha-linolenic) on cerebral vascular accidents, neuronal and vascular consequences and risk factors. I was therefore able to benefit from the laboratory's expertise to develop my thesis."
ELIGIBILITY CRITERIA
Be no more than 30 years old
Be enrolled in the penultimate year of a PhD in a French educational establishment and in a research laboratory in France
Be enrolled in a Life or Materials Sciences discipline
APPLICATION FORMS
Available for download from http://www.femmescience.fr
Fellowships will be awarded by a Jury presided over by the President of the Academy of Sciences
Fellowships will be awarded in October 2012 for the following year of the PhD 2012/2013
A special chat with former Fellowship beneficiaries 8th March 2012.
In order to provide candidates wishing to apply with more information on the subject of the France Fellowships, there will be a chat on 8th March 2012, from 5.30pm to 6.30pm where doctoral students can ask former Fellowship beneficiaries questions about their application.
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