PSL Postdoctoral Programs
PSL provides recent PhDs a variety of avenues for deepening their research and building their professional careers. PSL’s postdoctoral programs include research partnerships in flagship fields and international programs in innovation and entrepreneurship.
Postdoctoral research
Mathematics
PSL coordinates joint postdoctoral initiatives in partnership with the Fondation Sciences Mathématiques de Paris (FSMP) (international relations, program announcements, report drafting, Master’s program) to help create a market help create a market for candidates and project sponsors and project sponsors. FSMP helps with the implementation of programs focused in mathematics or that include a mathematics component, providing distribution lists, communications, governance guidance, contract templates, and other services.
Astrophysics
In partnership with the Observatoire de Paris, PSL offers 4 postdoctoral fellowships in astrophysics, open via calls for applications open to students from all countries.
Fellows are appointed for one year with the possibility of extending to two years, depending on their results.
Physics
The Director of the ENS-ICFP Labex opens three postdoctoral fellowships annually.
Fellows receive 3-year postdoctoral positions with competitive salaries, travel stipends, and research stipends for experimental researchers.
PSL Junior Research Chairs and « AI for societal impact » postdoctoral programs :
This call for proposals is aimed at young international scientists at an early stage in their careers. The offered postdoctoral positions include a competitive salary, fundings for travelling and publications.
Closing of the applications : June 28, 2024. Positions starting in September or October 2024.
- Two (one theoretician, one experimentalist) in natural sciences (including mathematics and computer science) or engineering. Applications at the crossroads between physics and other disciplines are particularly encouraged. The experimentalist will receive an installation package (€150,000)
- Two at the crossroads between natural sciences or engineering and Humanities & Social Sciences, e.g., AI and Society, digital humanities, ecological transition, engineering/design/architecture...
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Two on research projects at the crossroads of AI and sustainable development
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Two at the Women's Cancer Institute (ICF, “institut des Cancers des Femmes”), at the crossroads of AI and research on cancer, in order to better understand, prevent and cure women’s cancers, breast and gynecological cancers .
This program is financed by Google.org, which philanthropic activities aim at solving some of the biggest challenges facing the world today. Any intellectual property created thanks to these fundings must be made open source.
For more information, please consult the PSL ‘Call for projects’ web page
Post-doctorats Innovation et Entrepreneuriat
Postdoc Innovation PSL
Piloté par PSL, ce programme annuel propose 2 contrats postdoctoraux à de jeunes docteurs passionnés par les sciences, l’innovation et le transfert de technologies et de connaissances, dont l’esprit entrepreneurial pourra contribuer à la création de start-up et à d’autres projets d’innovation de rupture.
In 18 months as a PSL Innovation Postdoc, I developed an operational industrial demonstrator from my research into applying machine learning to trading and finance.
In 18 months as a PSL Innovation Postdoc, I developed an operational industrial demonstrator from my research into applying machine learning to trading and finance.
Innovation and Entrepreneurship postdoctoral programs The PSL Innovation Postdoc afforded me the opportunity to work on applying machine learning to trading and finance with the Group for Neural Theory at ENS. From purely academic research at the confluence of several disciplines, we were able to develop an automated trading platform, also known as an industrial demonstrator or Minimum Viable Product (in startup jargon). We’re now ready to launch our entrepreneurial project: creating a long/short equity portfolio management company based on this technology.
P2I (Postdocs to Innovators)
Designed to develop the entrepreneurial skills of postdoctoral fellows in all disciplines and to create an academic and industrial network useful for their careers, the is run by Cambridge University and alongside PSL includes first-rate European institutions (Free University of Berlin, University of Glasgow, University of Innsbruck) and industrial partners (BP, Schlumberger, Astra Zeneca, Shell, Deutsche Bahn, Swarovski).
This partnership’s events in 2017-2018 included:
- Enterprise Fair (May 2017): Two PSL postdoctoral fellows had the opportunity to converse with startup entrepreneurs, corporate executives, IP/finance/HR experts, and angel investors. They broached topics ranging from starting new companies and locating research funding, to marketing and the management of teams. The experience helped them to immediately bring international scope to their newly-designed projects and to share ideas with fellow European postdoctoral fellows facing the same challenges.
- IGNITE (July 2017): Two PSL postdoctoral fellows were invited to participate in IGNITE, an intensive training program for young entrepreneurs and one of the flagship initiatives of the Cambridge Judge Business School (CJBS). View application for 2017
- Postdocs to Innovators Paris Meetup (March 2018) : After Berlin and Cambridge, this Paris Meetup aims to develop the entrepreneurial skills of postdocs, in all disciplines, and to help them build an academic and professional network useful for their careers.
Thanks to the HEAPP Enterprise Fair, I came into direct contact with leaders in the pharmaceutical and oil industries, as well as young entrepreneurs.
Thanks to the HEAPP Enterprise Fair, I came into direct contact with leaders in the pharmaceutical and oil industries, as well as young entrepreneurs.
Institut Curie As a research engineer, I am working with the Institut Pasteur, Institut Curie and PSL to pursue the intellectual property opportunities related to a software platform that processes data from microscopy and biomedicine with virtual and augmented reality technologies. The HEAPP Enterprise Fair brought me into direct contact with leaders in the pharmaceutical and oil industries, as well as young entrepreneurs. I learned that the majority of startup funding today comes from corporate venture capital. This knowledge has been priceless as we seek investors to support the creation of our new company.
Join the PSL Postdoc Society
Inspired by the Cambridge University model, the PSL Postdoc Society provides a forum for discussion and exchange among PSL postdoctoral fellows. The Society plans events, training programs, and opportunities to meet with corporate representatives, providing its members with multiple opportunities for networking and developing expertise.
Interested? Contact the PSL-Valorisation team