PhD Opportunities in Earth Science in France

This doctoral project is part of the ANR PALWOOD programme (2026–2030), which investigates the evolution of wood during the Paleozoic, from the first appearance of wood in the early Devonian to the end-Permian crisis. The project brings together researchers from multiple French research units, including AMAP (Montpellier), CR2P (Paris) and EEP (Lille), with international collaborators. The thesis focuses on the anatomical disparity of homoxylous woods , i.e. woods without vessels. The doctoral r...

Co-sponsored doctoral grants from the French Ministry of Defence support PhD research on topics relevant to French defence, through the Agence de l’innovation de défense (AID). The programme funds a wide range of projects each year and is designed for candidates whose research aligns with the agency’s priorities in the natural and engineering sciences, as well as defence-related social sciences. The grant is intended for doctoral research carried out in a French laboratory, with the funding paid...

Co-sponsored doctoral grants offered by the Government of France-Ministry of Defence in collaboration with CNRS support doctoral research in France on topics of interest to the defence sector. The programme funds a full three-year PhD and is designed for projects spanning areas such as engineering, materials science, information technology and environmental sciences. The research is carried out in a laboratory in France, and the emphasis is on doctoral theses that are beneficial to defence-relat...

The PhD@Tec21 Marie Skłodowska-Curie Cofund doctoral programme offers seven full-time doctoral positions in mechanical engineering and chemical engineering at Université Grenoble Alpes in Grenoble, France. The programme trains researchers in interdisciplinary areas including environmental engineering, bioengineering, sustainable energy, transportation, ecotechnology and cleantech. Research projects span geomechanics, fluid mechanics, biophysics, rheophysics, materials behavior and multiphysics m...

TERRA-MED is offering 33 fully funded PhD positions focused on interdisciplinary research into Mediterranean resilience to climate change. The doctoral projects cover water, land, environmental science, agriculture, energy, biotechnology, and digital technologies. Research will be conducted through universities across Occitanie in France, Catalonia in Spain, and the Balearic Islands in Spain. The programme is part of the Euroregion Pyrenees Mediterranean and is supported through the Marie Skłodo...

PhD position in Subseasonal Prediction of Atmospheric Rivers at Toulouse INP, France. This 36-month doctoral project will develop a subseasonal forecasting framework for atmospheric rivers in Europe and South America. The research will address two high-impact, understudied regions at this forecast lead time and aims to improve probabilistic forecast reliability. The project will investigate temporal aggregation to capture atmospheric-river variability, climate teleconnections and mid-latitude su...

The BEST (Between Earth and Sky in Toulouse) doctoral programme is offering 19 fully funded PhD contracts as part of the Horizon Europe Marie Skłodowska-Curie Actions (MSCA) COFUND scheme. This interdisciplinary and cross-sectoral programme is organised by the University of Toulouse and is designed to train a new generation of researchers working on major societal challenges. The research is structured around three broad thematic pillars: health and well-being , global change , and sustainable t...

Fully funded PhD opportunity in Toulouse, France, under the MSCA COFUND BEST programme. The project focuses on Sahara dust in the Pyrenees, using peat records and current monitoring services to reconstruct Saharan dust input over Spain and France. The research combines peat archives, atmospheric collectors, trace-metal geochemistry, and isotope geochemistry, making it a strong fit for students interested in Environmental Science, Earth Science, Geology, and Chemistry. The PhD will be hosted in T...

📣 Doctoral thesis announcement for a 36-month PhD in powder flow modelling in agitated devices. The topic is titled “Modelling powder flows in Agitated Devices: from rheological studies to predictive SIMulation at process scale (MAD-SIM powder flow)” . It focuses on granular physics , rheology , computational modelling , powder flows , and process-scale simulation . This PhD is part of the MSCA COFUND doctoral programme BEST (Between Earth and Sky) in Toulouse , which offers 19 funded PhD positi...