PhD Opportunities in Statistics in France

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...

INRAE is offering a three-year PhD thesis in spatio-temporal modeling and extrapolation of ecological networks at the BioSP (Biostatistics and Spatial Processes) unit in Avignon, France. The project aims to improve understanding and prediction of the natural regulation of crop pests, supporting reduced pesticide use and sustainable agroecology. The research will develop statistical and artificial intelligence methods to extrapolate ecological networks linking plants, pests, and natural enemies f...

PhD position in episignatures and long-read sequencing at the University of Rouen Normandy in France, within Inserm UMR1245 / Cancer and Brain Genomics (CBG) and in partnership with Rouen University Hospital . The project focuses on using PacBio HiFi sequencing to build the next generation of episignatures. These DNA methylation “fingerprints” may help solve unsolved cases of neurodevelopmental disorders and improve genetic diagnosis in rare disease research. We are looking for a PhD candidate w...

Fully funded masters internship with a PhD position in physics-constrained generative AI modelling at École Nationale des Ponts et Chaussées (ENPC) and Université Paris-Saclay , France. The project is hosted at CEREA, ENPC / Institut Polytechnique de Paris , in collaboration with LISN under the ANR MilaDy Project . It is aimed at students interested in the intersection of computer science , applied mathematics , physics , and fluid mechanics , with a strong emphasis on machine learning and physi...

Fully funded PhD position in Computer Science at Télécom Paris and Télécom SudParis in France , within the MM Team at LTCI and the ARMEDIA Team at SAMOVAR . The project is part of the PARIS-funded SIGMA initiative and focuses on graph signal processing and graph machine learning . This is a strong fit for candidates interested in computational methods, data-driven modeling, and mathematically grounded machine learning. Eligibility: MSc/M2 or equivalent in computer science, data science, engineer...

ESSEC Data Analytics Group is announcing applications for the PhD program in Data Analytics at ESSEC Business School . The track is designed for students interested in statistics , econometrics , applied probability , risk , machine learning , and related quantitative research areas. This is a PhD-level opening, with applications welcomed for the next admissions cycle. Deadline: Apply by January 15, 2027 for full consideration in the first round. No funding details, supervisor names, or specific...

PhD opportunity at Mines Saint-Étienne (Institut Mines-Télécom) in Saint-Étienne, France , focused on the development and characterization of a multi-sensor platform for monitoring onshore CO2 storage sites . The doctoral project is hosted at the SPIN – LGF center (Georges Friedel Laboratory, UMR CNRS 5307) and is part of the CO2MET consortium with IFPEN, BRGM, Mines Saint-Étienne, and Cerema . The research combines instrumentation , sensor development , metrology , data acquisition and processi...

Fully funded research visits are available in AI for applied economics at École normale supérieure de Lyon in France , through CERGIC, Center for Economic Research on Governance, Inequality, and Conflict . This opportunity is aimed at PhD students and postdoctoral researchers in economics , with a strong interest in using artificial intelligence , text analysis , or machine learning in research projects. The post describes the visits as fully funded . No tuition or fee waiver is mentioned, and n...

Fully funded PhD opportunity on Social Reinforcement Learning to Support the Agroecological Transition within the MSCA COFUND BEST programme. The project is jointly supervised by INRAE Toulouse (France) and IIIA-CSIC (Barcelona, Spain) , offering an international research environment at the intersection of reinforcement learning , multi-agent systems , computer science , and agroecological transition . Eligibility: applicants must hold a master’s degree or equivalent by the deadline and must not...