2024 recruitment of students with disabilities

These contracts are specially financed as part of the national integration policy for disabled people. They are intended to complement the existing global offer, and do not exclude other types of training that may be granted to students with disabilities who are carrying out a thesis project within the framework of traditional doctoral contract funding.

Beneficiaries of these contracts are hosted, according to the rhythm of the academic year, in a research unit belonging to or associated with the CNRS. Doctoral contracts are awarded for a period of 3 years, subject each year to re-enrolment in a doctoral school. Remuneration is a minimum of €2,135 gross per month. If the doctoral student is entrusted with a complementary activity (teaching, for example) in addition to his or her doctoral research activity, the remuneration will be higher.

The scheme is open to all research disciplines.
In operational terms, the selection campaign is the responsibility of the HRD, and is organized by the national disability correspondent within the CSR department: cnrs-handicap.correspondant.national@cnrs.fr

Selection criteria :

• Interested candidates contact the laboratories directly; they apply with a research project of their choice within the limits of the unit's scientific themes, in liaison with the doctoral school to which the host laboratory belongs;
• Laboratory management interviews candidates with a view to their possible candidacy;
• in conjunction with the laboratories, candidates complete the the application formwhich they send either to the human resources department of the CNRS regional delegation responsible for their laboratory, or directly to the national disability correspondent (by post or courier);
• the national disability correspondent has the applications examined by the institute managers, who select the beneficiaries of the contracts on the basis of the admissibility of the projects and the quality of the applications.
• it provides information on the results of the appraisals and the choice of candidates.

2024 MAIN STAGES CALENDAR
March 26 at 12pm Registration opens on the website
March 28 to June 17 Auditions by laboratories
June 18 to 12 noon Deadline for submission of applications
June 25 to July 9 Examination and selection of applications by institute managers
July 9 to 12 Award of contracts and notification of results
October 1 Start of contracts

Conditions to be met

• hold a master's degree or equivalent allowing registration in a doctoral school;
• not to have already started his thesis;
• be a beneficiary of a proof of his or her status as a beneficiary of the employment obligation;
• no nationality requirement.

Doctoral students with disabilities, whether recruited by CNRS as part of this campaign or through another through this campaign or through any other means, may benefit from an adjustment to their workstation working conditions, subject to the recommendations of a prevention doctor.

Informing people about the recruitment process for doctoral studentswith disabilities:

In accordance with the regulations (Regulation (EU) 2016/679 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 27 April 2016 on the protection of individuals with regard to the processing of personal data and on the free movement of such data and Law No. 78-17 of 6 January 1978 as amended, relating to information technology, files and freedoms), you have the right to access, rectify, modify and delete data concerning you. The CNRS collects and processes personal data for the recruitment of PhD students with disabilities. The information is available on the application form.