2025 recruitment of students with disabilities: awarding of doctoral contracts

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-registration in the 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

If you have any questions, please indicate in the subject line [Questions - 2025 doctoral campaign].

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;
• The laboratory management interviews candidates with a view to their possible candidacy;
• In collaboration with the laboratories, candidates complete the application form which they send directly to the national disability correspondent:
  • Or by post to CNRS-DRH - Correspondante handicap nationale 3 rue Michel-Ange - 75794 Paris Cedex 16 - France indicating on the envelope [Candidature - campagne doctorale 2025)
  • or by e-mail to cnrs-handicap.correspondant.national@cnrs.fr, indicating [Application - 2025 doctoral campaign] in the subject line;
• 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.

2025 timetable of key milestones

March 21 at 12 noon Registration opens on the website

March 31 to June 20 Laboratory auditions

June 23 at 12 noon Application deadline

June 23 to July 4 Examination and selection of applications by institute managers

From July 11 Contract award and information on results

Requirements:

• Hold a Master's degree, or equivalent, allowing enrolment in a doctoral school;
• Do not have already started your thesis;
• Provide proof of your status as a beneficiary of the employment obligation;
• There is no nationality requirement.

Doctoral students with disabilities, whether recruited by CNRS under this campaign or by another means, may benefit from an adaptation of their workstation or working conditions, subject to the recommendations of a prevention doctor..

Informing people about the recruitment process for doctoral students with disabilities:

In accordance with regulations (Regulation (EU) 2016/679 of the European Parliament and of the Council of April 27, 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 January 6, 1978, as amended, on 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. Information is available on the application form.