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The Opal Coast Public/Private Entity (SMCO), which encompasses the towns of Boulogne-sur-Mer, Calais, Dunkirk and Saint-Omer, the Opal Coast University’s four research and higher education centres, is launching a call for project proposals for 5 three-year research grants.

The first grants were awarded for the academic year 2008-2009. They provide concrete support for Opal Coast University research projects, offering PhD students great research opportunities.

THE AIM IS TWOFOLD >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>

>To enhance the Opal Coast University’s research potential

    >To promote the competitiveness and reach of the coastal area by involving the business world in its research and by its involvement in coastal development issues.

Particular attention will be paid to projects that incorporate the competitiveness hubs (materials and applications for sustainable use, water-related products, UP-TEX and I-Trans) and/or the centres of excellence (environ­mental issues and sustainable development) located on the coast.
A key underlying aim is to attract candidates with an exemplary academic record.
The Opal Coast University wishes to attract high achieving doctoral students from other universities and from abroad who have an interesting academic project that focuses on coastal area issues.

The grants are also designed to provide opportunities for students from the Opal Coast area or have done their Master degree in the Opal Coast University to PhD programmes, and who would otherwise lack the funding needed to complete a PhD programme.

>Eligibility requirements :

  • The monthly stipend is €1676 gross.

  • Successful applicants will be at least 28 years old and enrolled in a PhD programme for the first time.

  • The grant is awarded for a maximum period of three years. Eligible applicants will have a research or professional Master’s degree or an equivalent Engineering degree.

  • The research laboratory that hosts the doctoral student must be an approved Opal Coast University laboratory.

  • An Academic Panel made up of 5 recognised international experts and 5 elected representatives from the Opal Coast Public/Private Entity will examine the projects and choose the successful applicants.

Proposal submission forms can be retrieved or downloaded and applications must be submitted to the following address : 

Université du Littoral Côte d’Opale
Service Recherche
1 Place de l’Yser
BP 1022
59375 DUNKERQUE Cedex

> For more information, please contact :

  • Phone number : +33 (0)3 28 23 73 73
  • E-Mail :
  • Site Internet : www.univ-littoral.fr
 
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