PhD student

Try your luck with your thesis!

Are you in the 2nd or 3rd year of your doctorate? Are you registered in an Alsatian university? Do you dream that your discoveries will come to fruition and serve society? Are you attracted to the world of business and startups? Boost your future thanks to your thesis, take part in the “Mature your PhD” Challenge!

Learn more

Prizes:

€1000
in cash*

to reward your engagement

A nice boost for your studies, professional or personal projects!

*for the first 5
winners

Startup training*

Entrepreneurship 12 days - D.U. diploma

For a striking CV and one day create your business the right way!

A personalized analysis

of the economic potential of your thesis

So that your discoveries succeed and serve society!

A privileged access

in the National Innovation Competitions i-PhD and Starthese

You get visibility and key meetings to build a solid network and boost your professional insertion!

The Challenge from A to Z!

3 steps
to succeed!

S.O.S. ?

Any doubts about the potential of your project or your chances of success?

Our Innovation team is cool and there to give you an initial opinion and support you every step of the way!

April 30, 2024
at the latest

Express application

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    7 pages max. will be enough to convince us!
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    Send us your application by 30 April 2024 at the latest.
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    Don't forget that the agreement of your thesis supervisor is essential to take part!
May 2024

Preselection

  • 1
    Your application will be carefully examined by Conectus experts.
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    If you're shortlisted, you'll go through to the final selections, with a 15-minute pitch to a panel of judges!
June 2024

Final selection

  • 1
    Our caring socio-economic and academic jury is impatient to discover your thesis project and its application potential.
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    You have 30 minutes to convince them: 15 minutes of pitch + 15 minutes of discussions
June 2024

Winners announcements

  • The winners will be announced in June 2024.
  • If you win, it's the start of a great adventure!

How to apply?

This challenge is reserved for 2nd and 3rd year doctoral students registered in Alsatian universities. CIFRE doctoral students cannot compete.

Not in that category? Contact our innovation team!

S.O.S. ?

Any doubts about the potential of your project or your chances of success?

Our Innovation team is cool and there to give you an initial opinion and support you every step of the way!

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The application form

  • I download and read the application file
  • I fill out my application form
3

The agreement of my thesis director

  • I submit my completed application form to my thesis director and ask him to sign it (mandatory condition under penalty of disqualification).
4

I send my application form

  • I read the application submission procedures described in the rules and I send Conectus my application before 30 April 2024.
before April 30, 2024!

Discover
the winners

All of the year's winners 2019

Elisabete Cruz Da Silva

PhD student in 2nd year of thesis

  • Sector: Life and Health Sciences
  • Thesis: Identification and tracking of cytosolic EGFR aptamers
  • Thesis directors: Laurence Choulier and Maxime Lehmann
  • Lab:
    • Bioimaging and Pathology
    • CNRS UMR 7021
    • University of Strasbourg

Salima El Yakhlifi

PhD student in 2nd year of thesis

  • Sector: Physics-Chemistry of Materials
  • Thesis: Control of the structure and properties of polydopamine in suspension and in the film state
  • Thesis director: Vincent Ball
  • Lab:
    • Biomaterials and Bioengineering
    • INSERM (National Institute of Health and Medical Research)
    • UMR 1121
    • University of Strasbourg

Farah Bouhedda

PhD student in 3rd year of thesis

  • Field: Molecular biology, Biotechnologies
  • Thesis: Development of new fluorogenic RNA aptamers for the design of imaging tools
  • Thesis director: Michaël Ryckelynck
  • Lab:
    • IBMC (Institute of Molecular and Cellular Biology)
    • RNA architecture and reactivity
    • CNRS UPR 9002
    • University of Strasbourg
All of the year's winners 2020

Maryame Sy

PhD student in 2nd year of thesis

  • Sector: Chemistry
  • Thesis: Synthesis of bispidine-type ligands for the complexation of Manganese (Jl) and their application in PET/MRI imaging
  • Thesis director: Loïc Charbonniere
  • Lab:
    • IPHC UMR 7178 DSA SynPA team
    • Associated laboratory : Centre de Biophysique Moléculaire CNRS UPR 4301 (Orléans)
    • University of Strasbourg

Sebastian Sampayo

PhD student in 3rd year of thesis

  • Sector: IT
  • Thesis: Polymorphy network protocol suite in heterogenous wake-up IoT networks
  • Thesis director: Thomas Noel
  • Lab:
    • Icube
    • UMR 7357 CNRS UDS
    • University of Strasbourg

Étienne Piantanida

PhD student in 3rd year of thesis

  • Sector: Chemistry
  • Thesis: Nanocomposite hydrogels for biomedical applications
  • Thesis director: Luisa De Cola
  • Lab:
    • Laboratory of Chemistry and Supramolecular Biomaterials
    • Labo De Cola / ISIS / CNRS /
    • University of Strasbourg

Yingdong Liu

PhD student in 2nd year of thesis

  • Sector: Educational Sciences
  • Thesis: Evaluating the learning experience for a new design of Serious Games on mobile devices
  • Thesis director: Marc Trestini and Laurence Schmoll
  • Lab:
    • Interuniversity Laboratory of Education and Communication Sciences (LISEC)
    • UR 2310
    • University of Strasbourg

Ezeddine Harmouch

PhD student in 2nd year of thesis

  • Sector: Life Sciences
  • Thesis: Design and optimization of an innovative device to improve anticancer therapeutic treatment based on vascularized 3D organoids derived from patients’ tumors for precision medicine
  • Thesis director: Florence Fioretti and Yisa Idoux-Gillet
  • Lab:
    • Regenerative Nanomedicine Laboratory
    • UMR 1260 INSERM
    • University of Strasbourg

Eya Aloui

PhD student in 3rd year of thesis

  • Sector: Polymer chemistry / Materials chemistry
  • Thesis: Formulation of innovative biomaterials based on biomacromolecular complexes
  • Thesis director: Philippe Lavalle and Benoit Frisch
  • Lab:
    • Biomaterials Bioengineering Laboratory
    • INSERM UMR_S 1121
    • Laboratoire CNRS UMR 7199 CAMB
    • 3Bio team
    • University of Strasbourg
All of the year's winners 2021

Miguel Leonardo Martinez Mendez

PhD student in 3rd year of thesis

  • Sector: Physics-Chemistry
  • Thesis: Design of functionalized polymer foams for flow applications
  • Lab:
    • Institut Charles Sadron
    • UPR22 – CNRS
    • University of Strasbourg in collaboration with IS2M
    • CETIM Grand Est

Nizami Israfilov

PhD student in 2nd year of thesis

  • Sector: Chemistry
  • Thesis: Synthesis of hybrid solids with micro-, meso- and macro-porosity by combining supramolecular chemistry and materials chemistry
  • Lab:
    • LTM
    • UMR 7140 with ICPEES
    • UPR9002 & IGBMC
    • UMR 7515
    • University of Strasbourg

Charlotte Bussienne

PhD student in 2nd year of thesis

  • Sector: Life Sciences-Health
  • Thesis: Analysis of the role of Pr55Gag in the specific packaging of HIV-1 gRNA
  • Lab:
    • IBMC
    • UPR9002 & IGBMC
    • UMR7104 U1258
    • University of Strasbourg
All of the year's winners 2022

Nicolas Maguin

PhD student in 3rd year of thesis

  • Sector: Mechanics
  • Thesis: Design and optimization of a hydraulic turbine driven by lift forces in a loaded pipe
  • Lab:
    • Laboratoire ICube
    • CNRS
    • INSA Strasbourg
    • ENGEES
    • University of Strasbourg

Javid Abdurahim

PhD student in 3rd year of thesis

  • Sector: Physics, Physics-chemistry
  • Thesis: Development of an intensified process for the one-step production of anisotropic polymeric nanoparticles
  • Lab:
    • Charles Sadron Institute (ICS) – UPR22
    • CNRS
    • University of Strasbourg

Adrien Rousselle

PhD student in 3rd year of thesis

  • Sector: Biology, Physics-chemistry
  • Thesis: Improving bioprinting with pre-cellularized microparticles to increase cell survival after printing
  • Lab:
    • Inserm U1121 Biomatériaux Bioingéniérie
    • University of Strasbourg

Julien Most

PhD student in 3rd year of thesis

  • Sector: Chemistry
  • Thesis: Use of doubly conjugated antibodies to develop a new therapeutic agent in targeting triple negative breast cancers
  • Lab:
    • UMR 7199 CAMB
    • UMR 7242 Biotechnologie et Signalisation Cellulaire
    • CNRS
    • University of Strasbourg

Agathe Boos

PhD student in 3rd year of thesis

  • Sector: Life sciences-Health
  • Thesis: Innovative dual-bioconjugated antibody-drug conjugates (ADCs) to target PARP3 functions in highly aggressive breast cancer
  • Lab:
    • Laboratoire UMR 7242 Biotechnologie et Signalisation Cellulaire
    • UMR 7199 CAMB
    • CNRS
    • University of Strasbourg
All of the year's winners 2023

Quentin Bauerlin

PhD student in 4th year of thesis

  • Sector: Chemistry of materials
  • Thesis: Development of metallic colloidal suspensions designed to improve the properties of 3D objects objects manufactured by photopolymerisation.
  • Lab:
    • Institut de Science des Matériaux de Mulhouse – UMR 7361 – Mulhouse
    • University of Upper Alsace

Armando Espinosa Prieto

PhD student in 3rd year of thesis

  • Sector: Molecular ecology
  • Thesis: AquDNA: environmental DNA as a descriptor of aquatic plants and an environmental indicator
  • Lab:
    • Image Ville Environnement Laboratory (UMR 7362)
    • University of Strasbourg

Adèle Karst

PhD student in 3rd year of thesis

  • Sector: Physique et Chimie des matériaux
  • Thesis: Study and optimisation of PEO/PEDOT mixtures: PSS for application in 3D melt-printed electronics
  • Lab:
    • Charles Sadron Institute – UPR 22 CNRS
    • University of Strasbourg
    • Associated lab: IMT Nord Europe

Senem Yilmazer

PhD student in 2nd year of thesis

  • Sector: Physics and Physical Chemistry
  • Thesis: Self-assembled endogenous fatty amides as oleogelators
  • Lab:
    • Charles Sadron Institute CNRS
    • University of Strasbourg

Corentin Meyer

PhD student in 3rd year of thesis

  • Sector: Bioinformatics
  • Thesis: MYO-xIA: Explainable AI for the integrated classification and prediction of congenital myopathies
  • Lab:
    • ICube UMR 7357 Laboratory_ Complex Systems and Translational Biology team
    • Associated lab : IGBMC (CNRS UMR 7104 – Inserm U 1258) – Pathophysiology of neuromuscular diseases team
    • University of Strasbourg