Call for applications | Collaborative Doctoral Platform Nutrition – Food Systems (FOODS)
TheCollaborative Doctoral Platform for Nutrition and Food Systems (FOODS) developed by the University of Montpellier is looking for 4 to 6 doctoral students to create a second cohort of international doctoral students and participate in field schools in 2025. One-week training courses will be organized in conjunction with partner universities in France and abroad. The University of Montpellier will cover the costs of travel and training for doctoral students selected during the selection process.
Developed by the University of Montpellier (UM) and led by Karen Lambert-Cordillac, senior lecturer at the Faculty of Pharmacy and researcher at the PhYMEDEXP laboratory, and the University of Pretoria (UP), the UM-UP collaborative doctoral training platform aims to train the next generation of scientists on ISITE themes: Feeding-Caring-Protecting in order to meet the challenges of open science and open training in the field of nutrition and food systems. It is funded by the ANR under the France 2030 program and managed by the Structuring Programs Department in the International Support and Attractiveness Service within the IdéEs program.
Research topic
“How food systems can play a crucial role in improving public health, particularly for the most at-risk populations, and in preventing the increase in chronic diseases worldwide.”
Calendar
- Campaign launch: December 12, 2024
- Application deadline: March 17, 2025
- Notifications sent to winning projects: mid-April 2025
Dates and location of the first training session: October 28 to November 6, 2025, ULAVAL, Quebec City, Canada