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The Marie Skłodowska-Curie Actions (MSCA) COFUND LIGHTinPARIS project submitted by the Institute for the Sciences of Light (ISL) of Université Paris-Saclay was selected by the European Commission in July 2024. This €3M in funding will enable to co-finance 16 theses starting in autumn 2025 and 14 theses starting in autumn 2026 in the field of Sciences of Light. .
Environment
Université Paris-Saclay gathers 700 researchers across 28 laboratories, and 5 graduate schools working in the field of sciences of light. Each year, the university graduates 200 engineers and 70 PhDs specializing in optics. The campus hosts several world-class research facilities, including the Attolab, the Nanotechnology Centre (C2N), the Laserix EUV fs beamline, the CLIO infrared free-electron laser, the ELYSE electron accelerator for fast kinetic studies, the Synchrotron Soleil, the XUV optics manufacturing facility CeMOX.
Paris-Saclay University gathers scientists working in all aspects of the sciences of light as well as many companies. It makes it a unique place to develop interdisciplinary, intersectoral, and international research.
Implementing partners
Successful candidates will be employed by one of the programme’s implementing partners,
which include Université Paris-Saclay, Thales, Pasqal, Quandela, AbbeLight, and ONERA.
Associated partners
Horiba, Imagine Optic, Saint Gobain, Amplitude will mainly be involved in secondments and networking events.
Funding acknowledgment
SUPPORTED BY MSCA COFUND ACTION
The LIGHTinPARIS program has received funding from the European Union’s COFUND action, a part of the Marie Skłodowska-Curie Actions Program within the European Commission MSCA framework.
LIGHTinPARIS Grant Agreement ID: 101177177
Funded by the European Union. Views and opinions expressed are however those of the author(s) only and do not necessarily reflect those of the European Union or MSCA. Neither the European Union nor the granting authority can be held responsible for them.