PSL-NEURO - Calls

Calls 2026

SUPPORT FOR SCIENTIFIC EVENTS

The PSL-NEURO Major Research Programme supports scientific events: organisation of conferences, workshops, mini-symposia, thematic schools and seminar series.
Application
 

PHD FUNDING

The PSL-NEURO programme funds two theses per year, based on applications to doctoral schools (ED).
Application
 

PhD EXTENSION

The call is now closed. We have the pleasure to announce the 2026 laureates:

  • CIRB, Collège de France

Sofia El Hanafi, Supervision: G. Di Nardo, for 12 mois
"Mechanisms of transcription factor distribution in cerebrospinal fluid lending insight into mood disorders"

Sharveena Mahendran, Supervision: I. Brunet, for 3 mois
"Brain vascular biology and mechanisms underlying Alzheimer’s disease pathology"

Abdul Rehman, Supervision: B. Degos, for 12 mois
"Optogenetic modulation of cortical interneuron circuits as an alternative therapeutic strategy for Parkinson's disease (PD)."

  • DEC, ENS-PSL

Hugo Tissot, Supervision: Y. Boubenec, for 12 mois
"Study of context-dependent decision-making with both prefrontal cortex data and artificial neural networks modelling."

Nawal Yahiaoui, Supervision: P. Neri for 6 mois
"A Novel VR–EEG Framework for Studying Adaptive Processes in Natural Vision"

  • IBENS, ENS-PSL

Jin Wen Loh, Supervision: D. Holcman for 12 mois
"Predicting the optimal extubation time: a real-time algorithm using EEG to standardise paediatric anaesthetic emergence"

Calls 2025
In 2025, PSL - NEURO launched several calls for scientific projects to support neuroscience research within its partner teams.
Discover the winning projects below.

PhD fundings

In 2025, two PhD fundings were awarded to:
 
Anaïs Mehl (CIRB) for a thesis entitled "Role of gliovascular alterations in megalencephalic leukoencephalopathy with subcortical cysts (MLC)." under the supervision of Martine Cohen-Salmon.

Lucie Lefebvre (CIRB) for a thesis entitled "Décoder les interactions neurogliales à l’échelle nanométrique." under the supervision of Nathalie Rouach.

Fourth year of PhD

  • CIRB

Félix Bellier, Supervision: A. Rancillac and F. Chauveau, for 9 months:
"Morphological and functional characterization of astrocytes in the ventrolateral preoptic nucleus (VLPO), a key sleep center".

Camille Chataing, Supervision: A. Di Nardo for 9 months:
"Enhancing plasticity in the primary motor cortex: insights into Parkinson disease."

Jérémy Peixoto, Supervision: B. Decos for 9 months:
"Dynamics of the striatal plasticity at play from one-shot to multiple-shot learning."

  • ESPCI Paris - PSL

Ruchira Basu, Supervision: PY Plaçais for 6 months:
"Adaptive modulation of glial lipid metabolism during aging."

Rimbert Solen, Supervision: S. Levi for 9 months:
"Le récepteur A2A neuronal : un régulateur clé du maintien ou de l’élagage des synapses glutamatergiques naissantes."

  • IBENS

Inès Bouaziz, Supervision: D. Popa and C. Lena for 9 months:
"A somatosensory cerebellothalamo-cortical pathway, from anatomy to functional role."

Faadil Mustun, Supervision: G Sumbre for 9 months:
"A Linguistics and AI Approach to Social Acoustic Communication in Bottlenose Dolphins."