PSL-NEURO - Calls
CALLS FOR APPLICATION IN 2026
PSL-NEURO program supports the scientific events you wish to organise:
organisation of conferences
workshops
mini-symposia
thematic schools
seminar series etc
The call is now closed, and the thesis funding for 2026 is given to Justine Vaquer.
Her subject is "Pathophysiology of corticostriatal network in procedural learning and motor flexibility".
She will perform her thesis at the CIRB under the supervision of Nicolas Gervasi.
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"
2025 CALLS
In 2025, PSL-NEURO launched several calls for scientific projects to support neuroscience research within its partner teams.
Discover the winning projects below.
In 2025, two PhD fundings were awarded to:
Lucie Lefebvre (CIRB) for a thesis entitled "Décoder les interactions neurogliales à l’échelle nanométrique." under the supervision of Nathalie Rouach.
CIRB, Collège de France
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."