CIFREs - ANRT

Application forms & supportRequests can be filed all yearResponse to applications within 2 months.No annual limit to applications per organization.Specialization in any field.Criteria for awarding a CIFREMeet with the company’s overall strategy: the subjectproposed must fit in with the company’s researchdevelopment projects.Immerse the PhD student in working life: at the end of his orher studies, the post-graduate must be able to justify aprofessional research-linked experience.Propose a subject open to the world of business: the PhDstudent must acquire methodological and scientificknowledge in the process.Information and requests for application formsANRT41, boulevard des capucines75002 ParisTél : 01 55 35 25 60 / Fax : 01 55 35 25 55Selecting applicationsThe follow-up and evaluation committee draws on expertconclusions as follows:Technico-economic expertise achieved by the delegate forresearch and technology in the company’s region, and takinginto account the company’s financial solidity, involvement inthe research project and its capacity to support the candidate’sscientific training.Scientific subject evaluated by a specialist in the researchdomain, who assesses the subject’s quality and howappropriate it is to the doctoral training and the proposedprofessional sector.If necessary, the expert’s conclusions are transmitted to thecompany, helping it to finalize its project and the conditionsfor collaboration with the academic laboratory.Support for successEach year, on the date of the convention, a progress report iswritten by the PhD student, approved by the company’sscientific manager and supervisor of studies, and transmittedto the ANRT.Training sessions on technological intelligence, confidentialityand intellectual property are available to PhD students forfree. They are organized on a regular basis throughout thecountry with an inter-disciplinary focus.www.anrt.asso.frcifre@anrt.asso.frCIFREs (conventions industrielles de formation par la recherche)are funded by the French Ministry of Higher Education andResearch.