Individual Grants for Young Researchers 2026: Postdoctoral fellows in France, autumn session

Who can apply: Holders of a scientific or medical PhD, held by the funding start date. The host laboratory must be a public research laboratory in France and must differ from the thesis laboratory, so a change of research structure is compulsory. Funding must start no later than 12 months after the PhD defence, which for the autumn… What is funded: Full salary funding for a postdoctoral contract in a public research laboratory in France, for 24 or 36 months, non-renewable, paid to the employing organisation. Two tracks: PDF1 for a first postdoc after the PhD, up to EUR 4,767 a month or EUR 57,204 a year, and PDF2 for an experienced postdoc settling in France… Deadline: 15 September 2026, 15h. The funder does not state a timezone for this deadline, so check the official page for the exact cut-off time. Round: Autumn session 2026.

Read the full call and apply on the official page: Fondation ARC pour la recherche sur le cancer, official page.

Who can apply

• Holders of a scientific or medical PhD, held by the funding start date. The host laboratory must be a public research laboratory in France and must differ from the thesis laboratory, so a change of research structure is compulsory. Funding must start no later than 12 months after the PhD defence, which for the autumn session means a defence after 1 April 2026. At least one first-author publication from the PhD must be accepted or under revision, and a preprint does not satisfy that. The call states no nationality condition, and the PDF2 track exists to bring researchers to France from abroad.

Stage dates

Dates come from the funder's page for this round. When a round closes, the next round's dates replace these once the funder publishes them.

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