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In this interview, we speak with Lika AMBROSISHVILI enrolled in the second year of the MSc Modeling for Neuronal and Cognitive Science program.

In this interview, we speak with two international students enrolled in the MSc in Environmental Hazards and Risks Management program: Michelle Tran from California, United States, and Ibrahim Zahra from Lebanon. Their insights highlight the critical role of interdisciplinary expertise in addressing global environmental challenges.

In this interview, we speak with two international students enrolled in the MSc in Environmental Hazards and Risks Management program: Michelle Tran from California, United States, and Ibrahim Zahra from Lebanon. Their insights highlight the critical role of interdisciplinary expertise in addressing global environmental challenges.

From Nice to Baku, via the Arctic: deciphering the scientific and artistic aspects of climate issues

Join us on Thursday December 5 at the Variétés cinema in Nice for the screening of Captain Fantastic (2016), a film that questions our relationship with education, life in society and our lifestyles.

More and more researchers are agreeing on the need for a radical form of sobriety to preserve the planet's habitability. But this form of sobriety clashes with the market logic that dominates our economy. Do we need to change our economic model? Can this be done gently, giving some breathing space to the sober solutions that are emerging: low-tech, agro-ecology, etc.?

A collaborative workshop from the academic world to build scenarios for reducing the carbon footprint of your laboratory.

Take part in the events organized for the European Week for Waste Reduction.

Today we meet with Hoai Ly Nguyen, first year student enrolled on one of our IdEx International programs, the MSc in Biobanks and Complex Data Management.

... With Heïdi Sevestre as a guest!

Check out the UNFCCC events that Université Côte d'Azur co-organizes or contributes to!

Follow the members of the Université Côte d'Azur delegation as they speak at COP29!

Come and find out more about environmental issues and how to implement local solutions!

Academy 3 ‘Space, Environment, Risks and Resilience’ is delighted to share with you the 2024 edition of the Green Book!

Today we meet with Konstantin Serov, first year student enrolled on one of our IdEx International programs, the MSc in Data Science and Artificial Intelligence.

After 5 years running, the MSc Environmental hazards and Risks management organised its first graduation ceremony on October 11th, 2024!

Discovering Saint-Martin-Vésubie post Alex storm!

For over a month and a half, second-year MSc RISKS students have been working hard on their Landslides Module : take a look at one of their field trips to Caire Gros, near Saint Dalmas de Valdeblore in southern France's Mercantour Park.

Inaugural seminar of Academy 3 "Space, Environment, Risks and Resilience": a look back at a second successful morning of interdisciplinarity!

TEFOR: Territorial FOod System Resilience | Co-construction of scenarios for tomorrow's agriculture Feeding people locally: Challenges and realities for tomorrow's agriculture

Join BoostUrCAreer Doctoriales 2023!

ARCHEOSISMOTEIL : Archaeoseismology in the Teil region, Recording historical earthquakes and the seismic resilience of medieval buildings in Ardèche - D.Mercerat - CEREMA

Organized on June 16th 2023 by Nicolas PIGEON of LADIE and supported by the Academy 3, the "European Border Carbon Adjustment Mechanism" workshop will address the issues associated with this new European Union legal instrument. This seminar is part of the "Environmental challenges linked to energy and resources" theme.

AURACLE: AUtonomy and Food Resilience through Short Circuits in Towns: contributions of geo-foresight, Understanding and evaluating food risk in the Alpes Maritimes in a multi-temporal context: understanding the present, taking into account the past, in order to better anticipate possible futures in terms of food autonomy - S.Bouissou - ESPACE

Co-organised on 16 June 2023 by Damien Bazin, Senior Lecturer in Economics at GREDEG & Mantiaba Coulibaly-Ballet, Senior Lecturer at GRM, and supported by the Académie 3, the Seminar "Anthropocene, Collapsology & Environmental Justice & Responsible Consumption" will address the new challenges of nature for a responsible consumption. This seminar is part of the theme "Energy- and resource-related environmental challenges".

On Monday, January 30th, the Academy 3 "Space, Environment, Risks and Resilience" Seminar was held: Back on the event!

The Couveuse 06 Nice, Startair Initiative and the FFPLUM PACA Regional Committee, offered to the winners and "coup de coeur" project of our Creathon in e-health, a wonderful experience in the air!

The BoostUrCAreer Doctoriales 2022 are over. Thank you to all of our speakers and attendees for making this event a success. See you next year!

Learn to create and act on tomorrow's health!

Co-organized by Academy 3 "Space, Environment, Risks and Resilience" and the Institute of Research for Development (IRD) at the Phoenix Park in Nice, this day brought together experts from various backgrounds and gathered more than 70 people to discuss major societal issues!

Congratulations to the winner, Giulia Rocco!

For the 2021 edition, Université Côte d'Azur organized the European Researchers' Night in Campus Valrose. It was a great opportunity for the doctoral candidates from the BoostUrCAreer programme to promote their research to the large public in person.

The first PhD Summer Camp organised in BoostUrCAreer programme for doctoral candidates took place on the Lérins Islands (Ile Sainte Marguerite) accessible by boat.

In the framework of the Movidis project (Strategic Partnership Erasmus+), Universidad Complutense de Madrid organises a dissemination event or "multiplier" event.

The TRIGGER project (Erasmus+) has published its new flyer.

The BoostUrCAreer Doctoriales 2021 are over. Thank you to all of our speakers and attendees for making this event a success. See you next year!

The Optima project, funded by the Erasmus+ programme, will be officially launched tommorrow, February 23rd. The Kick-off meeting will be partially open to public as a live streaming will be available.

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For the 2020 edition, Université Côte d'Azur organized the European Researchers' Night on a viritual and interactive platform because of the Covid-19 pandemic. It was a great opportunity for the doctoral candidates from the BoostUrCAreer programme to share their doctoral project with the large public.

The Nemedussa project (Erasmus + KA2) has just been launched and its objective is to advance nematology education in Sub-Sahara Africa. The following press release was issued on this occasion by the project consortium.

The TRIGGER project (Erasmus+) has published its new flyer.

You can find daily reports from our COP29 delegates!

Eat better, move better: find concrete solutions with OTECCA!

Apprenez-en plus sur la COP avec notre délégation !

The Academy of Excellence "Networks, Information and Digital Society" is delighted to offer 6 PhD students the opportunity to undertake research stays of 1 to 3 months in international laboratories.

Since last November, researchers at the site have had access to a search engine to identify or monitor calls for projects to fund their research and innovation projects.

The "Networks, Information and Digital Society" Academy actively supports the scientific community within its scope by offering ongoing project calls, providing the opportunity to apply throughout the year, based on your needs.

The Welcome Days at the École Universitaire de Recherche en Économie et Management took place on January 24 and 25, offering international students an immersion into their new environment.

Discover now the latest issue of the INSIGHTS magazine, featuring an overview of the key initiatives of the IdEx in international development, education, and innovation.

The Research Forum of the Academy of Excellence "Networks, Information and Digital Society", which took place on November 19th at the Inria center of Université Côte d'Azur, provided a unique opportunity to discover the advancements of 13 research projects supported by the Academy.

Every year, the Graduate School of Economics and Management organizes a summer school for students from all over the world.

The new building was inaugurated on Wednesday January 15, 2025 in the heart of the Nice Meridia technology park, in the presence of the main project sponsors and financiers. A leading center for physics research, this joint Université Côte d'Azur - CNRS research unit houses more than 170 researchers in a building that is exemplary in technical, energy and environmental terms.

We are delighted to announce the election of the new Director of the EUR, Jean-Yves DAUVIGNAC.

Germany, Great Britain, Italy, the Netherlands, and Switzerland... Europe took center stage in 2024!

On 5 December, the Graduate School of Economics and Management was delighted to celebrate the success of its students at an unforgettable graduation ceremony. This landmark event was an opportunity to highlight the efforts and achievements of each student, and to congratulate them warmly on their academic progress.

From November 6 to 8, 2024, under the sunny skies of the French Riviera, the SophiaTech campus at Université Côte d’Azur hosted the 7th edition of the IFIP International Conference on the Internet of Things (IoT). This flagship event brought together experts, researchers, students, and professionals to explore the latest advancements in the dynamic world of IoT.

Interview

Victoires de la Recherche 2024 awarded to Serena Villata (CNRS), Deputy Scientific Director at 3IA Côte d'Azur and 3IA Chairholder

The 2025/2026 campaign, organised by Campus France, is now open!

The Autumn Institute in Artificial Intelligence (IA2) aims to offer a generalist school in artificial intelligence, in order to provide an overview of the different sub-disciplines of artificial intelligence and their main techniques.

Interview

Offer reserved for PhD Students. First come, first served!

Classes for most minors start this Thursday, October 10.

Deadline for your manifestation of interest (phase 1): Monday 18th November

A visit funded by the RISE Academy.

Application deadline: 2024, November 18

until Sept 16 (23h00)

On August 29 and 30, EUR ELMI welcomed its new Licence 1 Économie Gestion and Master 1 students with essential information, campus tours and various information stands to get the academic year off to a great start!

We are looking for experts, in France or abroad, in the areas of Networking, Digital Society and Digital Science

Read their enthusiastic feedbacks

Nathalie Currid, new ‘Chargée de mission’ of the RISE Academy, presents the laureates.

A day to encourage informal exchanges, the sharing of ideas and the breaking down of scientific barriers between doctoral students at DS4H Graduate school.

A DocWalker grant allowed him to spend 2 months in a laboratory in the Nanyang Technological University

Congratulations to the laureates on departure for the USA, Australia and Chili!

This year again, the School invited some students to the event which brings together the world's leading experts in artificial intelligence research

Deadline: Feb, 8th, 23h00

The Academy of Excellence "Networks, Information and Digital Society" (RISE) of the Idex UCAJEDI is pleased to invite you to a meeting around the Quantum@UCA Idex project which will be organized on July 12, 2021 from 9:00 am to 1:00 pm in hybrid mode, in the Forum building of the Sophia Tech Campus and by videoconference

The Neuromod Institute established a permanent call for small interdisciplinary projects combining 1/ Neuroscience-cognition and 2/ Modeling (Mathematics, Computer Science, Physics etc).Maximum 5000€ can be awarded per project.The total amount for this call is set at 15 000€ in 2025.

A comprehensive report on the year 2024 of the Université Côte d'Azur HPC center has just been published

Elisabeth Dasmy, event planner, joined Université Côte d'Azur in last December.

The 3IA Côte d'Azur team and its members look forward to seeing you at WAICF 2025!

Last week, 3IA Côte d’Azur researchers and staff had the pleasure to welcome both professional and amateur audiences, at its stand alongside its partners Centrale Méditerranée, CNRS Côte d'Azur, École de l'air et de l'espace, EURECOM, Centre Inria d’Université Côte d’Azur, Inserm, SKEMA Business School, and the 3IAs awarded the IA-cluster label ANITI Toulouse, MIAI Cluster IA, PR[AI]RIE-PSAI.

As part of AI Action Week, 3IA Côte d'Azur and its partners are offering several events.

Nicholas Ayache will be speaking at the AI for Health Symposium which will take place at IP Paris (Arago Amphitheatre) on February 7 at 9:30 am.

February 3, at Inria Centre of Université Côte d’Azur, the 3IA Côte d'Azur teams have had the honor of welcoming Clara Chappaz, Minister Delegate to the Minister of the Economy, Finance and Industrial and Digital Sovereignty, in charge of Artificial Intelligence and the Digital Economy.

Diana Sebbar, Executive Director of IdEx and major AI projects at Université Côte d'Azur, and Serena Villata, Deputy Scientific Director of 3IA Côte d'Azur, were at the Inria Centre of Saclay on January 24 for the launch of the 9 IA-clusters.

3IA Côte d'Azur organizes an "AI Study Groups with Industry", based on the model of the popular "European Study Groups with Industry" (ESGI). These study groups are internationally recognized as problem-solving forums for knowledge transfer.

Paul Tourniaire (Inria), 3IA PhD, has just received an exceptional scientific prize for his thesis work.

As part of its prestigious AI Cluster label, 3IA Côte d'Azur is continuing to expand with an additional budget secured until 2030.This development, announced by President Macron in May, reinforces the Institute's leading role as one of France's centers of academic excellence in AI.

The EFELIA Côte d'Azur project has been independent of 3IA Côte d'Azur since January 1.

The book "Trustworthy AI in Medical Imaging" by Marco Lorenzi and Maria A. Zuluaga and prefaced by Nicholas Ayache and Jim Duncan, is now available.

Fabien Gandon, 3IA Chairholder, was one of the Keynote Speakers at the sixth International Knowledge Graph and Semantic Web Conference.

This Wednesday December 11, Nicholas Ayache has been auditioned by the Académie nationale de médecine.

Maria A. Zuluaga, 3IA Chairholder, earns €2 Million ERC grant awarded for studying the brain vessel tree at EURECOM

Ellen Van Obberghen-Shilling (Inserm), 3IA Chairholder, has recently been honored with two prestigious awards.

Victoires de la Recherche 2024 awarded to Serena Villata (CNRS), Deputy Scientific Director at 3IA Côte d'Azur and 3IA Chairholder

Ellen VAN OBBERGHEN-SCHILLING and Xavier PENNEC are among the finalists competing for Nice Matin's Readers' Choice Award.

The Unicancer Prize for Innovation 2024 is won by Prof. Olivier Humbert, 3IA Côte d'Azur Chairholder.

What legal approaches are needed to regulate total innovations?

Elena Cabrio, Serena Villata, Greta Damo and Nicolás Benjamín Ocampo win the Outstanding Demo Award 2024, warded by ECAI, for PEACE.

Xavier Pennec wins the Prix Ampère de l'électricité de France awarded by the Académie des sciences.

The Institut d'Automne en Intelligence Artificielle (IA2) aims to offer a generalist school in artificial intelligence, providing an overview of the different sub-disciplines of artificial intelligence and their main techniques.

Hava Chaptoukaev, 3IA PhD, was awarded the Best Presentation Award prize at the International Workshop on Multiscale Multimodal Medical Imaging during MICCAI 2024.

This morning, Vincent Vandewalle, EFELIA-3IA Côte d’Azur Deputy Scientific Director, was invited to speak at the "Technological innovations change the game" round table organized as part of Talent in Tech 2024, in Azur Arena (Antibes).

Are you working on a research project that requires the expertise of MSI engineers? It’s time to respond to the "MIDI" Call for Proposals!

Labeled as an AI-Cluster, 3IA Côte d’Azur Institute is strengthening its pool of high-ranking researchers.

Nicholas Ayache, Scientific Director of 3IA Côte d'Azur, was invited by the Comité pour l'histoire de l'Inserm to speak at the latest Fondation Singer-Polignac symposium.

Throwback to our graduation ceremony 2024!

With an expanded team, the Center of Modeling, Simulation and Interactions strengthens its support for Université Côte d'Azur’s research projects and fosters the development of new skills.

"Innovative by definition, Corsican start-ups are the economic flagship of modernity on the island. While not all of them specialize in AI, some have made it the pillar of their development, the heart of their business."

"Frédéric Precioso, a lecturer at Université Côte d'Azur and Polytech Nice Sophia, and a researcher in the MAASAI team, a joint venture between Inria, the University and CNRS, talks to us about the major Artificial Intelligence event to be held in the technology park from July 1 to 5: the Deep Learning School."

The 3IA Côte d'Azur is pursuing its development with an additional budget until 2030.

Camille Lemay, communication and community manager, joined the University Côte d’Azur in April to implement and develop the communication strategy for 3IA and EFELIA Côte d’Azur.

The Sequoia Analytics startup project received a prize from the Ville de Nice as part of the Victoires de la Recherche.

On December 7, the Plaza Anantara hotel in Nice hosted the closing conference of the "IA DATES", a series of conferences on Artificial Intelligence organised by the Institut EuropIA to give citizens a better understanding of Artificial Intelligence.

Two 3IA chairholders among the laureates of the 2023 Inria - Académie des Sciences awards.

Karine Villanese, Assistant of the Institute, joined Université Côte d'Azur in September.

Find out about an Inria and CNRS joint research project that is taking advantage of the Azzurra HPC cluster

The Director of the NeuroMod institute has won the "médaille d'argent" or silver medal of the French national center for scientific research (CNRS), congratulations !

A scientific event open to a wide audience is planned from October 16 in Villeneuve Loubet.

We are recruiting Ph.D. students and postdoctoral fellow for a fully-funded position to work on a collaborative project with our 3IA Chair holders

Focus on one of InPhyNi's research projects benefiting from access to the Azzurra cluster

L'institut NeuroMod a célébré son inauguration officielle le lundi 22 mars 2021 depuis l'amphithéâtre le Galet (CHU, Hôpital Pasteur 2, Nice), lors d'une journée de conférences, toutes retransmises en direct, autour des thèmes de recherche phares de l'Institut. Cette journée signifiait également la clôture de la Semaine du Cerveau 2021.

Focus on a Géoazur research project that is taking advantage of the Azzurra cluster

The exhibition "Guerre et Chevaliers du Moyen Age aux Temps Modernes", designed and organized by Anne Brogini (CMMC) and Germain Butaud (CEPAM), is now online on the France Archives website.

Find out about an ICN research projects that is taking advantage of the Azzurra HPC cluster

The first edition is now available!

Harnessing coupled nanolasers near exceptional points allows for directional emission, an article published in Science Advances.

Gian-Luca Lippi wrote a popular article on lasers for The Conversation.

Mathilde Hugbart et Robin Kaiser are leading a new international research project on the quantum transport of light and cold matter, due to start in 2025.

This conference is the oldest in South America and is strictly dedicated to the study of nonlinear science and statistical mechanics. The workshop has been a fundamental element for the development of the discipline in the region. Through collaboration between researchers from the region and from all continents of the planet and through the exchange of young researchers and students. On this occasion, an extraordinary event will be held in Europe to continue strengthening ties between nonlinear science researchers around the world.The XX workshop will take place at the Institut de Physique de Nice (INPHYNI), October 7-9, Nice, France.

​​​​​​​It is our great pleasure to invite you to attend the upcoming International Symposium on Thermodynamics of Metal Complexes (ISMEC 2024), that will be held in Nice, France, from June 10th to 13th, 2024.

In partnership with Orange, UCA deploys a first experimental quantum network in France between campus Valrose, Ecovalley and SophiaTech. The Quantum@UCA team lead by Sébastien Tanzilli from the Institut de Physique de Nice officially activated the quantum link between those three nodes.

Three prestigious Prizes awarded to INPHYNI researchers.

Gravitational waves can give rise to turbulence. This was shown by a numerical simulation of Einstein's equations by researchers from the Plasma Physics Laboratory and the Nice Institute of Physics. This work could lead to a better understanding of the initial expansion of post-Big-Bang Universe.

The 3IA Côte d'Azur team and its members look forward to seeing you at WAICF 2025!

Our campuses, schools and institutes open their doors to you. Come and discover the full range of courses and university life at Université Côte d'Azur. Our teaching staff, guidance counsellors and students will welcome you and help you make the right choice for your higher education.

The new building was inaugurated on Wednesday January 15, 2025 in the heart of the Nice Meridia technology park, in the presence of the main project sponsors and financiers. A leading center for physics research, this joint Université Côte d'Azur - CNRS research unit houses more than 170 researchers in a building that is exemplary in technical, energy and environmental terms.

Watch the video highlights of Université Côte d'Azur: events, successes and initiatives that have shaped this year 2024.

The MonMaster 2025 calendar is now available. Important dates for applying for 1st year Master's courses

This month we focus on digraphs, a key concept in mathematics! But what exactly are digraphs?

Élisabeth Lemaire, a CNRS researcher at the Institut de Physique de Nice (INPHYNI), heads the suspension rheology team and is dedicated to studying the mechanisms governing the flow of these complex fluids.

Université Côte d'Azur's eight Ecoles Universitaires de Recherche (EUR) have new management teams, following the elections of the Scientific and Pedagogical Councils (COSP) held at the end of November.

Dayle David is one of the winners of the 2024 Open Science Dissertation Prize. The award was presented at the national PhD day, organized by the French Ministry of Higher Education and Research (MESR).

A study by researchers at GEOAZUR and INGV Bologna has opened up new perspectives on seismic swarms and induced seismicity by linking them to the mechanisms of slow landslides. Their work sheds further light on the mechanisms that trigger seismicity, provides a better understanding of the role of asismic deformation, and opens up new avenues for constraining the physical processes underlying seismic sequences that are still poorly understood.

The University has moved up from 557th to 328th place worldwide, and is now ranked in the national TOP5, despite the fact that the number of universities ranked has risen again this year.

Jacques Simard, eminent Laval University researcher and leading figure in oncogenetics, received the prestigious degree of "Docteur Honoris Causa" from Université Côte d'Azur on December 9, 2024. This distinction recognizes his outstanding contributions to cancer research, his commitment to the advancement of scientific knowledge, and his significant impact on public health on an international scale.

On December 9, the Dressing Solidaire opens its doors on the Carlone campus, in room 166. More than just a place to find quality clothes, this new space is designed to offer you a warm and friendly atmosphere.

The two researchers are among the 38 French winners of the European Research Council's (ERC) Consolidator 2024 call (328 winners in total). These grants, worth €2 million over five years, support researchers who obtained their doctorate 7 to 12 years ago.

The 1st edition of this ranking, published on November 21, aims to distinguish universities committed to interdisciplinary research. Université Côte d'Azur ranks in the TOP 6-7 nationally and TOP 250 worldwide. This good score reflects the action taken by IdEx since 2016 to stimulate excellence in research.

On November 21, 2024, Université Côte d'Azur and UPE06 signed a partnership agreement for the 23rd edition of Les Entreprenariales, held at the Allianz Riviera stadium in Nice. The agreement aims to set up joint initiatives in the field of entrepreneurship in higher education.

Academic leaders and experts unite to promote research, education and inclusion.

To mark the 30th anniversary of Danang University (Vietnam), Professor Jeanick Brisswalter, President of Université Côte d'Azur, was invited to take part in a series of events highlighting the fruitful partnership between the two universities.

Researchers from Université Côte d'Azur, Observatoire de la Côte d'Azur (OCA), Mines Paris-PSL, ENS Lyon and CNRS have demonstrated the feasibility of predicting the mineralogy of dust formed in the environments of AGB-type stars.

The Fondation pour la Recherche Médicale (FRM) presented its Scientific and Research Awards on October 14. These prizes are awarded to researchers who, through the originality of their career path, contribute to the progress of knowledge and advances in medical research.

Myriam Benisty, Cornelia Meinert, Yann Hello and Guillaume Sandoz were honored by the Académie des Sciences at the awards ceremony held on October 15, 2024 at the Coupole of the Institut de France in Paris. Xavier Pennec of the Inria Université Côte d'Azur center was awarded the Prix Ampère de l'électricité de France.

Université Côte d'Azur congratulates its 4 researchers who are among the 177 winners of the French government's innovation competitions. These competitions support innovators at different stages of their development.

A new range of courses, the widespread introduction of AI training and the development of lifelong learning are the major innovations proposed by Université Côte d'Azur for the new 2024-2025 academic year.

Thanks to UniCA Entreprendre, Université Côte d'Azur stimulates the entrepreneurial spirit of its students and researchers to strengthen its territorial impact and promote professional integration.

Université Côte d'Azur pursues its role in scientific diplomacy by getting involved in international networks and taking part in major world events in the field of climate change.

Université Côte d'Azur attaches great importance to the physical and psychological health of its students, as well as to their well-being, thanks to a number of measures that have been or will be put in place during the new academic year.

Université Côte d'Azur offers social support for students in precarious situations.

Université Côte d'Azur, winner of an AI Cluster and a university innovation cluster, is pursuing an ambitious policy of innovation and research in the service of the territory and society.

Université Côte d'Azur has decided to move away from its experimental status and become a Grand Établissement. This change of status validates the modern and innovative transformation undertaken by Université Côte d'Azur since 2020.

Université Côte d'Azur submitted its Internal Review to the EU (handled by Euraxess) on 5 may.

Do you want to become a "doctoral student expert” in European research project-writing?Submit your application to the call for expressions of interest to “Doctoral expertise mission to support European projects in Research Units"!

Are you ready to dive into exciting study abroad opportunities with the Ulysseus alliance? We invite you to join our online information session and discover everything that awaits you !

​​​​​​​It is our great pleasure to invite you to attend the upcoming International Symposium on Thermodynamics of Metal Complexes (ISMEC 2024), that will be held in Nice, France, from June 10th to 13th, 2024.

The CNRS Medal for Innovation in 2023, the Prize of Excellence 2022 awarded by Université Côte d'Azur and the iPhD prize in 2021, these are just a few of the many awards Marc Antonini has won for his research that has led to major technological innovations, notably in the field of data storage on synthetic DNA. Find out more about this disruptive innovation, which recently led to start up of the PEARCODE company.

The Ulysseus European University will support you throughout the application process for the MSCA Fost-doctoral Grant !