"Seal of Excellence" programme
Sorbonne University's Seal of Excellence program (2023-2025) was open to all Marie Skłodowska-Curie Postdoctoral Fellowship applicants who, despite obtaining a score of at least 85/100, did not receive European funding for their projects.
The university enabled 16 candidates to obtain funding with a postdoctoral contract in our laboratories.
Seal of Excellence programme – Sorbonne Université
This programme was part of Sorbonne Université new Marie S. Curie strategy to attract talented young researchers from all over the world, which also included a call for expressions of interest to identify projects and candidates in advance, and their invitation to a training Master Class, followed by personalized support.
The Fellows selected were offered a postdoctoral contract at Sorbonne Université (or a research contract depending on their experience) for a period of 24 months.
The programme took place from 2023 to 2025 (MSCA-PF 2024 call).
The post-doctoral fellow was required to submit an ERC proposal with Sorbonne Université as Host Institution within three years of the contract start date.
Grantees 2025:
Arppitha BABY SAINABA, under the supervision of Valérie MARVAUD, Institut Parisien de Chimie Moléculaire, IPCM - UMR 8232
Mar GIRALT, under the supervision of Jacques FÉJOZ, Laboratoire Temps Espace, LTE - UMR 8255
Aurélien JEANVOINE, under the supervision of Hélène BALCONE-BOISSARD, Institut des Sciences de la Terre de Paris, ISTeP - UMR 7193
Nina MAZHJOO, under the supervision of Victor GYSEMBERGH, Centre Léon Robin - UMR 8061
Anastasiya LAHUTSINA, under the supervision of Denis SHEYNIKHOVICH, Institut de la Vision, IDV - UMR 7210
Seul-Ki BAC, under the supervision of Christophe TESTELIN, Institut des NanoSciences de Paris, INSP - UMR 7588
Riccardo MOBILI, under the supervision of Virginie MANSUY, Institut Parisien de Chimie Moléculaire, IPCM - UMR 8232
Lorenzo CORAL DIAZ-RECIO, under the supervision of Didier JOLLIVET, Adaptation et Diversité en Milieu Marin, AD2M - UMR 7144
Grantees 2024:
Gaspard JUNOT, under the supervision of Maxime DEFORET, Laboratoire Jean Perrin, LJP - UMR 8237
Alexis SIMON, under the supervision of Thomas BROQUET, Adaptation et Diversité en Milieu Marin, AD2M - UMR 7144
Paula MASIA LILLO, under the supervision of Franck LARTAUD, Laboratoire d'Ecogéochimie des Environnements Benthiques, LECOB - UMR 8222
Diksha SHARMA, under the supervision of Damien CARDINAL, Laboratoire d'Océanographie et du Climat : Expérimentations et Approches Numériques, LOCEAN - UMR 7159
Thomas J. NEAL under the supervision of Jutta RIEGER, Institut Parisien de Chimie Moléculaire, IPCM - UMR 8232
Alice DE GALZAIN, under the supervision of Thomas CONSTANTINESCO, Voix Anglophones Littérature et Esthétique, VALE - UR 4085
Grantees 2023:
- Kaitryn RONNING, under the supervion of Florian SENNLAUB, Institut de la Vision, IDV - UMR 7210
- Marina MORINI, under the supervision of Sylvie DUFOUR, Laboratoire de Biologie des Organismes et des Écosystèmes Aquatiques, BOREA
The Seal of Excellence programme was selected by the European Commission to be included in the 70 ‘Success Stories’ of ‘Research Management’ published in 2025.
