"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 15 candidates to obtain funding with a postdoctoral contract in our laboratories.
Seal of Excellence programme – Sorbonne Université
This programme is part of Sorbonne Université new Marie S. Curie strategy to attract talented young researchers from all over the world, which also includes 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 MSCA Seal of Excellence programme of Sorbonne Université includes a salary and a lump-sum for research costs for two years, similar to the MSCA projects (€170,000 including €150,000 salary and €20,000 environment).
The Fellows selected will be offered a postdoctoral contract at Sorbonne Université (or a research contract depending on their experience) for a period of 24 months.
The post-doctoral fellow will endeavor to apply 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
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.
