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QuanG2 Open PhD Call - Quantum Sciences & Technologies

Université Grenoble Alpes
🇫🇷France
Application Deadline:07 Sept 2026

1. Program Overview

  • Duration: 3-year PhD fellowship
  • Location: Grenoble, France (Université Grenoble Alpes)
  • Level: Master's degree holders (or equivalent finishing before 7 September 2026)
  • Fields: Quantum materials, computing, technologies, and enabling tools
  • Language: English (Research & Program Operations)

2. About the Program

QuanG2 is an international doctoral programme coordinated in Grenoble, France, bringing together a vibrant ecosystem of academic laboratories, technological platforms, and industrial partners. Supported by the European Commission under the MSCA COFUND scheme and co-financed by national programmes such as QuanTEdu-France (France 2030) and LabEx QuantAlps (IDEX), it aims to recruit and train a total of 28 exceptional PhD fellows.

3. Financial Support

  • 💰 Fully Funded Fellowship: 3 years of guaranteed salary/funding.
  • ✈️ Dedicated Research Budget: Up to €10,000 per fellow to support research environments.
  • 💼 Flexible Allocations: Budget covers secondments (academic or non-academic), international conference participation, research missions, and the purchase of necessary research equipment.

4. Core Research Axes & Collective Actions

Research Axes: Quantum Materials, Quantum Technologies and Devices, Quantum Computing and Software, and Quantum Enabling Technologies.

Collective Actions: Fellows are expected to engage in the scientific and societal life of the project by choosing at least one path:

  • Communicate Quantum Sciences: Introducing quantum principles to high school students.
  • Across the Border: Designing and organizing a pan-European summer school.
  • Humanities & Sustainability: Collaborating on the societal/philosophical impacts of quantum technology or analyzing the environmental footprint of quantum sciences.

5. Eligibility Criteria

  • Academic Qualification: Hold (or obtain before 7 September 2026) a Master’s degree or an equivalent degree giving access to doctoral studies.
  • MSCA Mobility Rule: Applicants must not have resided or carried out their main activity (work, studies) in France for more than 12 months between 7 September 2023 and 7 September 2026.
  • Employment Restriction: Applicants must not be currently employed by any of the hosting laboratories (prior student internships are permitted).

6. Program Structure

  • Multi-Choice Selection: Each candidate may apply to a maximum of five PhD topics, which must be ranked in order of preference during submission.
  • Integrated Experience: Features immersive laboratory research, required academic/industrial secondments, structured training blocks, and annual interdisciplinary networking events.

7. Participating Laboratories & Hosting Units

Research will be conducted within top-tier French institutes including:

  • NEEL Institute
  • SPINTEC
  • LPMMC
  • PHELIQS
  • LNCMI
  • MEM
  • LIG
  • CROMA / CEA-Leti

8. Application Process & Deadlines

📅 Application Deadline: 7 September 2026 at 12:00 PM (Paris time)

Step-by-Step Application:

  1. Browse Research Topics: Review the list of available research topics below and select up to 5.
  2. Prepare Documents: Complete the required administrative materials and download template forms.
  3. Submit Online: Access the application platform. Note: The form does not allow you to save progress, so you must fill and submit it in one single session.

9. Required Documents

For QuanG2 Applicants:

  • Academic CV and detailed transcripts.
  • Cover Letter (must explicitly outline your motivation for academic/non-academic career tracks and interdisciplinary research interest).
  • Letter of Recommendation (must use the official Template QuanG2; specific templates are available for humanities/social science backgrounds).

For QuanTEdu and QuantAlps Applicants:

  • Scientific Program Form.
  • Commitment and Agreement Document.
  • Letter of Recommendation (using Template QuanTEdu/QuantAlps).

10. Selection Timeline

  • 8 June 2026: Call Opens
  • 10 or 17 July 2026 (TBC): First Informational Webinar for Applicants
  • 7 September 2026 (12:00 PM Paris Time): Closing of the Call
  • 15–16 October 2026: Shortlisting Results
  • 2–6 November 2026: Online Interviews
  • 16–20 November 2026: Webinars with Supervisors
  • 1 December 2026: Laboratory Tours and Networking Event in Grenoble
  • 2–3 December 2026: Final Interviews in Grenoble
  • 7 December 2026: Final Selection Results Published

11. Program Benefits

  • 🎓 MSCA-Backed Credentials: Earn a prestigious PhD degree under the European Commission framework.
  • 💰 Financial Autonomy: Broad access to a private €10,000 allowance for international exposure and tech tooling.
  • 🔬 World-Class Infrastructure: Work inside Grenoble's renowned scientific ecosystem featuring 20 academic labs and 15 private sector entities.
  • 🌍 Career Advancement: Direct networking pathways into Europe's primary quantum industrial markets and academic nodes.

12. Available PhD Topics (Autumn 2026)

  1. Quantum entanglement with flying electron wavepackets – Christopher BAUERLE (NEEL)
  2. THz Quantum Nanoelectronics – Christopher BAUERLE (NEEL)
  3. Angular Momentum of Magnons – Olivier KLEIN (SPINTEC)
  4. Superconductivity and charge-density waves in Kagome Lattices – Mehdi FRACHET (NEEL)
  5. Collective mode of a chiral superconductor – Cécile REPELLIN (LPMMC)
  6. Effective magnetization dynamics in coupled spintronic nano-oscillators – Liliana Buda-Prejbeanu, Pascal Thibaudeau (SPINTEC)
  7. Hybrid Spin-Valley Qubits in Silicon – Matias URDAMPILLETA (NEEL)
  8. Moirés of orthorhombic van der Waals magnets – Clément FAUGERAS, Johann CORAUX (LNCMI, NEEL)
  9. Theoretical investigation of finite-temperature spin dynamics – Mike ZHITOMIRSKY (PHELIQS)
  10. Coherent Nanomechanics at Ultra-low Temperatures – Andrew FEFFERMAN (NEEL)
  11. ZX-diagram extraction from non integrable models – Michele FILIPPONE (MEM)
  12. Exploring and controlling curvature-induced non-reciprocity of spin waves – Olivier FRUCHART, Aurélien MASSEBOEUF (SPINTEC)
  13. A way toward rotating quantum turbulence – Mathieu GIBERT, Patrik ŠVANCARA (NEEL)
  14. Superconducting qubits: from fundamental to quantum computer – Olivier BUISSON (NEEL)
  15. Magnetically doped Transition Metal Dichalcogenide Thin Films via Molecular Beam Epitaxy – Vincent POLEWCZYK, Matthieu JAMET (SPINTEC)
  16. Development of a 3-wave mixing nanowire Josephson parametric amplifier – Julien RENARD, Moïra HOCEVAR (NEEL)
  17. Quantum simulation of the transition between plateaus in the fractional quantum Hall effect – Cecile Repellin (LPMMC)
  18. When Superconductivity Meets the Quantum Hall Effect – Benjamin Sacepe (NEEL)
  19. Theory of localization effects in dynamics of mass-imbalanced quantum gas mixtures – Sergey Skipetrov (LPMMC)
  20. Cold atoms for optical reservoir computing – Sergey Skipetrov (LPMMC)
  21. Quantum resources at the interface of nonlocality and computational efficiency – Ivan ŠUPIC (LIG)
  22. Low temperature transport and Transmission Electron Microscopy of silicon aluminum interfaces – Martien DEN HERTOG, Cecile NAUD (NEEL)
  23. Electron ptychography of quantum dot emitters – Martien DEN HERTOG, Eva MONROY (NEEL, PHELIQS)
  24. Development of epitaxial tunnel barriers for superconducting-semiconducting quantum applications – Moïra HOCEVAR, Edith BELLET-AMALRIC (NEEL, PHELIQS)
  25. Hybrid spin qubit-nanomechanical interaction – Benjamin PIGEAU, Olivier ARCIZET (NEEL)
  26. Nano optomechanics in the single photon regime – Benjamin PIGEAU, Olivier ARCIZET (NEEL)
  27. Exploring two boson pairing scenario in cuprates – Matteo DASTUTO, Fabio DENIS-ROMERO (NEEL)
  28. Cryogenic exploration of 1/f and Random Telegraph noise effects in advanced transistors used in Quantum System control/readout Electronics – Christoforos THEODOROU, Francis BALESTRA, Miltiadis ALEPIDIS (CROMA, CEA-Leti)
  29. Quasiparticle dynamics in superconducting islands coupled to germanium-based quantum dots – Silvano De Franceschi, Vivien Schmitt (PHELIQS)
  30. A novel route to germanium spin qubit arrays – Silvano De Franceschi, Vivien Schmitt (PHELIQS)
  31. Spin injection from coherent to quantum magnonics – William Legrand, Laurent Ranno (NEEL)
  32. Structural studies of superconductor–semiconductor interfaces – Martien Den Hertog, Moïra Hocevar, Edith Bellet-Amalric (NEEL, PHELIQS)
  33. (TBC) Modeling of a magnonic diode based on spin-wave non-reciprocity in nanowires and nanotubes – Jean-Christophe Toussaint, Daria Gusakova (SPINTEC, NEEL)

13. Additional Resources