Are you a PhD student or a postdoctoral researcher?
IHU ICAN organizes training and information weeks (summer camp, autumn camp, winter camp) on career development with a PhD, intended for PhD students and postdoctoral researchers in its ecosystem.
Whether you are aiming for public or private research, or you simply want to leverage your PhD in a new professional environment, these camps are for you!
Find below all the information on past and upcoming editions.
Dates of past and upcoming camps
- Winter camp (Québec – CMDO):
- From 6 to 13 February 2026
- From 31 January to 7 February 2025
- From 2 to 9 February 2024
- From 3 to 7 February 2023
- Summer camp (Paris):
- From 8 to 12 June 2026
- From 16 to 20 June 2025
- From 10 to 14 June 2024
- From 12 to 16 June 2023
- From 20 to 23 June 2022
- Autumn camp (United Arab Emirates – UAEU):
- From 11 to 15 December 2023 – “Diet sustainability and cardiometabolic health”
Eligibility criteria
- Be a PhD student, a postdoctoral researcher, or a research professional within a team in the ICAN community
- Be supported by your line management
- Have never participated in the camp you are applying for
Documents to provide
- Curriculum vitae with the “contributions” section detailed
- Cover letter for participation in the summer camp
IHU ICAN Summer Camp (Paris, France)
Each year, IHU ICAN organizes a summer camp for PhD students and postdoctoral researchers in its ecosystem to discuss career prospects. Whether you are aiming for public or private research, or you simply want to leverage your PhD in a new professional environment, this camp is for you!
Program:
- “Career” workshops focused on research professions
- A presentation of IHU ICAN with a tour of the platforms ICAN Omics, ICAN BioCell iPS, and the Biological Resource Center (CRB)
- Scientific thematic workshops and sessions on the use of health data…
Autumn Camp (Al Ain, United Arab Emirates)
For the first time in 2023, IHU ICAN organized an autumn camp in Al Ain (United Arab Emirates) in partnership with United Arab Emirates University (UAEU).
Dedicated to sustainable food and cardiometabolic health, this unique camp is an opportunity to discover advances in Emirati fundamental and clinical research.
Program:
- New perspectives on sustainable food consumption
- How to fight obesity?
- The development of artificial intelligence to combat cardiometabolic diseases
- Talks by Canadian and French representatives specializing in nutrition
- Enriching cultural discoveries
- And much more!
CMDO Winter Camp (Canada)
Organized by the CMDO network in Canada, the winter camp is an opportunity for a week of intensive training in interactive workshops with internationally renowned speakers.
Thanks to the valuable moments of conviviality it offers, the winter camp is a privileged space for networking, opening up to participants new postdoctoral opportunities across the Atlantic in fundamental, clinical, and epidemiological research in the field of cardiometabolic health.
Our partners
Since 2014, ICAN has established strong ties with the Quebec Research Network on Cardiometabolic Health, Diabetes and Obesity (CMDO), with the objective of creating a strategic and long-lasting partnership between France and Quebec for research training in the field of cardiometabolic health, diabetes, and obesity. This transatlantic program each year makes it possible to bring together young research professionals from IHU-ICAN and all Quebec universities on Canadian soil.
In 2023, IHU ICAN was pleased to welcome to Paris young Emirati female researchers from United Arab Emirates University (UAEU) in Abu Dhabi for a week of training at the Pitié-Salpêtrière Hospital site.
Lucien Junior Bergeron, PhD – Deputy Director of the CMDO network
“Since 2014, the CMDO community has had the privilege of welcoming the next generation of scientists from France (ICAN) through a student exchange that goes far beyond the transfer of knowledge. During the activities surrounding the winter camp, a flagship event of our network, friendships are formed, leading for some to sustained scientific collaborations with an incredible leverage effect for CMDO research internationally. This French-speaking Quebec week is often a defining milestone for our campers—whether from France or Quebec—combining a cultural experience with a high-level multidisciplinary scientific immersion. Long live this student exchange for the benefit of international research within the CMDO.”
More information about the CMDO network : lucien.junior.bergeron@rrcmdo.ca
