Young Researchers Camps

Are you a doctoral or post-doctoral student?

IHU ICAN organizes training and information weeks (summer camp, fall camp, winter camp) on pursuing a career with a PhD, aimed at doctoral and post-doctoral students in its ecosystem.

Whether you’re going into public or private research, or simply want to put your PhD to good use in a new professional environment, these camps are for you!

Find out more about the past and future editions.

Past and future camp dates

  • Winter Camp (Québec – CMDO) :
    • January 31 to February 7, 2025 – Registration open
    • February 2 to 9, 2024
    • February 3 to 7, 2023
  • Summer Camp (Paris):
    • June 10 to 14, 2024
    • June 12 to 16, 2023
    • June 20 to 23, 2022
  • Fall Camp (Emirats Arabes Unis – UAEU):
    • December 11 to 15, 2023 – “Diet sustainability and cardiometabolic health”.

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Application criteria

  • Be a doctoral or post-doctoral student or a research professional in an ICAN community team
  • Be supported by your hierarchy
  • Have never taken part in the desired camp

Documents to provide

  • Curriculum vitae with detailed “contributions” section
  • Cover letter for summer camp participation

IHU ICAN Summer Camp (Paris, France)

Every year, IHU ICAN organizes a summer camp for doctoral and post-doctoral students from its ecosystem, to talk about their professional future. Whether you’re going into public or private research, or simply want to make the most of your PhD in a new professional environment, this camp is for you!

On the program:
Career workshops on research careers
Presentation of the ICAN HCI, with visits to the ICAN Omics and ICAN BioCell iPS platforms, and the Biological Resources Center (BRC).
Workshops on scientific themes and the use of health data…

Autumn camp (Al-Aïn, United Arab Emirates)

For the first time in 2023, IHU ICAN is organizing an autumn camp in Al-Ain (United Arab Emirates) in partnership with the United Arab Emirates University (UAEU).

Dedicated to sustainable nutrition and cardiometabolic health, this unique camp is an opportunity to discover advances in Emirati basic and clinical research.

On the program:
– New perspectives on sustainable food consumption
– How to combat obesity?
– The development of artificial intelligence to combat cardiometabolic diseases
– Speakers from Canadian and French nutrition experts
– Enriching cultural discoveries
– And much, 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.

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Thanks to the precious moments of conviviality it offers, the winter camp is a privileged space for networking, opening up new postdoctoral opportunities for participants across the Atlantic in basic, clinical and epidemiological research in the field of cardiometabolic health.

Learn more about winter camp

Our partners

Since 2014, ICAN has established strong links with the Quebec Network for Research on Cardiometabolic Health, Diabetes and Obesity (CMDO) with the objective of creating a strategic and lasting partnership between France and Quebec on training in the research in the field of cardiometabolic health, diabetes and obesity. This transatlantic program allows young research professionals from the IHU-ICAN and all the universities of Quebec on Canadian soil to work together each year.

In 2023, the IHU ICAN had the pleasure of welcoming young Emirati researchers from the United Arab Emirates University (UAEU) in Abu Dhabi to Paris for a week’s training at the Pitié-Salpêtrière Hospital.

LUCIEN JUNIOR BERGERON, PHD – DIRECTEUR ADJOINT DU RÉSEAU CMDO

“Since 2014, the CMDO community has had the privilege of welcoming the next generation of scientists from France (ICAN) during a student exchange that goes far beyond the transfer of knowledge. During the activities surrounding the winter camp, a flagship activity of our network, friendships are created, leading for some to sustained scientific collaborations and having an incredible leverage effect for CMDO research internationally. This French-speaking Quebec week is often a milestone for our campers, whether they are from France or Quebec, combining a cultural experience with a first-rate multidisciplinary scientific immersion. Long live this student exchange for the benefit of international research at the CMDO. »

Plus d’informations sur le réseau CMDO : lucien.junior.bergeron@rrcmdo.ca