Updated 20/06/23
Consolidating capabilities is a key part of all IRD missions. The aim is to consolidate a fair scientific partnership with countries in the South by training students, researchers and lecturer-researchers, technicians and engineers, and thus jointly produce excellent science devoted to sustainable development and increase the visibility of the scientific communities in the Tropical and Mediterranean Regions (TMR).
From training students to co-founding research laboratories
Consolidating capabilities is a condition for meeting the sustainable development goals (SDG) adopted by the United Nations in 2015. Objective 17 for the partnership postulates that differences in capabilities in less-developed countries constitute an obstacle to the achievement of these SDGs. This objective encourages “governments, civil society, the scientific and university sectors and the private sector” to unite in favour of producing knowledge, finding solutions for sustainable development and training human capital adapted to local requirements.
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At the IRD, a number of operators support a mission to consolidate capabilities. These obviously include researchers, via the work they do supervising students and training them in research. Alongside them, a palette of tools is being developed. These actions are carried out in partnership with operators in academic cooperation, French?In particular : Université de Montpellier, Université de Bretagne Occidentale, Sorbonne Université, Université Sorbonne Paris Cité, Université Grenoble Alpes, Université Aix Marseille, Université Côte d’Azur and Université Paul Sabatier de Toulouse and European universities and of course the universities and research centres of the Tropical and Mediterranean Regions.
They are aimed at consolidating the following skills :
To know more :
PhD Grants Programme - ARTS
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You are a student from a country in the Global South and you would like to do a PhD with IRD ? The ARTS research grant programme for PhDs in the Global South offers the opportunity to carry out a PhD alternating between an IRD research team and a research team in the Global South.
You will receive financial support for a maximum period of 36 months, 3 return flights between the countries in which the thesis is realised, and health insurance.
For any questions please contact : arts@ird.fr
For more information on taking a doctorate: #IRDTalents
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PhD students currently supported in 46 different countries
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grants accorded in 2022
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IRD units involved
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PhD students currently supported in 46 different countries |
grants accorded in 2022 |
IRD units involved |
Structural Training Projects - PSF
IRD supports training project leaders in the TMR (Tropical and Mediterranean Regions). The selected projects obtain a co-financing of 10 000 €/year for 3 years and an accompaniment to set up their project or to perpetuate it. This tool is intended for IRD teams and scientific teams and institutions in the Tropical and Mediterranean Regions (co-portage of projects).
The PSF-South 2023 will open in summer 2023
For more information : visit the call page
Training workshops
They aim to strengthen the skills of students, engineers, technicians, researchers and teacher-researchers, from the writing of scientific articles to the valorization of research results, through communication to the general public, or the search for funding.
Since 2011, more than 250 scientific partners have participated in these workshops.
These workshops allow both a sharing of expertise but also a strong interdisciplinarity that strengthens the links between different scientific fields and research networks.
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Partnership training projects
These projects are long-term and are co-ported with key partners in academic and scientific cooperation.
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Sustainable Development Goals Summer School
The SDG summer school, co-sponsored with Aix Marseille Université (AMU) and the Agence Française de Développement (AFD), aims to bring doctorate students, researchers and stakeholders involved in sustainable development together for a collective debate on an SDG.
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WANASEA
WANASEA (“Strengthen the Production, Management and Outreach Capacities of Research in the Field of WAter and NAtural Resources in South-Est Asia”) is a project co-financed by the Erasmus + project - Reinforcing capabilities. The consortium comprises 9 partners from South-East Asia (Cambodia, Vietnam and Thailand) and 6 European partners (France, Denmark and Spain). The project proposes training and networking actions centred on the topic of water and associated natural resources.
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Digital resources/MOOC
Because it bridges distances and transforms how we learn and teach, digital technology has become a quintessential tool for training. For the IRD, which produces multidisciplinary science in partnership with the South, it is a powerful tool for co-constructing and sharing knowledge.
The IRD produces digital resources jointly with its partners. These can be free digital resources (MOOC, learning modules and sequences shared in the libraries of virtual universities) or resources intended for a specific, restricted public.
The “Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) - Let’s work together to meet the challenge!” MOOC provides keys to understanding the 17 SDGs and the way in which they interact with each other, as well as ideas and suggestions for concrete action. It was co-financed by the IRD, AUF, the Veolia Foundation, the Ministry for Ecological and Social Transition/General Commission for Sustainable Development, AFD and CGE.
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Training in soil
This training, provided in partnership with the Institute for Advanced Studies in Sustainable Development (IHEDD), covers the role of soil in ecological transitions in countries in both the South and the North, in urban and rural environments. It is aimed at professionals, NGO operators and technical departments, researchers and students in the North or South involved with agriculture or developing or managing natural and urban areas.
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PARFAO
PARFAO ("promoting agricultural ecology via research and training in West Africa”) is a project co-sponsored by the Agence Universitaire de la Francophonie in Burkina Faso, Ivory Coast and Senegal. Its aim is to support the training of 10 doctorate students from Burkina Faso, Ivory Coast and Senegal and to develop innovative agricultural ecology projects.
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ECOTROP
ECOTROP is a field training programme in tropical ecology supported by a consortium of 11 partners from the North and South. 3 schools offer students total immersion in the field and exposure to the reality and restrictions of a sampling campaign:
- On the topic of “forests, savannahs and rivers” in Lopé National Park in Gabon
- On the topic of “beaches, mangroves and estuaries” in the Arc d’Émeraude National Park in Gabon
- On the topic of “agricultural systems, lakes and peat bogs” in Oku in Cameroon
Please do not hesitate to contact us : src@ird.fr