For Supervisors: how to submit a topic on ADUM
- You are an HDR, or have obtained a dispensation to supervise without an HDR, and would like to propose a thesis topic. If you are working in an IP-Paris laboratory and would like to benefit from a ministerial grant managed by EDMH, you need to submit your subject on . If you work in a laboratory affiliated to UPSaclay, you only need to submit your subject if you wish to apply for a CSC or ADI grant.
- To be able to submit a subject, you must be registered on the EDMH supervisor database, which will give you an ADUM account. If you are not yet registered, please contact the EDMH administrative manager. You will then receive a code enabling you to create your ADUM access. Your ADUM account will be used not only to propose a subject, but also to manage the theses you supervise (registrations, various validations).
- To submit the subject, open your ADUM space, click on “Propositions de thèse > Gestion des propositions de thèses > Ajouter une proposition de projet doctoral”, then fill in at least the boxes marked with an *. You will need to include a PDF file containing the thesis proposal.
- In the “Funding” section, click on the box to bring up the drop-down menu. You are encouraged to indicate all funding sources to which the student may apply. Specify whether the funding is already secured, or whether it is a competition. Non-directed MESRI grants from UP Saclay are entitled “Programme blanc de la GS”. Non-directed MESRI grants from IP Paris are entitled “IPP or member school competition”.
- Leave “Online subject application” set to “yes” to allow PhD students to apply online for your subject.
- If you want to attract foreign candidates, you can choose to publish the subject on the Campus France website.
- If you already have a designated candidate, indicate him/her and enter his/her email address. The candidate will then see your thesis topic on their ADUM application page, and can apply for it.
- Once all the information has been entered, click on “Save and submit your project”. The project will be validated by the laboratory management and EDMH will put it online. Please note: for a student to apply, your topic must be published online on the EDMH website.
- It is possible to submit a rather vague subject online, describing your field of research rather than a precise line of research, leaving the possibility of refining the project by discussing it with your future doctoral student.
Application for a spontaneous thesis
- The alternative to this subject submission (excluding IPP grant applications): discuss with the student the thesis project, and let the candidate apply as a “spontaneous application”. The thesis project will then be included in his application. Once the student’s application has been submitted on , the thesis supervisor must validate the application, from his ADUM interface: to do this, click in the upper left corner on «Thesis proposals > Spontaneous thesis applications for which you are the thesis supervisor», then clicking on the “Student candidate card”.
- In both types of application, the candidate will be required to provide a reasoned letter of support to the candidate, which will be included in his application. Without such a letter, the application will not be considered.
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