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The European Research Council (ERC) has just announced the list of recipients of the prestigious “Advanced” grants. Lyon has two laureates: TEMPO* and IGN.

The 12 doctoral students who took part in the regional finals of the international My Thesis in 180 Seconds competition delighted the large audience at the Université de Lyon’s Grand Amphitheater on Tuesday, March 21, 2023. The candidates who qualified for the national semi-final are Lucie Boël, from the Université Jean Moulin Lyon 3 and Valentin Gautier, from INSA Lyon.

Two years after the launch of the Life RECYCLO project, it is continuing its activities and its communication with the general public. Whether you are a laundry professional or user, curious about water conservation, or simply interested in science, subscribe to the newsletter to keep up to date with the project’s progress!

The Université de Lyon regional final of the international Francophone “My Thesis in 180 Seconds” competition will take place on Tuesday, March 21, 2023, at 6 PM. You can watch the final in person or via live streaming on the UdL website and Facebook page.

The graduate school H₂O'Lyon and their partners are offering a week of open university events to match World Water Day on March 22, the theme of which this year is "Accelerating Change". A rich programme to better understand the issues surrounding water. To be followed face-to-face or remotely: webinars, workshops, exhibitions, round discussions, etc.

The 25th Brain Awareness Week (Semaine du Cerveau) 2023 will be held in the city of Lyon under the theme: “My brain explores the world”.

The CNRS laboratory "Sous-marin Provence Méditerranée", co-directed with Aix-Marseille University and IFREMER, is a pioneering new research platform.

In 2022, the European Research Council funded more than 300 researchers in Europe through its “ERC Consolidator Grants”. Forty-one of the recipients are from France, including three from the Lyon Saint-Étienne university site.

Brazil, and in particular the State of São Paulo, is one of the geographical areas with which the Université de Lyon has been developing close relations. After a brief interruption due to the Covid crisis, the Université de Lyon resumed its activities in 2022, particularly in the fields of training and research.

The international researchers in residency at the Collegium de Lyon for 2023 have arrived.

From January 24 to 28, 2023, the École urbaine de Lyon – Université de Lyon and its partners are organizing the fifth edition of the “À l’École de l’Anthropocène” (Anthropocene School) event, hosted for the second year at the Rize in Villeurbanne.

On December 5, at the Lumière Institute, the Métropole de Lyon and the City of Lyon, together with the Université de Lyon, awarded the 2022 Young Researcher Prize. Watch the video and find out more about the research projects of the four winners and the reasons why they came to Lyon.

The Université de Lyon – via the CER-UdL (UdL Research Ethics Committee) – is hosting the Congress of Research Ethics Committees on December 2, 2022 in Lyon. This one-day event brings together the institutional Research Ethics Committees from all over France (academic, university-hospital and institutional structures) to discuss “Reviewing human research ethics: laws and practices”.

The Université de Lyon – via the CER-UdL (UdL Research Ethics Committee) – hosted the Congress of Research Ethics Committees on December 2, 2022 in Lyon. This one-day event brought together the institutional Research Ethics Committees (RECs) from all over France, in order to discuss “Reviewing human research ethics: laws and practices”.

New international fellows started their residency at the Collegium de Lyon for the academic year 2022-23.

On November 22, 2022 the Grand Amphitheater of the Université Lumière Lyon 2 hosted the official ceremony in honor of research talents from the CNRS Rhône Auvergne, during which six Lyon-based researchers received this prestigious award.

A total of 512 doctors, who graduated from the Lyon Saint-Étienne site in 2018, took part in this tenth survey conducted by the Observatory for Doctors Entering Employment (OIPD).

La ComUE Université de Lyon (UdL) a mis en place un partenariat avec le China Scholarship Council (CSC) qui prévoit le financement de 30 bourses doctorales par an par le CSC. Il vise à permettre à des étudiants chinois d’effectuer leur doctorat dans un des établissements membres de la ComUE Université de Lyon.

The Université de Lyon (UdL) has entered into a partnership with the China Scholarship Council (CSC), which provides funding for 30 doctoral scholarships each year through the CSC. It aims to enable Chinese students to study for their PhD in one of the Université de Lyon’s member institutions.

On Wednesday, October 12, 2022, the 16th edition of the L’Oréal-Unesco Young Talents Prize - France for Women in Science was awarded to 35 exceptional female doctoral students and post-doctoral researchers. Three of them are from the Lyon Saint-Étienne laboratories.

Since 2021, the CNRS presents a Scientific Mediation Medal to scientists or staff members supporting research.

Lyon Urban School is organizing an international seminar focusing on environmental vulnerability and public decision-making in a post-disaster context. The seminar will be held from October 6 to 8 in Lyon and Tokyo, as part of the 2022 "Rentrée Anthropocène" event.

Five Université de Lyon institutions (Claude Bernard Lyon 1, Lumière Lyon 2, Jean Monnet Saint-Étienne, ENS de Lyon and Mines Saint-Étienne) and the Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes ‘Minalogic’ digital technology competitiveness cluster invite you to attend an afternoon of discussions with the academic and corporate communities on a variety of subjects related to artificial intelligence.

On September 5, 2022, the Université de Lyon, together with twenty or so partners, the City of Lyon and the Rhône Mediterranean Corsica Water Agency, signed the metropolitan contract for water conservation.

On July 4 to 8, 2022, Manutech-SLEIGHT Graduate School hosted its eighth SLEIGHT science event, bringing together more than 150 participants to discuss how photonics technology can be used in healthcare and space.