International Research Funding Opportunities

Are you looking for international research funding? Do you want to collaborate with one of our research teams?

Every year, Ifremer welcomes foreign researchers of all nationalities wishing to collaborate with our research teams or to apply for an International/European funding in the following topics:

  • Protect and restore the ocean.
  • Sustainably use marine resources to benefit society.
  • Create and share ocean data, information & knowledge.
A researcher evaluating the population of black scallops

Your ERC Grant with Ifremer as Host Institution

For individual researchers of any nationality with a promising or excellent track record and a brilliant research idea

Join Ifremer and Shape the Future of Marine Science!

Ifremer offers funding for post-doctoral research positions.

Your Marie S. Curie Post-Doctoral Fellowship with Ifremer as Host Institution

For experienced researchers of any nationality who have had a doctoral degree for maximum 8 years

What if there was an alternative to antibiotics in the ocean?

Published on 31 march 2020

Frédérique Le Roux, an IFREMER researcher in molecular microbiology at the Roscoff marine station (CNRS/Sorbonne Université), has won a €2.5 million Advanced Grant from the ERC (European Research Council) for DYNAMIC, a project that studies phages in marine environments. Phages, which are natural predators of bacteria, could be an alternative to antibiotics.