Since the beginning of the program, 4 calls for the selection of candidates have been launched. Overall, 45 junior researchers have been recruited within the 4 calls for applications. The recruited 45 NUMERICS fellows are 14 women (31 %) and 31 men (69%) from 26 different nationalities. The thematic areas adressed by the PhD projects are very diverse and cover all domains of expertise at CEA. They range from climate and environmental sciences, complex fluids and processes, electronics, nanoelectronics and spintronics, energy systems, batteries and materials for energy, health and life sciences, high-energy physics, astrophysics and plasmas, instrumentation, computer sciences and software, to solid state physics, materials and structures. The programme proposed “welcome days”, soft skills trainings and career guidance to all NUMERICS students in order to favor their integration and professional development. In particular, the CEA-INSTN conceived a specific training programme aiming at supporting PhD fellows during the whole thesis duration. NUMERICS students had also open and free access to the newly implemented CEA-INSTN Saclay FabLab. On a voluntary base they were also invited to join the CEA COSCINUS community. Indeed, in 2022, within the CEA Digital Mission, a digital sciences community, COSCINUS, has been created to reinforce synergies and transversalities between the digital sciences and among the CEA's departments. In term of tangible, measurable results, the NUMERICS programme allowed the implementation of :
- more than 80 scientific publications on peer review journal
- 5 patents (3 on the health, 1 on the energy and 1 on the transport area)
- participation to over 60 scientific international and national conferences and workshops.
- 42 PhD thesis defense (two NUMERICS students took a position before the end of the thesis and one thesis will be defended in July 2025)
The overall communication of the NUMERICS project was done mainly on the NUMRICS website and via the INSTN LinkedIn profile. The final project completion has been highlighted on March 20 in Grenoble at the GIANT Innovation Campus during the "Junior Scientist & Industry Annual Meeting, 2025", a networking day for young researchers from industry and start-ups. At this occasion the NUMERICS fellows were invited to share their experience as PhD students of a Marie-Curie COFUND Doctoral EU project. A poster with the output of the NUMERICS project has been presented. Paula Kleij and Gerardo Emanuel Granados acted as ambassadors of the project. They were present at this event together with the management staff.
