RiverLy unit of INRAE based in Lyon, France is open to host Ukrainian researchers and PhD students and help them acquire funding of the French national programme PAUSE to continue their work here in France (3 months of the emergency programme + possibility of asking for a supplementary year): https://www.programmepause.org/en/solidarite-ukraine/

(A possibility of co-funding of this supplementary year exists). Training can be envisaged in some of the domains we are specialized in.

Hydrology, hydraulics, environmental chemistry, ecotoxicology, environmental microbiology, ecology - researchers and PhD students working in these domains are welcome to contact us. We have Russian-speaking colleagues who are ready to help with translation and interpreting.

Research Focus / Keywords

Hydrology, hydraulics, environmental chemistry, ecotoxicology, environmental microbiology, ecology, ecohydraulics, river science, water research, biology, management of aquatic ressources, fresh waters

Support Period

3 months to 1 year

Additional Support

We are ready to accompany the applicants in the administrative procedures in France as well as with the search for accommodation, figuring out where to put children to school etc.