DESTINY2
A new 5-year European PhD Programme
Building upon the success of DESTINY1 project, we are now launching DESTINY2! The programme will train 42 highly-qualified PhD fellows and will allow them knowledge, skills, and competencies in the interdisciplinary fields of energy storage, as well as transferable skills (project management, communication, research planning, innovation etc.) required to make them highly competitive in both the academic and industrial workforce.
A strong European consortium
DESTINY2 is coordinated by Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS) in France and gathers 21 European Universities (grading HEIs and places for secondments), 6 Research Centers, 3 Large Scale Facilities and 7 private companies from, overall, 12 different countries, most of them members of Battery 2030+ and stakeholders of the European Network ALISTORE-ERI.
Cohort #1 applications are now open!
You will find here everything you have to know about all the available positions (supervisors, topic, institutions and mobility involved) as well as the application process.
The call is officially open since January 5th 2026. To apply, you must:
- Read the Guide For Applicants. The whole process is detailed there.
- fill-in the Application Form template, convert it into PDF
- Submit it on the CNRS job portal.
Call closure: 28-02-2026.
IMPORTANT: you may contact the potential supervisors to have more information about the topic, however, sending them your application directly is not permitted!
Call
for Evaluators
We are looking for evaluators to assess the second stage of our application process (Evaluation of merits). If you are interested, please contact the administrative team (destiny.phd@cnrs.fr)
