sentences:  A recent reform allows for the possibility of salary modulation in the universities, but for now this remains to be implemented.After some years in the "maître de conférences" position, an MCF may take an "habilitation" to become a supervisor of doctoral theses before applying for a position of "professeur des universités" ("university professor"), whether in their home university or in another institution.Their suitability for such a position will be judged by the National Council of Universities (restricted to full professors).