French Institutes for Advanced Study (FIAS) Fellowship Programme 2024/2025 – Call for Applications

The French Institutes for Advanced Study Fellowship Programme offers 10-month fellowships in the five Institutes of Paris, Lyon, Marseille, Montpellier and Nantes. It welcomes applications from high-level international scholars and scientists primarily in the fields of the social sciences and the humanities (SSH).

Application Deadline: 2nd June 2023 – 6:00 PM CET (Paris Time).

Eligible Field(s): The call is open to all disciplines in the SSH and all research fields. Research projects from other sciences that propose a transversal dialogue with SSH are also eligible.  Some of the IAS have scientific priorities they will focus on more specifically.

Type: Fellowship

Eligibility:

• FIAS awards fellowships to outstanding researchers of all career levels, from postdoctoral researchers to senior scientists. The minimum requirement is a PhD + 2 years of research experience at the time of the application. Exception will be made for scholars with a Master + 6 years of full-time research experience after the degree (PhD training will not be considered in the calculation of experience).
• Researchers from all countries are eligible to the FIAS Fellowship Programme but they have to have spent no more than 12 months in France during the three years prior to the application deadline.

Eligible Countries: All

To be Taken at (Country): France

Number of Awards: For the 2024-2025 academic year, the FIAS// Fellowship programme offers 40 fellowship positions of 10 months, distributed amongst the seven sites of: 

• Aix-Marseille: 4
• Loire Valley (Orléans-Tours): 3
• Lyon: 10
• Montpellier: 3
• Nantes: 4
• Paris: 13
• Rennes: 3

Value of Award: The FIAS fellows will benefit from the support and conducive scientific environment offered by the IAS, in an interdisciplinary cohort of fellows and in close relation to the local research potential. The fellows will be free to organize their work and conduct research as they wish.

CONDITIONS

All IAS have agreed on common standards, including the provision of a living allowance (2,700€ per month), social security coverage, accommodation, a research and training budget, plus coverage of travel expenses

Duration of Award: 10 months

How to Apply: Applications are submitted online via www.fias-fp.eu where you will find detailed information regarding the content of the application, eligibility criteria and selection procedure.

• It is important to go through all application requirements in the Award Webpage (see Link below) before applying.
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