French Institutes for Advanced Study 2024 Fellowship Programme (Fully-funded)

Published: 21 Apr 2023

FIAS is an international mobility programme proposing high-level scientific residencies in the seven Institute for Advanced Study (IAS) of Aix-Marseille, Loire Valley (Orléans-Tours), Lyon, Montpellier, Nantes, Paris and Rennes.

The FIAS fellowship programme supports high-quality and innovative research as fellows conduct their research with the greatest freedom and benefit from the strong scientific and extra-academic support by the institutes. Initiated in 2020, the FIAS Fellowship programme will run until the 2024-2025 academic year. For the 2024-2025 academic year, 40 fellowships of 10 months are available for experienced researchers from all fields of social sciences and the humanities.

FIAS Fellowship Programme

Application Deadline	June 6, 2023
Funding Type	Fully Funded
Country to study	France
Type	Fellowship
Sponsor	French Institutes for Advanced Study(FIAS)
Gender	Men and Women

Benefits of FIAS Fellowship Programme

• A net living allowance (equivalent to take-home pay) of €2,700 per month
• Two flexible contractual options, considering individual situations: work contracts or paid leave
• Adequate social security coverage
• Accommodation or support for relocation
• An individual research and training budget equivalent to €2,500 per year
• Travel expenses (one round trip from the fellow home country)
• Same working conditions as the IAS’ other fellows, including individual offices, special access and lending privileges in university-based research libraries, IT services, multiple collective spaces
• Skills training opportunities

Requirements for FIAS Fellowship Programme

• Open 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 must have spent no more than 12 months in France during the three years prior to the application deadline.

Selection Process

Timeline

• April 17th, 2023: opening of the application platform
• June 6th, 2023, 6:00 pm (Paris, France time): deadline for applications
• June 2023: eligibility check
• July-October 2023: double peer review
• November 2023: preselection by the FIAS Selection Committee (communication of preselection results, December 2023) 
• January - February 2024: selection of fellows by IAS Scientific Advisory Boards and communication of results 

Application Documents

The requested application material (in English exclusively) will consist of:

• The completed online application form
• A detailed curriculum vitae with a comprehensive list of publications
• A copy of the diploma
• A detailed research proposal (maximum 5 pages and a bibliography – 1 additional page)
• A selection of three to five publications (articles or book chapters)
• A letter of support/interest by an IAS’s local scientific partner -only requested and mandatory for Le Studium (Loire Valley IAS), for the Collegium de Lyon, for MAK’IT (Montpellier IAS), and for the Paris IAS.
• Optional: Up to two letters of recommendation

Application Deadline

June 6, 2023

How to Apply

Interested and qualified? Go to French Institutes for Advanced Study(FIAS) on www.fias-fp.eu to apply