Chateaubriand Fellowship Application Now Open!
The Chateaubriand Fellowship allows doctoral students enrolled in American universities to conduct research in France for 4-9 months. Fellows receive stipends, round-trip tickets to France and health insurance. There are two programs within the Chateaubriand Fellowship: one for STEM students and one for humanities and social sciences students.
CHEATEAUBRIAND STEM
In order to be eligible, applicants must meet the following criteria:
• You must be currently working on your PhD.
• You must be a registered in an American university (U.S. citizenship is not required).
• All STEM and Health research topics are eligible.
• Research should be performed in a French laboratory (university, engineering school, public research laboratory…).
• Your U.S. and French advisors must agree to co-supervise part of your thesis.
• Knowledge of French is not mandatory and is left to the discretion of the host institution.
• Co-sponsorship by a candidate’s American university or French host institution is encouraged.
CHATEAUBRIAND HUMANITIES AND SOCIAL SCIENCES
In order to be eligible, applicants must meet the following criteria:
• Candidates must be currently working on their Ph.D.
• Candidates do not have to be U.S. citizens, but they must be enrolled in an American university. However, French citizens are not eligible to apply.
• Candidates must obtain a letter of recommendation from their advisor(s) in the U.S., as well as a letter of invitation from a professor affiliated with a French university or research institution.
Fellows will be selected based on the academic relevance of their research project, their command of the subject, the benefits of a research trip to France for the future of the collaboration and the contribution the project would give to the France/U.S. academic exchange.
For more information, visit http://www.chateaubriand-fellowship.org/
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