Eligibility criteria for the Fernand Braudel-IFER incoming programme
1 Applicants must reside outside France and belong to a non-French research institution (university, academy of sciences, or other research organism).
2 Foreign candidates that reside in France or have resided there in the year preceding the deadline for applications are not eligible. Lecturers, fellowship-holders and those holding teaching positions in a French institution or research centre are considered to be French residents.
3 Applicants must hold a PhD (or equivalent) as at the date of application (i.e. dissertation successfully defended).
4 The application must be submitted within six years of defending their doctoral dissertation. Exceptions may be granted for some cases of career breaks (e.g. interruptions due to maternity leave, illness, etc.).
5 Applicants must be fluent in one of the working languages of the host laboratory; fluency in French or English is preferable.
6 Any laboratory in which the applicant has already worked at any time during his/her scientific experience (including during doctoral studies) is not eligible as a host laboratory.
7 Due to the limited number of fellowships available, applicants residing abroad but that completed their doctoral studies in France are not given priority.
Eligibility criteria for the Fernand Braudel-IFER outgoing programme
1 Candidates must have resided in France and been affiliated with a university or other research laboratory in France for at least two years, regardless of their nationality.
2 Applicants must hold a PhD (or equivalent) as at the date of application (i.e. dissertation successfully defended).
3 The application must be submitted within six years of defending their doctoral dissertation. Exceptions may be granted for some cases of career breaks (e.g. interruptions due to maternity leave, illness, etc.).
4 Applicants must be fluent in one of the working languages of the host laboratory; fluency in the language of the host country is preferable.
5 Due to the limited number of fellowships available, stays at French-speaking universities in countries neighbouring France are not given priority.
6 Due to the limited number of fellowships available, stays in the applicant’s home country are not given priority.
7 A French research institute abroad is not sufficient as a host laboratory unless a local host laboratory is also chosen.
