French Government (France Excellence) Scholarship Programme 2026 for High Level Scientific Stays in France (Fully Funded)

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Application Deadline: twenty sixth April 2025:

Applications at the moment are open for the 2026 French Government (France Excellence) Scholarship Programme. The Embassy of France in Ghana is implementing the French Government Scholarship Programme, “France Excellence” amongst that are the “Séjours Scientifiques de Haut Niveau (SSHN, High-Level Scientific Stays)”. Addressed to educational and analysis workers wishing to spend a while in the next schooling or analysis establishment in France, the SSHN additionally intention to be a device to extend the cooperation with French establishments.

Eligibility standards

Nationality: any candidate with a tenure place in a public or non-public increased schooling establishment or scientific analysis laboratory is eligible. Please notice that binational candidates holding the nationality of one of many nations of the European Union usually are not eligible.

Degree: solely PhD college students and holders of PhD levels are eligible. According to the programme guidelines, candidates who’ve obtained a doctorate for greater than 5 years might be thought-about “confirmed researchers”. Candidates who’ve obtained a doctorate throughout the final 5 years, are thought-about “young researchers”.

Length of mobility: from 1 to 2 months.

Dates of mobility: in 2025, solely mobilities scheduled between the first of September and ending on the newest on the fifteenth of December might be eligible, if the establishment in France can host the grantee.

Benefits

• The scholarship features a round-trip air ticket, a month-to-month allowance, well being and repatriation insurance coverage. Accommodation may be booked via Campus France Paris. The hire can be then deducted from the grant.

Selection Criteria

• Applications might be assessed on the idea of the precision of the undertaking and components making certain the added worth and impression of the mobility on private, institutional and cooperation ranges.
• The host group a call for participation should embrace an outline of the actions to be carried out throughout the keep (e.g., titles of seminars/conferences organised, scientific articles in preparation). The cowl letter should clarify the explanations of the host group chosen, previous achievements in line with the mobility undertaking, relevance to the areas of analysis developed by the home laboratories, and actions producing the strengthening or creation of recent collaborations. The high quality and precision of the work plan might be assessed via the mobility timetable, which should exhibit that the undertaking has been fastidiously ready in advance.
• Candidacies proposing a co-financing might be positively assessed.
• The outcomes might be despatched by e-mail along with the outline of the process to conform for the journey preparations and visa purposes. The Embassy of France in Ghana will hyperlink the grantee with Campus France Paris who’s accountable for the organisation of the sensible features of the mobility.
• Any mobility have to be confirmed confirmed by June the fifteenth[1] might be robotically cancelled. The scholarship might be given to a candidate on the ready record.
• Scholarship can’t be transferred to the next 12 months, regardless of the cause is likely to be.

Application Timeline:

• twenty sixth April 2025: deadline for application.
• thirtieth May 2025: outcomes launched to the laureates
• From 1st September to fifteenth December 2025: mobility interval in France.

Form and paperwork are to be despatched in a single pdf file to:
[email protected]

For More Information:

Visit the Official Webpage of the  French Government (France Excellence) Scholarship Programme