The French Institutes for Advanced Study Fellowship Programme 2026/2027 at the Paris IAS (Fully Funded to France & 2,700€ per month stipend)

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Application Deadline: July sixteenth, 2025

Applications are actually open for the 2026/2027 French Institutes for Advanced Study Fellowship Programme. The French Institutes for Advanced Study Fellowship Programme provides 10-month fellowships at the seven Institutes of Aix-Marseille, Cergy, Loire Valley (Orléans-Tours), Lyon, Montpellier, Nantes and Paris. It welcomes functions from high-level worldwide students and scientists to develop their modern analysis tasks in France.

For the 2026-2027 educational 12 months, FIAS provides 28 fellowship positions: 7 in Aix Marseille, 3 in Cergy, 2 in Loire Valley (Orléans-Tours), 3 in Lyon, 2 in Montpellier, 4 in Nantes and seven in Paris.

The FIAS Fellowhip Programme is open to all disciplines in the Social Sciences and the Humanities (SSH) and to all different analysis fields interfacing with the SSH. Applicants are strongly inspired to seek the advice of the webpages of the host Institutes for Advanced Study (IAS) to be taught extra about their particular scientific priorities, areas of focus, and institutional companions, as these must be rigorously thought of earlier than making use of.

FIAS Fellows will profit from the help and stimulating scientific surroundings provided by the IAS, characterised by a multidisciplinary cohort of fellows and powerful connections to native analysis facilities and laboratories. They will probably be free to manage their work and conduct analysis in accordance to their very own priorities and pursuits.

ELIGIBILITY

FIAS awards fellowships to excellent researchers of all profession ranges, from postdoctoral researchers to senior scientists. The minimal requirement is a PhD + 2 years of analysis expertise at the time of the application (PhD coaching interval won’t be thought of in the calculation of expertise).

Researchers from all nations are eligible to the FIAS Fellowship Programme however they will need to have spent not more than 12 months in France throughout the three years prior to the application deadline.

Benefits

• All IAS have agreed on frequent requirements, together with the provision of a dwelling allowance (2,200€ per month), social safety protection, lodging, a analysis and coaching finances, plus protection of journey bills.

APPLICATION

Applications are submitted on-line by way of www.fias-fp.eu the place you’ll find detailed info concerning the content material of the application, eligibility standards and choice process. 

SELECTION

The scientific choice is very aggressive, merit-based and performed by a global impartial peer assessment.

• March 2026: Communication of outcomes
• Application deadline: July sixteenth, 2025 – 6:00 pm (Paris, France time) 
• July 2025: Eligibility Check
• August – November 2025: Peer assessment course of
• December 2025: Preselection by the FIAS Selection Committee
• January – February 2026: Selection by IAS Scientific Advisory Boards

For More Information:

Visit the Official Webpage of the French Institutes for Advanced Study Fellowship Programme