Other Grant Opportunities for Students and PhD
Check below for other grant and scholarship opportunities for transatlantic collaboration that might interest students and PhD candidates.
The Jérôme Lohez 9/11 Scholarship Foundation was launched in November 2005 in honor of Jérôme Robert Lohez, a French citizen who passed away in the North Tower of the World Trade Center on September 11th, 2001. The foundation’s mission is to foster French and American unity and cultural understanding, by supporting scientific and technological exchanges in higher education, in honor of those diverse citizens who perished in the 2001 attacks in New York. The Jérôme Lohez Foundation is partnering with the Alliance Program to open scholarship opportunities to international students studying in the program. Alliance is a Transatlantic academic joint-venture between Columbia University, the Ecole Polytechnique, Sciences Po, and Paris I Panthéon-Sorbonne.
Guidelines:
The foundation may provide scholarships to:
• One student from Columbia University pursuing a year of study in one of the three French institutions.
• One student from one of the French institutions pursuing a year of study at Columbia University.
• The award ranges from $2,000 to $3,000, to be determined by the board of directors.
• All students who participate in a dual-degree program, both at the undergraduate and graduate levels, are eligible to apply to the scholarship program, regardless of nationality.
For French applicants wishing to study in the United States:
Applicants must submit two essays:
• Ideals of religious and cultural tolerance, entrepreneurship, egalitarianism, and a spirit of generosity are the essence of the United States. Do any of these ideals inspire you to study in America and in what way?
• During your international study experience, how will you encourage opposition to global, violence-based ideologies?
For American applicants wishing to study in France:
Applicants must submit two essays:
• What inspires you to spend some time in France to study?
• During your international study experience, how will you encourage opposition to global, violence-based ideologies?
Other application materials:
• A cover letter must be included.
• Applicants from both countries must submit three letters of recommendation: one academic reference, preferably by a professor who taught the applicant; one from an employer, preferably by a direct supervisor of the applicant; and one from a close associate who can describe the applicant's personal character. All letters of recommendation must include the contact information of those who are recommending the applicant.
• A Basic Information Sheet is downloadable in PDF from the application site; and once completed, it must be uploaded at the appropriate place on the application site.
• Academic records are mandated. Applicants must submit their transcripts from all colleges that they attended. Transcripts must carry an official seal, and applicants shall direct registrar offices to send transcripts to our foundation.
The deadline for applications is December 31, 2023. The board will meet to review submissions in January and scholarship winners shall be announced in January 2024 via the Lohez Foundation’s Website and also on its Facebook page.
All materials may be submitted online HERE
Results will be announced in January 2024 on the Foundation’s Website and Facebook page.
Alliance funds collaborative student-led projects between two or more of the partner universities: Columbia University, Sciences Po, Paris 1 Panthéon-Sorbonne and École Polytechnique.
All students (Undergraduates, Master and PhD candidates in all majors) enrolled at Columbia University, Sciences Po, Paris 1 Panthéon-Sorbonne or École Polytechnique are eligible to apply. We accept applications on a rolling basis.
Applications must include:
- Cover page including the project title and the e-mail and telephone number of project leads.
- List of participating students, faculty, or researchers and their respective institutional affiliation. (If participation is not confirmed from attendees, please list the projected number of attendees).
- Narrative (five pages maximum) describing the project, participating institutions, timeline, the relevance of transatlantic collaboration in the field and the project’s potential for encouraging future endeavors between the institutions, including long-term institutional collaboration.
- One-page budget detailing the cost allocation of the project with amounts specified by category (travel, accommodation, catering etc.) and a provisional timeline. Please also mention if the project intends to attract external funding.
Previously funded projects include:
- Summer School in Science and Policy - Sustainable Development Doctoral Society at Columbia University in the City of New York
- Summer School in Art History - Association des Doctorants en Histoire de l'Art – ED 441 – Paris I Panthéon-Sorbonne
Please send your applications and inquiries to [email protected]
Open to third-year École Polytechnique students who have been admitted to the Alliance Research Internship Program.
This grant is offered in partnership with the Chaire for sustainable development at the École Polytechnique.
Alliance offers up to two scholarships of up to $1,000 each.
Deadline: December 5, 2023
The Fulbright US Scholar Program is now accepting applications until Thursday, September 15, 2022.
U.S. scholars and post-doctoral researchers interested in a stay in France are encouraged to apply.
École Polytechnique accepts doctoral students in Earth and Environmental Sciences for one-semester research visits and for the Fluid Dynamics of Sustainability and the Environment summer school.
Contact
DGS in the Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences:
Goran Ekstrom
E-mail: [email protected]
Jerome Lohez Foundation Scholarship
The Jérôme Lohez Foundation was launched in November 2005 in honor of Jérôme Robert Lohez, a French citizen who passed away in the North tower of the World Trade Center on Sept. 11th, 2001. The foundation’s mission is to foster French and American unity and cultural understanding, by supporting scientific and technological exchanges in higher education, in honor of those citizens who perished in the 2001 attacks in New York. To learn more about the Foundation, please visit their website.
The foundation offers two scholarships of up to $3,000 to Alliance students enrolled in one of the dual-degree programs.
Henri De Castries Scholarship
Through the Henri de Castries Scholarship, Sciences Po will offer a merit-based scholarship for students in order to help them sustain their stay in France during their studies. Students enrolled in the Dual degree BA program between Sciences Po and Columbia may apply.
The $10,000 scholarship is awarded on an annual basis.
The first Henri de Castries Scholarship will be awarded in 2017.
For more information, please visit Sciences Po.
AXA Research Fund
The AXA Research Fund provides grants for research institutions, projects and Chairs, as well as doctoral and postdoctoral fellowships, with the mission to boost scientific progress and discoveries that contribute to understanding and preventing environmental, life, and socio-economic risks. Projects must fit one of these three categories of risk identified by the AXA Scientific Board, but can come from any discipline.
For more information, please visit the AXA Reasearch Fund website .
Calls for the 2017 campaign will begin at the end of 2016.
Chateaubriand Fellowship Program
The Chateaubriand Fellowship is a grant offered by the Embassy of France in the United States. Every year, it allows doctorate students enrolled in American universities to conduct research in France for up to 10 months. The Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics (STEM) fellowship program and the Humanities and Social Sciences (HSS) fellowship program have different modes of selection but they are both merit-based and highly prestigious. Chateaubriand recipients receive a stipend, a round trip ticket to France, and health insurance.
For more information, please visit the program website.
Fulbright Programs
The Fulbright U.S. Student Program offers fellowships for U.S. graduating seniors, graduate students, young professionals and artists to to conduct research and study abroad in the United States for one academic year. A mainstay of America’s public-diplomacy efforts, it brings citizens of other countries to the United States for Master’s degree or PhD study at U.S. universities or other appropriate institutions. The Program also includes the English Teaching Assistant component. For more information, please visit the program website.
Please note that Columbia students must submit an online application in order to seek University nomination for the Fulbright IIE Scholarship.
Instructions for how to apply are available here. The deadline for application to the Fulbright Foreign student program is in December for undergraduate/master students and February for doctoral students.
Institut Des Amériques Doctoral Contracts And Project Applications
Doctoral contract, research funding, and project opportunities for students and researchers at institutions that are members of the Institut des Amériques (including Sciences Po and Panthéon-Sorbonne University). For more information, please visit the Institut des Amériques website.
Applications are usually due in early September for doctoral contract applications and late September for project and funding applications.
Fernand Braudel-IFER Postdoctoral Fellowships
The Fernand Braudel-IFER programme offers postdoctoral fellowships to researchers in the social and human sciences (SHS) who wish to have an international research experience. The Fernand Braudel-IFER incoming programme is intended specifically for foreign researchers who wish to benefit from a research stay in France.
Incoming applications are accepted at a number of laboratories at Panthéon-Sorbonne University (IPOPS, HASTEC, RESMED) and Sciences Po (IDDRI). Please consult the fellowship offering for a detailed list.
French Embassy Grants & Programs
Cultural Services of the French Embassy promote the best of French arts, literature, cinema, language, and higher education across the US. Based in New York City, Washington D.C and eight other cities across the country, the French Cultural Services brings artists, authors, educational and university programs to cities nationwide. It also builds partnerships between French and American artists, institutions, and universities on both sides of the Atlantic.