Application materials include the following documents and must be submitted in English on the application form at https://alliance.columbia.edu/form/doctoral-mobility-application:
- Applicant’s Curriculum vitae
- Student ID from the Graduate School of one of the 4 Alliance partner institutions: Columbia University, Ecole Polytechnique, Sciences Po, or Paris 1 Panthéon Sorbonne
- Letter of recommendation from the Ph.D. Supervisor from the home institution:
- To protect confidentiality, this letter should be emailed directly by the Ph.D. supervisor to the Alliance Program at: [email protected].
- To protect confidentiality, this letter should be emailed directly by the Ph.D. supervisor to the Alliance Program at: [email protected].
- Letter of Invitation:
For Students from Ecole Polytechnique, Sciences Po or Paris 1 Panthéon Sorbonne:
Letter of invitation confirming the sponsorship of a Columbia University Faculty member: Scholars should secure the sponsorship of a Columbia faculty member. These sponsors agree to provide guidance regarding the visitor’s research. The faculty member will be the student academic supervisor during their stay. It is strongly recommended that the student’s Ph.D. supervisor establish contact with the host faculty member.
In order to protect confidentiality, the sponsorship letter should be sent to the Alliance Program by e-mail at: [email protected].
For Columbia Law School and the Graduate School of Arts and Sciences, students must submit a copy of the Visiting Scholars application.
- For Students from Columbia University
Letter of invitation from a faculty member from Ecole Polytechnique, Sciences Po, or Paris 1 Panthéon Sorbonne: The professor will be the academic supervisor during the research stay.
To protect confidentiality, this letter should be sent to the Alliance Program by e-mail at: [email protected].
It is strongly recommended that the Ph.D. supervisor establish contact with the host faculty member.
- Research project description:
- The research project description should indicate how the visit will contribute to the applicant’s field of research, and how the stay at the partner institution will help the progress of their dissertation. Any additional information on the student’s specific interest in a visit at the partner institution (undertaking field work, courses or writing an article, etc.) may be included. The research project description should not exceed three pages (single-spaced, size 12).
- The research project description should indicate how the visit will contribute to the applicant’s field of research, and how the stay at the partner institution will help the progress of their dissertation. Any additional information on the student’s specific interest in a visit at the partner institution (undertaking field work, courses or writing an article, etc.) may be included. The research project description should not exceed three pages (single-spaced, size 12).
- Dates of the stay
- A photo ID and short biography
- Please note that the biography and photograph of selected scholars will be published on the Alliance website and the Newsletter announcing Ph.D. Mobility recipients.
A description of the Alliance Doctoral Mobility program is available on the Alliance website. Applicants’ supervisors/advisors should forward this document when contacting potential faculty sponsors at the partner institution.
- Please note that the biography and photograph of selected scholars will be published on the Alliance website and the Newsletter announcing Ph.D. Mobility recipients.
Applicants who wish to be Visiting Scholars at the Columbia Law School (CLS) or at the Graduate School of Arts and Sciences (GSAS) must also submit a separate application to CLS or GSAS. Please refer to this page.