The French Institutes for Advanced Study Fellowship Programme

The French Institutes for Advanced Study Programme* offers 10-month fellowships in the seven institutes of Loire Valley (Orléans-Tours), Cergy, Lyon, Marseille, Montpellier, Nantes, and Paris. Initiated in 2020, the FIAS Fellowship Programme will now run until the 2029-2030 academic year.  It welcomes applications from high-level international scholars and scientists wishing to develop their innovative research project in the most innovative scientific regions of France.

The call is open to all disciplines in the social sciences and the humanities (SSH) and relating to all research fields. Research projects in all other sciences and in arts that propose a strong interaction and dialogue with the SSH are eligible. Some host institutes have scientific priorities that need to be taken into full consideration before applying. At LE STUDIUM Loire Valley institute, interdisciplinary projects will be positively considered in the selection process.

Identically to all LE STUDIUM programmes, the FIAS Fellows are free to organise their research while benefiting from the support and conducive scientific environment offered by the institute characterised by a multidisciplinary cohort of fellows and by close relation to the local research centres and laboratories.

To be eligible, applicant researchers must be nationals or long-term residents of a country other than France and comply with the European mobility rules. For applications targeting LE STUDIUM, candidates are invited to consult the list of laboratories based in the Centre-Val de Loire region. The standard duration of the residential fellowship is of 10 months over an academic year i.e. from September through June or October to July.

The annual call for applications opens every year between 2025 and 2028. Applications must be completed online on the FIAS website. Applications submitted by email will not be considered nor evaluated.

Deadline for applications: July 16th, 2025 - 6:00 pm (Paris, France time)

More information:  www.fias-fp.eu

*This project has received funding from the European Union’s Horizon 2020 research and innovation programme under the Marie Skłodowska-Curie grant agreement No 101217263