Deadline: March 18, 2024
Applications are open for the Atlas South Mediterranean > France Postdoctoral Fellowship 2024. The Fondation Maison des sciences de l’homme (FMSH) and the Mediterranean Universities Union (UNIMED) offer short-term fellowships of 2 or 3 months in France for young researchers native from Algeria, Egypt, Jordan, Lebanon, Morocco, Palestine, Tunisia and Syria and affiliated to one of the 164 Universities member of UNIMED.
This research stay is designed to enable researchers to conduct research studies in France: field enquiries, library and archives work. This call is part of the Atlas short-term postdoctoral mobility programme offered by the FMSH and its partners.
Financial Aid
- Laureates will receive a financial support of €1,700 per month. This financial contribution is intended to cover expenditure such as transport and accommodation costs.
- Besides, FMSH provides scientific and logistical assistance (working space, help for finding accommodation, letters to libraries…).
Eligibility
- Open to researchers originating from Algeria, Egypt, Jordan, Lebanon, Morocco, Palestine, Tunisia and Syria and affiliated to one of the 164 Universities member of UNIMED.
- Applicants must have obtained their PhD doctorate and presented their thesis from 2018. There is no age limit.
- Applicants must be involved in research in social sciences and humanities (SSH) or at the frontier between SSH and other sciences.
- Be fluent in French or English depending on the project.
- French host institution: before submitting their application, applicants will have to find a French research institution to host them for the time of their stay. Applicants will have to provide a letter from the hosting institution addressed to the FMSH and the UNIMED expressing the institution’s willingness to host the applicant during the time of fellowship and explaining the work conditions offered.
Evaluation Criteria
A selection committee composed with members of FMSH, UNIMED (Marta Craveri, Fmsh, Sara Guindani, Fmsh, Anne-Laurence Pastorini, Unimed, Marcello Scalisi, Unimed) and independent experts will analyse and proceed to final selection of applications regarding the following criteria:
- The quality of the scientific dossier and the methodology developed
- The relevance of a research stay in France regarding the scientific project and the candidate curricula
- The ability to identify scientific contacts in France
Candidates that have never benefited from the programme will be prioritized.
Application
Applicants will be required to submit an online application form and a scientific dossier (research project + appendices). Completed proposals can be uploaded to the application portal at any time before the application deadline of March 18, 2024, 17:00 (Paris time).
Online application and scientific dossier must be submitted in French or in English.
Content of Scientific Dossier
The research proposal: the research proposal should consist in a short presentation from 10 000 characters to 20 000 characters (spaces and references included) composed with:
- State of art, problematic, objective and specific aim of the research project, methodology.
- A bibliography
- The detailed programme of the research stay (places and institutions to be visited, contacts, work plan).
Appendices
- A Curriculum vitae (2 pages maximum)
- A list of publications
- A copy of the PhD diploma
- A letter from the director of the research institution in the country of origin
- A letter of invitation from the director of the host research institution in France expressing the institution’s willingness to host the applicant during the time of fellowship and explaining the work conditions they can offer
For more information, visit Atlas South Mediterranean > France Postdoctoral Fellowship.
