Fellowship Programs

Chateaubriand Fellowship

For scientific research:
* Provides funds for doctoral or postdoctoral research in France for 6 to 12 months, health care insurance and round-trip airfare
* Eligibility: all citizenships, applicants must be PhD candidates or PhD graduates

For research in the humanities, arts and social sciences:
* Provides funds for research in France for 9 months, health care insurance, round-trip airfare and an equivalent of 30 days per diem for traveling in France for research purposes.
* Eligibility: all citizenships, applicants must be enrolled in a PhD program

Chateaubriand Fellowship website

French Ministry of Research - Postdoctoral Fellowship

All research fields
* Provides funds for research in France for 12 months and health care insurance
* Eligibility: all citizenships, applicants must be PhD graduates (less than 35 years old) currently working in an MIT-related laboratory. The host laboratory in France must submit the application

French Ministry of Research - Postdoctoral Fellowship website

Pasteur Foundation - Postdoctoral Fellowship

* Provides $70,000 per year over three years for postdoctoral research at the Institut Pasteur in Paris
* Eligibility: US citizens, applicants must be PhD graduates

Pasteur Foundation Postdoctoral Fellowship website