The Chateaubriand Fellowship
Every year, it allows doctorate students enrolled in American universities to conduct research in France for up to 10 months for the Scientific fellowships and up to 12 months for the Humanities and Social Sciences.
Chateaubriand Fellowships 2010-2011
The Embassy of France in the United States (Office for Science and Technology) launches the Chateaubriand Fellowship Program which is intended for French institutions in Higher Education and French research laboratories wishing to welcome a young American scientist preferably at the doctorate level, for a 3 to 10 month period.
For 2010, the program’s orientation and methods have been revised. Grants aim to initiate or to reinforce collaborations, partnerships or joint projects (for example PUF, MIT-France, France-Chicago, France-Berkeley, France-Stanford, etc …) by encouraging an exchange at the doctoral level. The Office of Science and Technology wishes to privilege the candidacies of American doctorants (or doctorants registred in an American university) who engage in a joint thesis supervision, or seek in a joint degree ("cotutelle" PhD) with France.
The Embassy provides a stipend (2,000 Euros a month) and covers the cost of travel. No particular level of French is required; it is at the host institution’s discretion. Courses of French can be offered on site. All disciplines in Sciences, Technology and Health are eligible.
The successful candidates for 2009 are: Chateaubriand 2009
The application is available on the Chateaubriand website :
The deadline to apply is March 31st, 2010, and the fellowship can begin on any date from September 1st, 2010, to March 1st, 2011. For more information, candidates and American/French research teams can contact Ms Pham at the Scientific Office in Washington at :
Phuong.Pham@diplomatie.gouv.fr Phone : 1 202 944 62 20 / 62 50