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	Introduction Guidelines Application Contact us The Chateaubriand Fellowship is a grant offered by the Office for Science and Technology of the Embassy of France in the United States. Every year, it allows students enrolled in American universities - PhD Candidates (preferably) or Post docs (in specific cases) - to conduct research in a French laboratory (public or private) for a 3 to 10 month period of time. This program has two main goals : 1. To allow American researchers to benefit from an experience in one of the best laboratories in France 2. To develop scientific cooperation between France and the United States. Chateaubriand recipients receive: monthly allowances (2000 euros) a round-trip ticket health insurance abroad The research would be performed in a French university, a school of engineering, a national laboratory or a private enterprise. In some cases, the fellowship can be co-sponsored by the interested French institution or company. No particular level of French is required: French lessons may be available upon arrival in France. Factors considered in an evaluation of a candidate's application: Curriculum vitae, list of publications, and academic transcripts Quality and relevance of proposed research project Priority will be given to research projects which are part of a French-American collaboration Letters of recommendation Letter of invitation from the French laboratory considered in the candidate's proposal, with description of existing or planed collaboration between the home and host laboratories.