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Doctoral and Postdoctoral Fellowships

Doctoral and postdoctoral fellowships funded by the French government and public research institutions encourage young MIT researchers and scholars to conduct part of their research in France's leading laboratories and schools and develop their own international networks.


Chateaubriand Fellowship Deadline February 1, 2012


For scientific research:
  • Provides funds for doctoral or postdoctoral research in France for 4 to 10 months, health care insurance and round-trip airfare
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.

Pasteur postdoctoral fellowship:

  • Provides $70,000 per year over three years for postdoctoral research at the Institut Pasteur in Paris