Applications are currently being accepted for the Embassy of France - French Institute Nordic Award 2026. Interested applicants are encouraged to click here to learn more about this opportunity and apply for it.
The French Institute Nordic Award is an international research mobility and collaboration program designed to strengthen Arctic scientific cooperation between Nordic countries and France.
The FINA recognises the quality and relevance of the work carried out by the laureates. Each member of the selected consortium will receive a grant from the French Institute of their country of affiliation:
The grant consists of a lump sum that will be awarded as a contribution to transportation, accommodation and living expenses for the planned stay (at least one week).
The provisional programme must be defined by the applicants, but the French Institutes will help the FINA 2026 laureates to set up their program and to make contacts.
This programme is open to consortia composed of four young researchers (PhD students or holders of a PhD degree for less than five years).
Each applicant consortium must be composed of:
There is no condition of nationality.
All research fields, including human and social sciences, contributing to Arctic research, are eligible for this call for projects.
The consortium must be created before applying and may already exist prior to this call. All four countries must be represented in the consortium.
Applicants must send the following documents (in pdf):
before June 19, 2026, at 23:59 (Central European Time), to the Institut français de Suède, by completing the form below – only one application per consortium, gathering all the documents listed above.
All applications must be in English or in French.