The French Institutes for Advanced Study (FIAS) Fellowship Programme strengthens scholarship and mobility by enlarging and upgrading the offer of scientific residencies in France to international experienced researchers.
About French Institutes for Advanced Study (FIAS) Fellowship Programme
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Opportunity Details
- Date Published: June 25, 2025
- Application Deadline: July 16, 2025
- Category: Fellowship
- Oppotunity Locations: France
The French Institutes for Advanced Study (FIAS) Fellowship Programme strengthens scholarship and mobility by enlarging and upgrading the offer of scientific residencies in France to international experienced researchers. The FIAS Fellowhip Programme is open to all disciplines in the Social Sciences and the Humanities (SSH) and to all other research fields interfacing with the SSH.
FIAS gives scholars worldwide the possibility to spend one academic year (10-month fellowship) in one of the seven Institutes of Advanced Studies:
- Iméra – IAS Aix Marseille Université
- CYAS - Cergy
- Le Studium - Loire Valley (Orléans-Tours)
- Collegium de Lyon
- Mak’it - Montpellier
- IAS - Nantes
- IAS – Paris
FIAS supports individual research: fellows, released from teaching and academic commitments, will benefit from unsegmented time to conduct bottom-up research with the greatest freedom, with the IAS strong scientific and extra-academic support.
FIAS is designed to provide fellows with the material and intellectual conditions that will generate a significant boost to their professional careers as they can produce in a short time what would have taken years to do in the fragmented time at their home institutions, because of administration and teaching commitments.
FIAS fosters intellectual exchanges: fellows get exposed to the collective benevolent intelligence of international and multidisciplinary cohorts of fellows, which brings their work to a higher, and often transdisciplinary level.
Benefits of French Institutes for Advanced Study (FIAS) Fellowship Programme
FIAS fellowships offer the following conditions:
1) A net living allowance (equivalent to take-home pay) of min. €2,200 per month: Arrangements will be based on the fellow’s individual situation and interest, depending on the option chosen (see below);
2) Two flexible contractual options, considering individual situations: work contracts or paid leave
- Option 1 — Work contracts will be offered to the fellows when they do not already have a full-time work contract. Employment contracts will provide FIAS fellows with French national insurance schemes (unemployment, pension, health and accident insurance).
- Option 2 — Paid Leave. Many high-profile experienced researchers come under paid leave. They already benefit from work contracts with their home institution covering the whole duration of the fellowship. Considering this ongoing work contract, FIAS offers a direct contract with a net living allowance. The IAS can also reimburse the salary to the home institution upon request (if the salary is lower than the FIAS allowance, the complement is transferred to the fellow). Private insurance contracts are paid for to guarantee full healthcare protection when needed with a monthly top-up of €200.
3) Accommodation or support for relocation: The successful applicants will benefit from the support of the IAS administrative staff during the negotiation period, necessary for arrangements relating to work contracts and other administrative, professional, social and logistical issues (e.g. negotiating academic leave, finding accommodation, language courses, etc.).
4) An individual research and training budget equivalent to €2,500 per year will cover the organisation and participation in scientific events and specific skills acquisition. The budget will be held by the host IAS and spent upon fellow’s request
5) Travel expenses: one round trip from the fellows' home country.
6) Same working conditions as the IAS’ other fellows, including office space, IT services, meeting rooms, conference rooms, access to research libraries.
7) Skills training opportunities.
French Institutes for Advanced Study (FIAS) Fellowship Programme Requirements
Degree & experience
- At the time of the application deadline, researchers will have to be in possession of a doctoral degree plus 2 years of full-time research experience after the degree (PhD training period will not be considered in the calculation of experience)
Mobility
- Researchers from all countries and nationalities are eligible to the programme.
- Applicants must fulfil the transnational MSCA mobility rule: incoming researchers must not have resided or carried out their main activity (work, studies, etc.) in France for more than 12 months in the 3 years immediately prior to the call deadline.
Disciplines
- The FIAS Fellowhip Programme is open to all disciplines in the Social Sciences and the Humanities (SSH) and to all other research fields interfacing with the SSH.
- Applicants are strongly encouraged to check the IAS’ websites to learn more about the scientific orientation of the Institutes and their potential opening to disciplines outside the humanities and social sciences. Applications from artists matching the eligibility requirements are welcome
Administrative requirements
- Applicants must submit complete application forms and all requested documents via the online application platform. Incomplete applications will not be considered eligible.
- Applications exceeding the maximum length criteria will not be considered.
- Applications written (even partially) in a language other than English will not be considered.
- Late submissions will not be accepted - the online platform prevents submission after the deadline
Other
- The FIAS Fellowship Programme is committed to ensuring equal opportunities and working towards greater diversity within its academic community. It will not discriminate against researchers in any way (gender, age, ethnic, national or social origin, religion or belief, sexual orientation, language, disability, political opinion, social or economic condition).
Application Date and Process
In order to start the application process, you need to create an account via the user space. (click on the right arrow on the webpage)
The FIAS application and evaluation processes are done exclusively online. Once logged in, you will be able to access the application form. You can then proceed with the process.
Applicants are required to submit the following documents (in English exclusively):
- The completed FIAS online application form
- A detailed curriculum vitae, including a list of publications and the contact details of three scholars familiar with your academic work
- Copy of the PhD in a pdf format1
- A detailed research proposal (maximum 5 pages and a bibliography - 1 additional page)
- A selection of three to five publications (articles or book chapters)
- Up to two letters of recommendation (optional)
Application Deadline
16 July, 2025
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