French Embassy Fellowships
The Embassy of France in Turkey is launching three Fellowships for the year 2018:
– Fellowship for PhD candidates
– Fellowship for Young Visiting Researchers (Submission up to 3 years after obtaining the doctorate)
– Fellowship for Visiting Researchers
France and Turkey have an historical cooperation in the field of higher education and research. The Embassy has supported the implementation of several structural bilateral programs such as the PHC Bosphorus, the TÜBITAK-ANR funding program for research, the French Institute for Anatolian Studies (IFEA) and the French Government Fellowship. Numerous cooperation agreements exist between universities of both countries, and the French-Turkish Galatasaray University counts among the most prestigious Higher Education institutions in Turkey.
It is a priority for the Embassy of France to foster new collaborations opportunities between Turkish and French researchers in order to enhance and maintain this fruitful link between our two countries.
This Fellowship call represents a new opportunity for Turkish researchers to connect themselves to French teams at different stages of their academic career. These high level Fellowships are designed with the aim of triggering new links that should be the starting point of long lasting and broader scientific collaborations.
The Embassy of France in Turkey offers Fellowships for applicants who intend to go further in their collaboration with a French academic institution.
Field of studies
These mobility grant programs are open to all disciplines. Nevertheless, in order to strengthen joint research projects, priorities will focus on the following themes:
– Basic and technological sciences, including engineering and mathematics
– Humanities and Social Sciences, including philosophy
– Energy, including nuclear energy and renewable energy
– Sustainable development, including urban studies and environment
– Medical sciences and biotechnologies
– Agricultural sciences
– Art, culture and creative industries
The application deadline is February 12th 2018 Midnight
1. Fellowship for PhD candidates:
This Fellowship supports from 3 to 10 month mobility at doctoral level. It is given to facilitate the exchange with a University/research center in France. Then, the student has to be enrolled in a PhD program in a University in Turkey during the mobility. This Fellowship is compatible with the Erasmus+ program where additional grants can be found.
The Fellowship will cover the requested mobility length (from 3 up to 10 months maximum) and should start BEFORE September 2018.
3 Fellowships are offered in 2018
Fellowship value/inclusions
– Stipend equivalent to 767€ per month
– Social insurance
Travel cost shall NOT be covered.
Condition of eligibility
– Being a PhD candidate (being a PhD student at the moment of the mobility)
– French and/or English speaker
– Being a Turkish National (cannot be a French National)
2. Fellowship for Young Visiting Researchers:
These Fellowships program duration will be of two months anytime from the 1st of April till the 31st of
December 2018.
8 Fellowships are offered in 2018
Fellowship value/inclusions
– Stipend equivalent to 1704€ per month
– Social insurance
– Travel cost shall be covered. The plane tickets dates will be booked accordingly to the dates
of your Fellowship, exceptions won’t be allowed.
Condition of eligibility
– Being a young visiting researcher, PhD holder (compulsory) submission up to 3 years after
obtaining the doctorate,
– French and/or English speaker
– Being a Turkish National (cannot be a French National)
3. Fellowship for Visiting Researchers
These Fellowships program duration will be of two months anytime from the 1st of April till the 31st of
December 2018.
6 Fellowships are offered in 2018
Fellowship value/inclusions
– Stipend equivalent to 2375€ per month
– Social insurance
– Travel cost shall be covered. The plane tickets dates will be booked accordingly to the dates
of your Fellowship, exceptions won’t be allowed.
Condition of eligibility
– Being a visiting researcher, PhD Holder (compulsory), PhD should have been obtained more
than three years before the time of your application.
– French and/or English speaker
– Being a Turkish National (cannot be a French National)
Please send your application to the following email address: burslar@ifturquie.org
PLEASE notify the object of your email with the type of Fellowship you are applying to:
– PhD candidate Fellowship
– Young Visiting Researcher Fellowship
– Visiting Researcher Fellowship
Incomplete applications will not be considered
Application package should include:
* CV
* Application form (attached)
* A cover letter including the research project and your long term prospect in the frame of
cooperation with French researchers (maximum 2 pages)
* Two letters of reference (including a letter from the Director of the Department of your
current university)
* The letter of invitation from the French Research Center or University (which has to be found by the candidate and indicate clearly the dates of your stay).
All applications should be in French or English
