Resources for Graduate Students: GrantsTo learn more about funding opportunities available to Northwestern graduate students, please click on the program names below. Northwestern GrantsGraduate Research Grants are awarded by The Graduate School to cover travel and research.
The Buffett Center for International and Comparative Studies has limited funding available to support graduate students' research abroad and conference travel to give papers.
For information about fellowships for the Paris Program in Critical Theory, the dual PdD program with Sciences Po and EHESS, and graduate exchange programs see the Resources for Graduate Students: Research Opportunities section of this website.
For other funding opportunities through Northwestern, check The Graduate School's fellowships and scholarships website.
Fulbright U.S. Student ProgramFor information about the Fulbright U.S. Student Program for Graduate Study or Research Abroad visit the Fulbright website and consult the Office for Fellowships Fulbright U.S. Student Program page. When contacting Northwestern's Office of Fellowships, specify that you seek advice for graduate fellowships.
Chateaubriand FellowshipThe French Embassy in the United States offers Chateaubriand Fellowships both in the humanities and social sciences and in the sciences. PhD students in the humanities and social sciences (French literature, cinema, art history, history, philosophy, political science, anthropology, musicology, classics, and sociology) must be enrolled in an American institution; for the grant year they have to be associated with a French research institution (which may be a university, a library, a museum, etc). Applications can be submitted in either French or English.
PhD graduate students in the sciences may apply for a Chateaubriand Fellowship to conduct research in a French laboratory (private or public) for a 6 to 12 month period. Students must obtain an agreement from a hosting laboratory before applying for the fellowship. For more information, click here.
Société des Professeurs Français et Francophones d'Amérique FellowshipsThe Société des Professeurs Français et Francophones d'Amérique (SPFFA) sponsors two scholarships for U.S. citizens. The Jean et Marie-Louise Dufrenoy Fellowship supports doctoral research in the sciences and the Jeanne Marandon Scholarship in all disciplines (with priority given to applicants in literature, art, music, history, social sciences, and communication).
Camargo Foundation FellowshipThe Camargo Foundation, located in Cassis, France, is a residential center for scholars pursuing studies in the humanities and social sciences related to French and francophone cultures as well as for composers, writers, and visual artists (painters, sculptors, photographers, filmmakers, video artists, and new media artists) pursuing creative projects. Graduate students who have met all degree requirements except for the dissertation and for whom a stay in France would be beneficial for completing their dissertation are eligible.
Mary Isabel Sibley FellowshipThe annual Mary Isabel Sibley Fellowship is awarded alternately in the fields of Greek and French. Candidates must be unmarried women between 25 and 35 years of age who have demonstrated their ability to carry on original research. They must hold the docotrate or have fulfilled all the requirements for the doctorate except the dissertation, and they must be planning to devote full-time work to research during the fellowship year that begins September 1st.
Ministry of Foreign Affairs Eiffel ScholarshipThe Ministry of Foreign Affairs launched a new scholarship program, called the Eiffel Scholarship Program, to offer training in France for future public- and private-sector decision makers in three priority areas, engineering, economics and management, and law and political science. The program assigns priority to students from emerging countries, but accepts students from developed countries. The program was extended in 2005 to students who wished to pursue doctoral studies at a French university. It applies to students pursuing joint or co-tutelle doctorates.
Fulbright Research Grant to ENS-CachanFulbright Research Grant to École Normale Supérieure de Cachan. Graduating seniors and graduate students are eligible. Eligible fields: sciences, social sciences, humanities, management, and technology. Note that ENS-Cachan focuses primarily on science and technology, but some social sciences are represented.
Applicants must contact the department head or laboratory director in their field, present their project, and obtain affiliation. Then the applicant must finalize affiliation by contacting the Director of International Affairs at ENS-Cachan. Proof of affiliation must be submitted with the Fulbright application. The application must be approved by both ENS-Cachan and Fulbright. For more information, students should consult the ENS-Cachan website and the Fulbright website.
Maîtres de Langues ProgramStudents who seek financial support for a year-long stay in France may be interested in the "Maîtres de langues" program. Certain universities have "Maîtres de langues" positions (similar to Teaching Assistantships in the U.S.) which permit graduate students to teach English while studying or pursuing research at that university. Students have to have had at least one year of PhD study in the U.S. or in France. They must be native speakers of English and are hired to teach English either as part of an "English as a foreign language" program or as part of a professional English (e.g. English for Engineers) program. Students teach on average 6 hours a week and earn a salary. The position can be renewed for a second year.
Interested students need first to establish that the university of their choice has a "Maître de langues" position and, if so, that the position is vacant. Note that most French lycées have a similar program. For these and other opportunities to study in France funded or overseen by the Services Culturels of the French Embassy, click here.
Additional OpportunitiesOther programs and financial support that allow American students to study in France include “Youth and Sports Grants,” and “Scholarship in French Cinema". For more information click here.
Students should also consult the web site of the Franco-American Commission for Educational Exchange.
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