Scholarships for international students
For PhD students, postdoctoral fellows & academic staff
Update : 10/06/2025
Are you a PhD student or postdoctoral fellow looking for ways to fund for your studies? Follow the guide...
There are several grant programmes for international students who wish to come and study in France. Depending on your home country and chosen course of study, application procedures, selection criteria and the method of awarding scholarships may vary according to the donors or exchange programs involved.
Merit grants
EIFFEL for PhD level
Amount
€2100/month.
Travel ticket, insurance – Tuitions fees excluded.
Eligibility
- 35 years old maximum at the time of application (born before March 1990)
Supporting documents
- Copy of the passport
- CV (1-2 pages)
- Copy of Diploma and Ranking – (for the academic level of the applicant)
- Last 3 years Transcripts of records
- Professional project supported by exterior person (Cie, association, professor, …)
A PRESENTATION OF THE THESIS PROJECT (maximum 5 pages): including the thesis topic, objectives and research hypotheses, the innovative aspects, expected impact, and benefits of the project. - A substantiated expert opinion on the scientific quality of the thesis topic:
- The expert must necessarily be a full professor, research director, or lecturer/researcher authorized to supervise doctoral research (HDR) or equivalent, in accordance with ethical standards.
- The expert must necessarily be external to the institution submitting the application.
- The expert must necessarily belong to the same CNU section or research field as that of the proposed thesis project.
-The expert must not have carried out joint work or co-authored publications with the proposed thesis supervisor.
- This document aims to provide the Eiffel program selection committee with evidence regarding the realistic and feasible nature of the thesis project and to highlight the scientific contribution in which the thesis is embedded.
- The expert’s CV who drafted the opinion on the scientific quality of the thesis topic (summary CV, maximum 2 pages — longer documents will not be considered).
The OVERALL FUNDING PLAN for the thesis. - The CO-TUTELLE AGREEMENT or CO-SUPERVISION CERTIFICATE signed by the French and foreign parties, including the timetable for alternating stays in case of split arrangements, for scholarships of 12 or 18 months. For 36-month applications, where co-supervision or co-tutelle is not mandatory, attach a blank page if applicable.
Procedure
- Applications are selected and submitted by the institution in which the student will be enrolled during the following academic year
- Submit your application to the head or secretariat of the chosen master’s level training program at L'Institut Agro Montpellier
Calendar
- Applications open: 01 October 2025
- Deadline for submitting applications (dsa-sril-eiffel@supagro.fr ): 10 December 2025
- Deadline for the receipt of applications by Campus France: 8 January 2026
- Announcement of results: from 30 March 2026
More information
At Montpellier SupAgro: dsa-sril-eiffel@supagro.fr
AUF Grant
Amount
The grants offered and their modalities are different for each AUF region, so you should contact the region concerned for details.
Egibility
The grants offered may differ by region.
Procedure
Refer to the modalities of the AUF regions (in French)
Grants by country
••• You are from Turkey (PhD student)
Jean Monnet grant
Amount
The grant covers:
- registration fees
- travel to France and daily transportation
- housing
- books
- visa fees
- health insurance
Eligibility
- Under 40 years of age on the day applications open
- Master, PhD student, Postdoctoral fellow
- Be a Turkish national
- Other selection criteria
Procedure
- Submit application: before 4 April
- Jean Monnet
Research funding sources
Campus Bourse lists the funding programs available according to different criteria (nationalities, levels, themes...).
The European Funding Guide helps you look for grants and funding for your studies within the European Union!
Contacts
Related websites
L'Institut Agro Montpellier
2 place Pierre Viala
34060 Montpellier - France
Tél. : +33 (0)4 99 61 22 00 Tél. : +33 (0)4 99 61 22 00
Fax : +33 (0)4 99 61 29 00
contact@supagro.fr
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