Fulbright-Tocqueville Distinguished Chair Award: call for applications

26/05/2016
In 2005, the Franco-American Fulbright Commission, in partnership with the French Ministry of National Education, Higher Education and Research and the US Department of State, created the Fulbright-Tocqueville Distinguished Chair Award. The Distinguished Chair’s objective is to create, develop, and reinforce Franco-American cooperation in the disciplines essential to French and American society and to the mutual understanding of both peoples.

The award aims to reinforce collaborative research between the United States and France. Grantees are invited as guest teachers and researchers at a host French university, where they have the opportunity to meet with French colleagues, to organize and participate in conferences and to interact with French graduate and doctoral students in their area of expertise. Grantees will teach courses at the postgraduate and doctoral level, undertake research and help organize and participate in conferences and seminars related to their area of expertise.
 
Eligible fields
The chair position is open to all fields of study.
 
Funding
The chair is co-financed by the French Ministry of National Education, Higher Education and Research, and by the Fulbright program in France.
 
Stipend
€6,500 per month if in Paris. If outside Paris, between €6,100 per month and €6,300 per month depending on location. Additional travel allowance of €1,200.
 
Length of Grant
Between four and six months
 
Criteria for selection
  • Academic excellence and international recognition
  • Contribution to strengthening of the bonds between French and American academic communities
  • A cohesive project plan that fits the institution and has the support of the university president and appropriate deans.
  • Institution commitment to ensure the recognition of the grantee’s work within the host institution, as well as in the greater academic community
Application
The application for the chair position is jointly sent by the American professor and the French host institution. Consequently, the two parties must have already established contact and planned an agreed-upon academic program.
Applicants to the Distinguished Chair Award must submit an application through CIES: https://catalog.cies.org/viewAward.aspx?n=7210&dc=FR
Prospective host institutions must fill out the Distinguished Chair Host Form, which applicants must then upload to their online application.
 
Timeline
American applications for the 2017-2018 awards must be submitted by August 1, 2016.
Fall 2016: pre-selection by CIES
January 2017: final selection by a selection committee consisting of French and American members
February 2017: announcement of the results
Second semester of the 2017-2018 academic year: grantee’s stay
 
All institutions affiliated with the Conference of the University Presidents (CPU) or the Conference of Deans of French Schools of Engineering (CDEFI) are eligible.
 
For further information, please visit the Fulbright website or contact Arnaud Roujou de Boubée, Executive Director of the Franco-American Commission.

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