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Eiffel programme scholarship

The French Ministry of Foreign and European Affairs is introducing a single application procedure for its Eiffel Scholarship and Eiffel Doctorate Scholarship programmes. However, the two programmes have different application forms.

The new Eiffel programme thus covers two types of course:

•  Master’s postgraduate degree course
• Ten-month co-tutored or co-managed component (preferably second or third year) of PhD course

The objectives of the Eiffel excellence programme are to offer French higher-education opportunities for future public- and private-sector decision-makers in three priority areas: science; economics & management; and law & political science.

The second objective is to reach students from emerging countries (with priority on Asia, Latin America, Eastern Europe, the Middle East and new members of the European Union), though the PhD scholarships also address students from industrialized countries.

Applications from students currently studying outside France will be given priority over those from students already studying in France.

Eiffel grants cover the following subject areas:

• Engineering sciences for the Master’s course, and sciences in a broader sense for the PhD course (engineering sciences, exact sciences (mathematics, physics, chemistry) life sciences, nano- and bio-technologies, earth and environment sciences, and information & communication sciences).
• Economics and management.
• Law and political science.

Eiffel grants cover the following subject areas:

• Engineering sciences for the Master’s course, and sciences in a broader sense for the PhD course (engineering sciences, exact sciences (mathematics, physics, chemistry) life sciences, nano- and bio-technologies, earth and environment sciences, and information & communication sciences).
• Economics and management.
• Law and political science.

Candidates must not be aged over 30 for a Master’s scholarship (born after 01/01/1979) or over 35 for a PhD scholarship(born after 01/01/1974) .

Ineligibility factors :

• French government grantholders: the Eiffel programme is not open to holders of other French government grants on other programmes, or grants from an organization financed wholly or partly by the French government or French territorial authorities, or welfare coverage grants
• Previous applicants for Eiffel grants: except on the master’s programme, previously refused applicants may not re-apply, even in a different subject
• Students targeting careers in education or research (for the master’s programme).
• Applicants not presented by a French centre (i.e. applications by students themselves, or submitted by a non-French centre)
• Duplicate applications, i.e. students proposed by more than one French centre.

Applications must be submitted with all the supporting documents listed on page 5 of the application form, and bear the official seal of the French higher education centre plus the signature of the official head of the centre (university dean, school director, etc.), formally certifying the statement of the centre's international outreach policy. The quality charter must also be initialled separately to mark formal acceptance.
Applications for Eiffel grants are submitted by French higher education centres from a shortlist of outstanding students they would like to enrol on their courses.

Selection is to three criteria:

• Academic excellence of applicant, as attested by achievement to date (rated on a scale of 10 and weighted with a coefficient of 3).
• International policy of centre submitting application, operations addressing the geographical region in question, calibre of host unit, and suitability with regard to the application (rated on a scale of 5 and weighted to a coefficient of 3).
• Cooperation policy of French Ministry of Foreign and European Affairs, especially as regards the priorities set for different countries under the programme (rated on a scale of 5 and weighted to a coefficient of 1).
  

The list of successful applicants will be published on-line (http://www.egide.asso.fr/eiffel ).

The schedule for the 2009 Eiffel programme is as follows:

• Application forms available online: September 2008
• Applications to be submitted by Egide: 9 January 2009
• Results announced in week beginning 23 March 2009

Amount of Eiffel scholarship

The Eiffel  programme does not cover tuition fees, though the higher education centres concerned are invited to apply the best possible financial conditions to Eiffel scholarship-holders.

Eiffel scholarship-holders on Master’s courses receive a monthly allowance of EUR1,181. In addition, the programme meets various expenses including return travel, health insurance and cultural activities. Scholarship-holders might also be eligible for additional accommodation allowance.

PhD courses: Eiffel scholarship-holders on PhD courses receive a monthly allowance of EUR1,400. In addition, the programme meets various expenses including one return trip (single return trip for law and political science students on multiple stays), health insurance and cultural activities. Scholarship-holders might also be eligible for additional accommodation allowance.

The French Ministry of Foreign Affairs has commissioned Égide with management of the Eiffel programme.


Égide
28 rue de la Grange-aux-Belles, 75010 Paris, France
Phone +33 (0)1 40 40 59 30
Practical information available on Égide website: www.egide.asso.fr/eiffel

Égide will take charge of paying students' grants, and of answering enquiries from students and higher education centres regarding the Eiffel programme.

E-mail: eiffel@egide.asso.fr