The Fondation Maison des sciences de l'homme and its partners offer mobility grants for stays of 2 to 3 months in France to postdoctoral researchers of all nationalities (see the call corresponding with your country). This grant is intended to help researchers carry out research work: field surveys, work in libraries and archives.

Applicants in social sciences & humanities must be attached to a private or public higher education /research institution and be a PhD holder.

Terms and conditions

The programme breaks down into two sections:

The INCOMING programme: it targets researchers affiliated with an institution of higher education and research or a public/private research institute based aboard wishing to undertake a research stay in France.
The OUTGOING programme: it targets researchers residing and affiliated with a french institution of higher education and research or a public/private research institute who would like to benefit from a research stay in another country.

For the incoming mobility: Applicants must have obtained their PhD and defended their thesis no earlier than 2020.
For the outgoing mobility: For outgoing mobility: Be a citizen of an EU country and reside in France; be a post-doctoral researcher in SHS and have obtained their doctorate degreend from 2020; be associated with a research center / laboratory in France.
Please refer to the different calls to find out what arrangements apply to the competition you have chosen (geographical area, length of the fellowship) and the application procedure.

France > East Africa (outgoing)

France > Baltic States, South Caucasus, Moldova (outgoing)

Italy > France (incoming)

France > Southeast Asia (outgoing)

France > Andean Countries (outgoing)

France > Chinese-speaking World (outgoing)

Italy > France (incoming)

Italy > South Mediterrenean Countries (incoming)

Central Asia > France (incoming)

Romania > France (incoming)

Italy > France (incoming)

Mediterrenaen Countries > France (incoming)