International mobility

A mobility support for young researchers in their second year of doctoral studies or more from France, Hungary, Poland, the Czech Republic and Slovakia and whose research contributes to one of CEFRES’s research areas.

 

Atlas program aims to develop scientific exchanges between France and other countries and to finance 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. The deadline for applications is February 6, 2026.

The French-Italian University (UFI) has launched the new Vinci Call for Proposals 2025. It is intended to support Franco-Italian university cooperation through mobility funding for master degree's students, PhD candidates, post-doctoral fellows and professors between France and Italy. Application deadline is February 12, 2025, 12:00 pm (noon).

The DAAD (Deutscher Akademischer Austauschdienst - German Academic Exchange Service)  is offering PhD candidates and early-career researchers a funding program to help them to achieve or develop their research projects in a higher education institution or German research institute (public or recognized by the German State). The deadline for applications  2026 depends on the program.

The main objective of the Eiffel Excellence scholarship programme is to train in French higher education institutions the future foreign decision makers of the private and public sectors. Three scientific fields have priority : sciences, economics and management, law and politics. The deadline for applications is January 8, 2026.

The Franco-American Fulbright Commission has launched its annual call for applications within the framework of its programme intended for French candidates interested in mobility to the United States. The Fulbright Program offers grants to French students, PhD candidates, and researchers. The deadline varies depending on the type of program.

15/10/2025

GENERAL CONTEXT OF THE SWISS DOCTORAL SYSTEM

Switzerland offers two main types of doctorates: traditional PhDs within a single university and structured PhDs involving collaborations between institutions, notably between cantonal universities and universities of applied sciences PhD study in Switzerland – 2025. 

19/09/2025

A Centralized Model of Excellence and Innovation

Denmark has forged an outstanding reputation in university-industry collaboration through its Industrial PhD Programme, centrally administered by Innovation Fund Denmark. This unique system, established since 1971 and refined in 1988, represents today one of the most accomplished models of doctoral training oriented toward innovation and economic value creation.

The Euraxess Seminar for Scientists in Exile, facilitated by ABG, was held online from May 19-22, bringing together for the first time in this format international researchers based in different European countries. This initiative was specifically aimed at researchers in exile situations, across all disciplines, aspiring to rebuild their professional careers in Europe, outside the academic sector. Discover in this article the key moments of this seminar, the participants’ feedback, as well as the advice from the speakers for international researchers.

The Partenariat Hubert Curien (PHC) - Peridot 2026 - aims to develop scientific and technological exchanges of excellence between French and Pakistani laboratories, in particular by encouraging new cooperations, the participation of young researchers and PhD candidates. The deadline for applications is September 23, 2025.