International mobility

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.

Are you a student, a PhD candidate or a PhD holder? Are you wondering about a specific aspect of your career path or, more generally, about the next step in your career plan?

ABG, a longstanding partner of the CiUP and a guest of its Welcome Desk Paris, is offering you a meeting to address your questions, on September 30 and October 17, 2025, and October 9 from 2pm to 5 pm at the CIUP. Registration will be open soon!

On April 29th, ABG took part in the conference dedicated to MSCA Postdoctoral Fellowships, organized by the MCAA France Chapter  and Maison de l'Île-de-France, for the third consecutive year. The event featured speakers from the MSCA National Contact Point and former and current MSCA postdoctoral researchers, representing both the Social Sciences and STEM sectors. Maria Clotilde Camboni, Event Manager of the MCAA France Chapter and former MSCA Researcher, chaired the event and co-moderated the panel discussion. The MSCA PF deadline for application is September 10th, thus read further for some tips related to the grant application.