Atlas Programme

Short–term postdoctoral mobility

The Fondation Maison des sciences de l’homme and its partners offer postdoctoral mobility grant to researchers in social sciences and humanities for periods from 2 to 3 months.

The programme breaks down into two sections:

1. The INCOMING programme
   This programme 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.
    
2. The OUTGOING programme
   This program 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.

Applications

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.

Atlas 2023

The second 2023 campaign is open until March 17, 2023 :

• America | FMSH-CEMCA : France > Mexico and Central America (outgoing) Call in french
• America | FMSH-CEMCA : Mexico and Central America > France (incoming)
• Asia | FMSH-IFEAC : Central Asia > France (incoming) (2nd call)
• Europe | FMSH- IFRA SHS : France > Germany (outgoing) Call in french
• Europe | FMSH-Einaudi : Italy > France (incoming)
• Europe | FMSH-AFU : Ukraine > France (incoming)
• World | FMSH-IRD : Southern countries > France (incoming)
• World | FMSH-IRD : France > Southern countries  (outgoing) Call in french
• MENA region | FMSH-IFPO : France > Proche-Orient (outgoing) Call in french
• MENA region | FMSH-UNIMED : South Mediterranean > France (incoming) 

The first 2023 campaign is closed :

• Africa | FMSH-IFRA-Nairobi : France > East Africa (outgoing) call in French
• Africa | FMSH-IFRA-Nairobi :  East Africa > France (incoming)
• Africa  | FMSH-IFAS Recherche : France > South Africa (outgoing) call in French
• Asia | FMSH-IFEAC : Central Asia > France (incoming)
• Asia  | FMSH-IFEA : Turkey > France (incoming)
• Europe | FMSH-IFR : Romania > France (incoming)
• Europe | FMSH-CEFR : Belarus, Moldova, Russia > France (incoming)
• Middle-East | FMSH-ACSS : Arab countries > France (incoming) 
• World | Impeded Researches : World > France (incoming)

Partners

For the 2023 edition, the Atlas programme is co funded by :

• French Ministry for Higher Education and Research (MESR)
• Arab Council for the Social Sciences (ACSS) – Lebanon
• French Center for Ethiopian Studies (CFEE) - Ethiopia
• French Center in Jerusalem (CRFJ) - Israël and Jerusalem
• French Embassy in Kiev - Ukraine
• French Institute for Central Asian Studies (IFEAC) – Kyrgyzstan
• French Institute for Research in Africa (IFRA Nairobi) – Kenya
• French Institute for Research in Africa (IFRA Nigeria) - Nigeria
• French Institute of Romania (IFR) – Romania
• French Institute of South Africa (IFAS) – South Africa
• French Institute of the Near East (IFPO) - Lebanon
• French Institute of Ukraine - Ukraine
• French Institute of Etudes Anatoliennes (IFEA Istanbul) - Turkey
• French-Russian Studies Centre in Moscow (CEFR) – Russia
• Luigi Einaudi Foundation (FLE) - Italy 
• Mediterranean Universities Union (UNIMED)
• Mexican and Central American Studies Center (CEMCA) - Mexico