FULBRIGHT PROGRAM FRANCE┋Fulbright-CY Initiative Award

(CY Cergy Paris Université and ESSEC Business School)

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CY Initiative of Excellence brings together CY Cergy Paris Université and ESSEC Business school, to create one of the 17 French Universities of Excellence, selected by the French government.  

CY Cergy Paris Université is a multidisciplinary teaching and research university located just outside of Paris, created in January 2020. It is the result of a merger of several French academic institutions: the University of Cergy-Pontoise, EISTI School of Engineering, Paris Seine University, and the close partnership of ESSEC Business School.

It has four graduate schools, focusing respectively on science and technology; arts and humanities; education; and law and political science. Scholars interested in business and management may also be associated with the ESSEC Business School, which offers graduate programs in those fields.

CY Cergy Paris Université's research laboratories cover a wide range of fields, from bioengineering to information technology, education, law, mathematics, and finance.

Grantees may research or a combination of teaching and research, and collaborate with colleagues at a research center at any of these two member institutions of CY Initiative: Cergy Paris Université, ESSEC Business School. Through collaborations with these members of CY Initiative, other members of CY Alliance may be considered, such as the schools of art and architecture.

Questions regarding obtaining an affiliation may be addressed to iea@cyu.fr.

APPLICATION

Applications for the 2025-26 grants are due September 16, 2024.

The application process is administered by the International Institute for Education. For further information and to apply, please consult IIE's program page.  

STIPEND

€2,800 (approx. $3,100) per month. Additional travel allowance of €1,200 (approx. $1,300) for grantee only. 

Grantees will have access to on-campus housing and office space.

DO I NEED TO SPEAK FRENCH?

French language ability should be commensurate with the requirements of the project.

Many host institutions offer language courses.

We prefer candidates who intend to improve their French language skills.

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Application date
Duration
4-10 months
Discipline
Humanities : Anthropology & Ethnology, Architecture and urbanism, Arts and Art history, History, Digital humanities and big data, Philosophy, Theology and religion
Social sciences : Law, Economy, Geography, Management and Public administration, International Relations, Political science, Information and Communication Sciences, Environmental Sciences, Sociology
Other : Physics, mathematics and engineering