Open to all, regardless of their field of research, the PRESTIGE programme encourages the mobility of French and foreign researchers, from and to France. It cofinances their French hosting/sending institution and thus helps fund their research project.
This project has received funding from the European Union’s Seventh Framework Programme for research, technological development and demonstration under grant agreement n° PCOFUND-GA-2013-609102
Coordinated by Campus France, the PRESTIGE programme supports the international mobility of researchers to and from France. It is co-financed to the amount of 6 million euros by European Union via the Marie Skłodowska-Curie actions. Launched in 2014 for a period of 5 years, as of July 2017, almost 185 researchers had received PRESTIGE subsidies.
Important notice
- Even if the PRESTIGE programme is approaching its end, it is now possible to apply by the 30/06/2018 cut-off date for the few co-financing grants left. The PRESTIGE Online Submission Tool is available again at application.prestige-postdoc.fr
- Please note that following a 3-month extension, the PRESTIGE programme is now running till 30/11/2019 (i.e. the programme can co-finance awarded researcher’s work contracts till 30/11/2019). Nevertheless, 24-month PRESTIGE co-financing grants under the Incoming and Re-integration mobility schemes are no longer available. Co-financing grants for shorter durations, depending on the work contract’s start date, may be awarded instead. Please note that no Incoming or Re-integration mobility co-financing grant shall be awarded for less than 12 months. Concerning 12-month co-financing grants, the co-financed mobility must start on 01/12/2018 at the very latest.
PRESENTATION
The PRESTIGE programme, coordinated by Campus France, is co-financed under the Marie Curie Actions-COFUND of the FP7. PRESTIGE officially started on the 1stSeptember 2014 for a total duration of 5 years (01/09/2014 – 31/08/2019).
PRESTIGE aims at fostering the international mobility of post-doc researchers.
Three mobility schemes are available:
- Incoming, allowing foreign or French researchers complying with the Marie Curie Actions mobility rules to carry out their post-doctoral research work in France;
- Outgoing, for researchers already working in French research institutions and universities (French citizens or other nationalities) wishing to carry out a post-doctoral research project in another country
- Re-integration, targeted at nationals of EU Member States or Associated Countries working in research for at least 3 years in another Third Country to come to France to further develop their career.
PRESTIGE is a co-financing programme, funding about 1/3 of the post-doc fellow’s living, mobility and research allowance, while the remaining 2/3 are financed by another partner, either public or private.
PRESTIGE should help to strengthen and broaden various existing mobility initiatives, thus making both France and the European Research Area (ERA) more attractive to researchers.
PRESTIGE is open to all scientific fields provided that each proposed research project is in compliance with the EU ethics rules. Co-financing partners may however limit the eligible scientific fields, according to their own prioritised thematic areas.
The PRESTIGE Call for applications is open all year long with four cut-off dates:
- 31/03
- 30/06
- 30/09
- 31/12
SOURCE: https://www.campusfrance.org/en/PRESTIGE-programme-postdoc