Mobility grants for PhD students

You are a PhD student and you want to travel as part of your training? Whether it is to go to a conference, a summer school or simply to go and train abroad, many mobility grants are currently available.

Mobility grants for scientific conferences

• tebu-bio: Tebu-bio gives researchers the opportunity to apply for mobility grants via their website
• Antibodies.com is proud to support researchers with travel grants up to 500€.

Mobility grants for training

• Check with AMU international affairs if you are eligible to classical mobility grants such as Erasmus+ grants.
• FENS/IBRO-PERC fellowships (replacing NENS Exchange Grants):  up to 4,000 €, for MSc, PhD and postdocs. Deadline for applications: 15  October and 15 April, every year.
• Internships in Australia : Consult the page of the French Embassy in Australia to find out about funding. For example, the internships in Australia initiative allows French students to do a research internship in an Australian university, in collaboration with a French company present in Australia.
• Boehringer Ingelheim Fonds (BIF) travel grant
• The SALTO call for projects allows PhD students and post-doctoral researchers assigned in CNRS laboratories to benefit from 4-10 month mobility funding in a Max Planck Institute in Germany (conversely, PROCOPE grants allow young researchers from Germany to be invited to France).
• Mitacs Globalink research fellowships for 12-24 week research stays in Canada, for undergraduates (L3), master and doctoral students and post-doctoral fellows.
• Mourou-Strickland mobility program for researchers between France and Canada (outside Quebec)

In general, if you are planning a stay in a given country, consult the website of the French embassy in that country to find out about scientific cooperation programs.

Stipends for summer schools

AMU PhD students enrolled in the PhD Program may receive grants up to €1,000 to cover the cost of enrolling in summer (or winter, spring…) schools, by contacting the PhD Program Committee. More information available here.

Other grant programs

To discover other grant programs, check :

• the Campus France directory
• ERC Central list
• EMBO fellowships