Support Initiatives
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Hubert Curien Partnerships
Hubert Curien Partnerships (HCP) are implemented and funded by the French Ministry for Europe and Foreign Affairs, with support from the Ministry of Higher Education and Research. Campus France is in charge of managing most of these partnerships. A “partnership” is here defined as a research project established jointly by two research teams, one French, the other foreign. After being evaluated, they receive financial support from two partner organizations. The goal of HCPs is to promote quality scientific and technological exchanges between research laboratories in both scientific communities, while supporting new collaborations. HCPs are designed for public and private research laboratories affiliated with institutions of higher education, research organizations, or…
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Musée du Quai Branly – Doctoral Fellowships
Each year, the Musée du Quai Branly – Jacques Chirac offers doctoral and postdoctoral fellowships to support the development of original and innovative research projects in the following disciplines: anthropology, archaeology, ethnomusicology, history, art history, and sociology. Key areas of research include the arts, cultural technologies, and tangible and intangible heritage of non-European cultures, as well as museum institutions and their collections. Particular attention will be given to projects that are likely to benefit from the museum setting (its collections, archives, library, and scientific community). Likewise, projects that fall within one or more of the priority research areas of the Department of Research and Education will also receive special consideration.…
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Iméra Institute
Institute for Advanced Study at Aix-Marseille University Specific calls are aimed at different applicants depending on their origin, length of stay, or scope of the proposed project. https://www.imera.fr/
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Khaled al-Asaad Solidarity Fund
The Université libre de Bruxelles has created a Solidarity Fund through which it supports researchers who no longer have the freedom to pursue research in their home country, whether they are threatened due to the content of their scientific work or opinions they have freely expressed. The solidarity fellowship consists of postdoctoral fellowships that allow endangered researchers to continue their work at ULB in a climate of academic freedom. https://www.ulb.be/fr/fonds-solidaires-internationaux/fonds-de-solidarite-a-destination-de-chercheuses-et-chercheurs-en-danger
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Soudavar Foundation
The Soudavar Memorial Foundation offers study grants, research fellowships, and other funding for projects related to the Iranian world. It places great value on the preservation and promotion of cultural and artistic heritage of the wider Iranian world in all of its varied aspects, particularly emphasizing continuities, understudied areas, and interactions with other cultures. https://soudavar.org/scholarships/
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Fondation Marc de Montalembert
Through its Prize and scholarship grants, the Marc de Montalembert Foundation seeks to promote a better understanding of the arts and cultures of the Mediterranean world, particularly among the young people of the region. In order to promote this goal, the Foundation established the Prix Marc de Montalembert in 2010. Initially established in concert with the Institut national d’histoire de l’art (INHA), the Prize has been awarded since 2021 in partnership with the École du Louvre. The Prix is awarded every year to an art historian of the Mediterranean region. The purpose of the prize is to make possible – with the help of the École du Louvre – the…
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Gerda Henkel Foundation
In its role as an institution active internationally for the promotion of science, the Gerda Henkel Foundation supports scholars living under acute crisis to reorient themselves scientifically outside their home countries. Awards include: – Subsistence scholarships (max. 6 months) for initial orientation in the respective host countries and for the development of academic or alternative career perspectives – Doctoral scholarships with a funding period of up to two years – Research scholarships with an initial funding period of up to one year http://www.gerda-henkel-stiftung.de/en/scholars-at-risk-eng#274
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European Safe Project
As a pilot fellowship scheme, the SAFE project offers 60 fully-funded fellowships (up to 24 months) for doctoral and postdoctoral researchers of any non-EU nationality to work at a research institution in the EU. The SAFE fellowships will be awarded on 2 tracks: – At-risk researchers currently outside the EU – At-risk researchers already within the EU Applications can only be made by potential host institutions based in the EU. https://saferesearchers.eu
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Roshan Cultural Heritage Institute
Roshan Cultural Heritage Institute is a private foundation based in the United States. It supports activities and programs with a primary focus on preservation, transmission, and teaching of Persian culture. It develops initiatives that provide support for partnerships with other nonprofit organizations and institutions such as schools, universities, libraries, museums, and private-sector donors that share its goals in support of Persian culture.RCHI finances doctoral candidates at the end of their dissertation as well as awarding scholarships through several American universities. https://roshan-institute.org/
