PAUSE Program: new call for applications

This call is open to two types of funding:

1/ 100% funding for a three-year doctoral contract (five grants will be awarded).
Only students who are not yet enrolled in a doctoral program in France and who have not been enrolled in a doctoral program in their country of origin for more than one year are eligible.Download the practical details.

2/ For all other applications, including those from doctoral students who have been enrolled in a doctoral program in France or in their country of origin for more than one year: 60% co-financing (or 80% in the case of multiple applications) for one year, renewable once, subject to a new evaluation.
Please note that a renewal request for a third year may be submitted for doctoral students who were successful in previous sessions.

• Be able to prove your status as a teacher-researcher or researcher (at least enrolled in a doctoral program);
• Finding yourself in an emergency situation: being a victim of persecution or violence because of the content of your research, the free expression of your opinions, your identity, your beliefs, your sexual orientation, etc.;

  – be the victim of another type of threat to be specified;

• Regardless of their current place of residence: they must have been forced into exile or have left their country of origin less than three years ago.

• Be able to demonstrate teaching experience;
• Finding yourself in an emergency situation: being a victim of persecution or violence because of the content of your research, the free expression of your opinions, your identity, your beliefs, your sexual orientation, etc.;

  – be the victim of another type of threat to be specified;

• Regardless of their current place of residence: they must have been forced into exile or have left their country of origin less than three years ago.

The amount of funding allocated varies depending on the status and experience of the beneficiary, as well as the existence of a social support project by the host institution:

• Category 1 (doctoral student, research assistant), up to €20,000;
• Category 2 (post-doctoral researcher, lecturer, research engineer), up to €40,000;
• Category 3 (university professor, research director), up to €60,000.

The co-financing grant awarded by PAUSE is capped at 60% of the total budget submitted by the host institution. Co-financing of up to 80% may be considered on a case-by-case basis depending on the specific situation of the researchers and/or institutions, as well as for institutions submitting multiple applications per call.

The executive management of the PAUSE program will request a review of the past year from the researcher and the host institution at the end of the hosting project presented in the application file.

Applications are compiled by public research organizations and public higher education institutions under the supervision of the Ministry of Higher Education, Research, and Innovation and/or the Ministry of Culture, as well as by private higher education institutions of general interest (EESPIG). The procedures for compiling the application are indicated on the PAUSE website.

Applications are evaluated by scientists, including members of the PAUSE program sponsorship committee, based on the following criteria:

• the level of urgency and threat;
• the quality of the scientific dossier;
• the terms and conditions of the support and social and professional integration program.

The PAUSE program steering committee selects applications based on proposals from the sponsorship committee. Its decisions are final.The selection results will be announced at the end of June 2020.

In the event of specific confidentiality requirements, a secure procedure may be put in place for email exchanges—contact the College's Director of Information Systems atFrancejean-francois.barbe@college-de-france.fr.