Scientific cooperation

Doctoral grants co-financed by the AUF

The French Embassy in Egypt and the Agence Universitaire de la Francophonie (AUF – Association of Francophone Universities) offer a grants program for short scientific stays in France to the benefit of young Egyptian researchers (doctoral grants) working on their thesis in public and private Egyptian universities. Each grant will be awarded for a maximum duration of 12 months during the three years of the thesis, for 6 months per year at the most. It may possibly allow the recipients to complete a jointly supervised thesis, that is, enrollment as doctoral students in both Egypt and France in order to obtain a dual Ph.D degree. Each grant covers transportation costs, social coverage and living expenses in France.

Doctoral grants co-financed by the IFAO

The French Embassy in Egypt and the French Institute of Oriental Archaeology in Cairo (IFAO) offer a 3-year Ph.D. research scholarship to a student of Egyptian nationality, with the contribution of the Fonds Français pour l’Archéologie et la Recherche (FFAR – French Fund for Archaeology and Research). This doctoral scholarship gives right to a monthly allocation of 1500 euros for about three years for the preparation of a doctoral thesis in a French university.

The scholarship falls under one of the following disciplinary fields: archaeology, Egyptology, history of Egypt, philology, art history.

Post-doctoral grants co-financed by the STDF

The French Embassy in Egypt and the Science and Technology Development Fund (STDF) offer stays in France for a maximum period of 6 months to post-doctoral Egyptian students. Each grant covers transportation costs, social coverage and living expenses in France. Every year, about twenty applicants can benefit from this co-financed mechanism.

Gaston WIET program

The French Embassy in Egypt and the Institut Français d’Archéologie Orientale (IFAO – French Institute of Oriental Archeology) offer a post-doctoral, non-renewable research grant to a native Egyptian researcher. This post-doctoral grant gives right to a monthly allowance of 1,700 euros for six months for a research stay in a French host laboratory, followed by one-year hosting at the IFAO with a monthly allowance of EGP3,500. The grant covers one of the following disciplinary fields: archeology, philology, history, art history. The research project must focus on Egypt from prehistoric times to the mid-20th century.

Hubert CURIEN IMHOTEP Partnership

The French Embassy in Egypt and the Egyptian Academy of Scientific Research and Technology (ASRT) co-finance the Franco-Egyptian IMHOTEP partnership. This program allows for the financing of Franco-Egyptian teams’ mobility for up to 20,000 euros throughout the two years of the project. Applications must be simultaneously and separately filed by the French researcher at the Campus France’s facility, and by the Egyptian researcher at the ASRT’s facility.

Short stays program

Visits from French researchers to Egypt and Egyptian researchers to France may be covered by the scientific cooperation sector. This notably allows them to attend seminars and symposiums and contributes to strengthening partnerships in scientific domains of excellence.