Mobility Grants
Several mobility grants are available to help you finance your study period abroad. Such mobility grants offer you financial support but, in the majority of cases, will not fully finance your period abroad. Studying or carrying out an internship abroad can be costly and we advise you to carefully prepare your budget before your departure.
Please note:
- CROUS bursary students are able to keep their bursary and additional financial support from Sciences Po during their semester or year abroad
- Some regions in France also offer international mobility grants and students enrolled on a regional campus may be eligible to apply. Students have the responsibility of applying directly to the region
- Exchange students are not eligible to apply for a student mobility grant through Sciences Po
- The majority of mobility grants are awarded on the basis of family income
Study in Europe
Erasmus+ programme
Erasmus+ is a European Commission programme designed to encourage student exchanges between European partner universities participating in the programme. All mobility between Sciences Po students and its partner universities and companies in Europe is conducted under the Erasmus+ programme. Applications to the Erasmus+ programme are managed by the Centre for Europe (International Affairs Division).
For further information on the Erasmus+ progamme.
Other grants to study in Europe
| Title | Public |
|---|---|
| Max Lazard Prize (fr.) | Students enrolled on Sciences Po's undergraduate or graduate programme |
| Victoria Prize | Students must be enrolled on Sciences Po’s undergraduate studies programme (all campuses) and be a Crous scholarship holder level 5, 6 or 7. |
| Éole merit based scholarship | Master and Doctoral level students in all disciplines who will be carrying out a study abroad, research or internship in the Netherlands. |
| European University Institute PhD. scholarships | Students wishing to join the doctoral program of the European University Institute |
| Herbert Smith Freehills Entente Cordiale programme | Students wishing to enrol on LLM in the UK |
| Trophée des étudiants-ambassadeurs de l'Île-de-France | Students living in the Ile de France region and carrying out an international mobility semester |
Study outside Europe
Mobility grants awarded by Sciences Po
Students are awarded a grant through Sciences Po's International Mobility Fund (FMI), the Ministry of Higher Education and Research (CROUS) and the Ile de France Regional Council (CRIF).
Grants are awarded by Sciences Po to students following the criteria as listed below:
- on the basis of family income
- when the cost of living in the country of destination is higher than the cost of living in Paris.
Please note:
- Only students embarking on a mandatory and credited study abroad and internship period are eligible to apply
- Students on a gap year (semester or full year) or registered with a Masters dual-degree programme are not eligible to apply for a student mobility grant
- Bachelor dual-degree students are only eligible to apply for their 3rd year of study
- Students carrying out a « hybrid » year as part of their 3rd year aboroad can make two mobifility grant applications (study abroad and internship)
How to apply ?
You can submit your application for an international student mobility grant as soon as you have received confirmation of your study abroad destination or have your internship agreement.
You will need to complete and submit the online application form by logging in with your Sciences Po email address (firstname.lastname @sciencespo.fr)
The online application form is only applicable to students studying abroad or carrying out an internship outside of Europe. Please note that we are unable to deal with incomplete applications or applications submitted after the deadline.
Calendar
- Opening date for online applications : Monday, 2 March 2020
- Deadline for submitting online applications (students studying abroad) : Tuesday, 30 April 2020
- Deadline for submitting online applications (students carrying out an internship) : Thursday, 10 December 2020
Other grants to study outside Europe
| Title | Public |
|---|---|
| Max Lazard Prize (fr.) | Students enrolled on Sciences Po's undergraduate or graduate programme |
| Victoria Prize | Students must be enrolled on Sciences Po’s undergraduate studies programme (all campuses) and be a Crous scholarship holder level 5, 6 or 7. |
| Pierre Ledoux Foundation scholarship | Students of French nationality only. |
| Trophée des étudiants-ambassadeurs de l'Île-de-France | Students living in the Ile de France region and carrying out an international mobility semester |
Study in North America
| Title | Public |
|---|---|
| Marion Bruley grant | Students carrying out an internship with the French Ministry of Foreign Affairs or another international institution in the United States |
| Franco-Quebec academic cooperation | A university researcher candidate at the Masters or PhD level, moving to Quebec |
Study in the Asia Pacific region
All over Asia
| Title | Public |
|---|---|
| Laëtitia Craig de Surville Prize | Students studying in a partner university in South East Asia (China, Indonesia, Malaysia, Philippines, Singapore, Taiwan, Thailand, Vietnam) as part of their third year abroad. |
| Bourses Lotus Erasmus Mundus | |
| ASEM DUO | Professors and Sstudents on exchange between Asia and Europe |
China
| Title | Public |
|---|---|
| Bourses du China Scholarship Council | European students going to China |
| Chinese government scholarship (French/Chinese) | Students from the European Union going to China on an exchange or degree programme |
| Fudan University scholarship | Students studying for a Master’s or PhD degree at Fudan University |
| Jérôme Lohez 9/11 scholarship Foundation | Students of the dual degrees Sciences Po/Fudan University |
| Zhang Heng programme | Young researchers who want to discover the research conducted in China in their field and help them to identify potential partners |
| French Embassy in China (Fr) | Young researchers who wish to do a mobility between France and China. |
Japan
| Title | Public |
|---|---|
| MEXT scholarship (Japan) | Graduate students for a study period in Japan |
| Japanese government scholarship | French Sutdents |
| Japan Student Service Organisation (JASSO) scholarship | Student on exchange in Japan |
| Canon Foundation research fellowship | Doctoral students who wish to undertake a period of research in Japan |
Oceania
| Title | Public |
|---|---|
| "Dream New" Scholarship |
Study in the Middle East
Israel
| Title | Public |
|---|---|
| Bourses Masa | Jewish Students |
| Bourse Pessa et Rebecca Blumenkopf (fr.) | French students pursuing their studies at an Israeli university |
| Study in Israel website |
Egypt
| Title | Public |
|---|---|
| Programme for graduate students of Arabic and the Arab world (fr.) | Students doing research on the Arab world |
