Deadline: 24-Feb-22
The Embassy of France in the United States and the FACE Foundation launched the Thomas Jefferson Fund to support new collaborations and the most innovative projects between promising young researchers in France and the United States.
The Thomas Jefferson Fund aims to foster forward-looking collaborative research in the fields of Humanities and Social Sciences, of Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics and of Science for Society that addresses the most pressing global challenges.
Inspired by the third American President’s commitment to strengthening French-American relations, the Thomas Jefferson Fund will bring young talented researchers together to initiate or strengthen their collaborative research activities, co-organize conferences, and author joint articles for high-level publications, in order to achieve game-changing discoveries.
The Thomas Jefferson Fund provides a unique framework to enable promising and innovative projects to reach their full potential and enrich French-American research collaborations.
The Thomas Jefferson Fund issues a yearly call for proposals and fund projects led by two outstanding young American and French researchers at the beginning of their careers, with mid- to long- term positions at a research or higher education institution in the United States or in France (post-doctorate level, assistant or associate professor, maître de conférences or chargé de recherche).
The Fund aims to encourage cutting-edge, multidisciplinary research projects of the highest quality and especially seeks to support emerging collaborations involving a team of younger researchers.
Areas
Grants will be awarded per funding cycle across all disciplines including:
- Humanities and Social Sciences (HSS)
- Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics (STEM)
- Sciences for Society (interdisciplinary STEM-HSS projects)
Funding Information
- Each grant will amount to $20,000 over two years to be split equally between the French and the American teams. Co-financing from the researchers’ institution is encouraged to ensure the sustainability of these research partnerships.
Eligibility Criteria
- The Fund considers projects jointly submitted by two scientists at the beginning of their careers, including notably:
- On the American side, researchers at the post-doctorate level, assistant or associate professors at a university in the United States are eligible.
- On the French side, researchers at the post-doctorate level, maîtres de conferences and chargés de recherche at a French institution of higher education and research are eligible.
- Given individual career paths, other statuses can be considered as long as the researchers are still at the beginning of their career (less than 15 years of experience).
- US or French citizenship is not required. Applicants must provide proof that they are employed at either the US or French institution for at least the duration of the partnership, i.e. 2 years.
- Senior researchers may be included as team members but not as project leaders.
- PhD candidates are not eligible as project leaders.
For more information, visit https://face-foundation.org/higher-education/thomas-jefferson-fund/