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MOPGA programme: call for applications 2023

The call for applications for the MOPGA scholarship programme for young international researchers is open until 16 January 2023.

40 grants will be awarded to the laureates working on topics related to climate change and environment.

France, as a major player in the fight against climate change and guarantor of the spirit of the Paris Agreement, is launching a new MOPGA visiting fellowship program geared towards strengthening scientific contributions to climate change issues raised by the COPs.

This sixth Make Our Planet Great Again (MOPGA) call for applications is intended to welcome 40 young researchers wishing to carry out their research in France. The program is funded by the French Ministry for Europe and Foreign Affairs, in collaboration with the French Ministry for Higher Education and Research, and implemented by Campus France.

The MOPGA 2023 Visiting Fellowship Program for Young Researchers will support researchers working on climate change issues.

40 scholarships will be awarded to successful young researchers over a 12-month period starting in September 2023.

Who can apply?  

Foreign researchers who fulfil the following conditions can apply:

  • having a doctoral degree for less than 5 years
  • being exclusively of foreign nationality
  • not have resided in France after September 1st 2022 (for more than 90 days)

A research stay convention with the host institution will be established between the institutions and the laureates and will detail specifically the means made available by the laboratory so that the researcher can carry out the research project.

Application deadline: 16 January 2023

Read the call for applications for the MOPGA programme