Eligible Candidates: Graduating college seniors, master’s and Ph.D. level candidates interested in a training and/or research period at ENS de Cachan

Eligible Fields: hard sciences, engineering, social sciences, humanities, management

Language Requirement: An excellent knowledge of French is required for candidates interested in following coursework. A basic knowledge of French may be sufficient for candidates proposing scientific research projects.

Length of Grant: Grants are awarded for a minimum period of 6 months and a maximum period of 12 months.

Benefits: Monthly stipend, full tuition waiver and access to language instruction if needed from ENS de Cachan, complementary funding, travel allowance and health insurance from the Fulbright program.

How to Apply: Interested applicants should first contact the department head or laboratory director in their respective fields to present their research or study project and consequently to obtain affiliation.

Application deadline for Fulbright : 20 October 2008.

For information on specific research laboratories: www.ens-cachan.fr/ – section “Recherche”.

For information on specific academic departments: www.ens-cachan.fr/, section “Formation”.

Once you have completed this initial step, you and your institutional correspondent must contact the director of International Affairs at ENS de Cachan, Ms. Bogdana Savu-Neuville at [email protected], in order to finalize affiliation and then proceed with the application process at ENS de Cachan.

Proof of this affiliation must be submitted with the Fulbright application to the Institute of International Education (IIE) before the application deadline. Please check the IIE’s website for the deadline: www.iie.org.

The grant is awarded to candidates whose two applications have been selected by 1) Fulbright (Institute of International Education and Franco-American Commission) and 2) ENS de Cachan.

For further information, please contact: Dr. Amy Tondu, Head of the American Section, Franco-American Commission for Educational Exchange at (33) 1 44 14 53 64 or [email protected].