Make Our Planet Great Again (MOPGA) Scholarship Program 2025 for Early Career Researchers (Funded Study in France)

Application Deadline: December 5, 2024

Applications are now open for the 2025 Make Our Planet Great Again (MOPGA) Scholarship Program. This eighth call for projects from the  Make Our Planet Great Again  (MOPGA) program, funded by the Ministry for Europe and Foreign Affairs (MEAE), in partnership with the Ministry of Higher Education and Research (MESR) and implemented by Campus France, will accommodate at least  60 young researchers  wishing to carry out their research in France.

Requirements

• Only  foreign researchers with a  PhD degree less than 5 years ago can apply for this call for projects. All nationalities are eligible except French nationality.
• A minimum of 60 scholarships will be awarded to successful young researchers over a  12-month period starting in  September 2025 .

Researchers must:

• Have held a  doctoral degree for less than 5 years on the date of submission of the application, i.e. have defended their thesis between December 2019 and December 2024 inclusive;
• Be  exclusively of foreign nationality;
• Candidates must not have resided in France for more than 90 days between September 5, 2024 and December 5, 2024.

RESEARCH THEMES

Five major research areas are eligible:

• Earth system sciences;
• climate change and sustainability sciences;
• the energy transition;
• the societal challenges of environmental issues;
• human, animal and environmental health as defined under the “One Health” approach.

Benefits

This scholarship awards the following benefits:

• Monthly allowance of 2,500 euros
• Installation allowance of 500 euros
• Health insurance : coverage of health insurance, civil liability and repatriation assistance until affiliation to French social security;
• Supplementary health insurance : once social security affiliation is effective, coverage of supplementary health insurance, civil liability and repatriation assistance.

Application Procedure

DOCUMENTS REQUIRED TO APPLICATION

1. CV with list of publications (4 pages maximum);
2. Doctoral degree (or diploma certificate);
3. CV of the French research director for the research stay (2 pages maximum);
4. Letter of commitment from the French host laboratory to provide the means to carry out the research project;
5. Letter of recommendation (3 maximum);
6. Copy of passport or national identity document.

PROCEDURE FOR APPLICATION

Candidates must submit their research project online at the
following link:  https://campusfrance.smapply.io/prog/mopga-2025/

Timeline:

• September 5, 2024  : Opening of the entry of applications
• December 5, 2024: Closing of the call for applications
• May 2025  : Notification of results
• Between September and December 2025:  Arrival in France of the winners and start of their research stay in French establishments.