Smart Loire Valley Programme – 2026 Call for Applications

LE STUDIUM welcomes experienced international researchers to the research institutes and laboratories of the Centre-Val de Loire region, offering them an inspiring multidisciplinary environment in which to carry out their research and open to a variety of scientific projects for stays of 3 to 12 months.

LE STUDIUM proposes innovative scientific exchange initiatives, networking activities and scientific events open to the international faculty of LE STUDIUM Fellows, in order to promote interdisciplinary exchanges with regional and international scientific communities and to build human capacity for research, development and innovation.

For the 2026 call for applications, the Smart Loire Valley (SLV) Programme is offering three types of award with mutual commitments between the awardee, the host research institute/laboratory and LE STUDIUM. In addition to supporting the international mobility of applicants, the SLV programme aims to create sustainable collaborative projects and links between researchers and regional laboratories, enterprises and their counterparts all over the world.

• Visiting Researchers awards
• Professorship awards
• Integration Fellowship awards

What is funded

• Travel costs up to 800 EUR (return trip for the awardee)
• Furnished accommodation
• Administrative support
• Participation to scientific events
• Opportunity to organise scientific events
• French class
• Access to training sessions
• Integration into the Le Studium scientific community

Duration

3 to 12 months

Eligibility

This programme aims to attract experienced international researchers willing to conduct a high quality and innovative research project in collaboration with one of the research research institutes/laboratories of the Centre-Val de Loire region.

Eligible candidates should meet the following conditions:

• Be national or long-term resident of a country other than France that is not to have resided in France for more than 12 months in the three years preceding the closing date of the call for applications. Compulsory national service and/or short stays such as holidays are not taken into account.
• Have negotiated their acceptance to a host laboratory in Centre-Val de Loire.

Visiting Researchers / Professorships

• To be in possession of a doctoral degree and have at least five years of full-time equivalent research experience after their doctorate.
• Hold a work contract (permanent or not) in a foreign university or research institution during the residency

Integration Fellowship

• To be in possession of a doctoral degree and have three years to ten years of full-time equivalent research experience after their doctorate.
• To be interested in applying to a permanent position in one of the regional research centres and to relocate permanently. Specific support brought to facilitate the integration.

Organisation

Organisation name

LE STUDIUM Loire Valley Institute for Advanced Studies

Organisation Country

France

More Information – Guidelines

https://www.lestudium-ias.com/programmes/smart-loire-valley-programme

Apply link :

https://www.lestudium-ias.com/form/slv-programme-2026

Attachments

Guidelines pdf

https://www.lestudium-ias.com/sites/default/files/media/document/2025-10/Guidelines_SmartLoireValleyProgramme_Campaign_2026.pdf?c=0.8169522182650908

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