MOPGA 2023 Visiting Fellowship Program for Young Researchers

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.

• Table of Content
• About Campus France
• MOPGA Visiting Fellowship Program
• Aim and Benefits of MOPGA Visiting Fellowship Program
• Requirements for MOPGA Visiting Fellowship Program Qualification
• Application Deadline
• How to Apply

About Campus France

Created by the law of July 27th, 2010, Campus France is a public enterprise of an industrial and commercial nature. Find below the agency's different committees and the organisational chart.

MOPGA Visiting Fellowship Program

Aim and Benefits of MOPGA Visiting Fellowship Program

The fellowship includes the following benefits:
– Monthly allowance of 2,500 euros  
– Moving allowance of 500 euros
– Support for social security coverage 
– Support for health insurance

A visiting fellowship agreement with the French host institution will be established between the institutions and the laureates. It will specify the means and resources made available by the host laboratory so that the researcher can carry out the research project.

Requirements for MOPGA Visiting Fellowship Program Qualification

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

How to Apply

Applications should be submitted via the following link: here.

1. Your CV with the list of your publications in English (4 pages maximum)
2. Copy of your PhD diploma
3. CV of your research supervisor in the French host institution for the visiting fellowship (2 pages maximum)
4. Letter of support from the French host institution 
5. Letters of recommendation (maximum 3)
6. Copy of your Passport or National ID

For more details, visit the website.