Scolarships / bourses

This page references some scholarships (bourses) that are available to some candidates, and some help on how to apply.
In 2023-24, the referent professor for scholarships is François Landes.
If you want to get a scholarship, you have to help me help you: I am not the one granting the scholarships. What I do is just to pre-select and transfer the best applications to the appropriate committees. It's much easier if you write down everything that is needed.

Informal information: last year, we got several Digicosme scholarships (program now discontinued), some IDEX, and also one Eiffel. In the previous years we were less lucky and had only 1 or 2 Digicosme.
Eiffel scholarships are extremely hard to get, we only got 1 for an M1 admitted 2022 (M1 of 2022-23).

How to help me help you:  When we select the best applicants for scholarships and push their application towards the scholarship comittee, we submit a short biography of the applicant, stating their strong points (academic situation and achievements, papers published, applications developed, etc). You can help us pre-select you by writing yourself these 3-5 lines of bio, at the 3rd person. If your cover letter is well written, anyways, this short bio of your "outstanding achievements" should appear somewhere (but written at the first person).

An extensive list of scholarships to study in France (not just Saclay) is available here: https://www.campusfrance.org/fr/ressource/campusbourses-le-catalogue-en-ligne-des-programmes-de-bourse They may not all be compatible with our masters/your case/Saclay university.

See also:
https://www.universite-paris-saclay.fr/en/admissions/scholarships-and-financial-support/scholarships-and-financial-aid
https://www.universite-paris-saclay.fr/en/admission/scholarships-and-financial-support


The dates below are not necessarily always updated.

General remarks:
- There are several merit-based scholarships from Paris-Saclay and Campus-France (see below). In general, we pre-select candidates, and submit their application to the actual committee on their behalf.
- For IDEX grants, you must submit your application to the M1/M2 before applying for a scholarship, so that we can consider your full file. This may force you to apply early. The Eiffel scholarship is even earlier (the deadline for the scholarship application may be before the opening of the inception platform), so that your Eiffel scholarship is conditioned on being later accepted in the Masters (the fact we would support you does not entail automatic acceptance in the Master).
- Internships in research laboratories must be done in one of the Université Paris-Saclay research laboratories. In short, this money is not given for nothing: it's given to attract the best students at Saclay and keep them here (not just for study, also for Internships and PhD).
- Often, if you get a grant in M1, the grant is renewable 1 year if you are accepted in M2 the following year. (not for Eiffel)


    1) Sacl-AI School scholarships:

See https://dataia.eu/en/saclai-school  and more specifically, see https://www.dataia.eu/formation/mixtai 

There is also Tutor-AI which may help you make some money by tutoring younger students in AI-related fields.

EDIT: Applications will be opened in early May, with a deadline of very-early June. Selection would happen shortly after, i.e. early June, most likely.


    2) IDEX scholarships

You cannot precisely apply to these scholarships. Instead, the admission committee (to decide whether you are admitted in the Master or not), i.e. us, decide whether to push your file for an IDEX scholarship, or not.
So, if you are in need for a scholarship, here's what you can do:


    3) Eiffel international scholarships:

New: you can (pre-)apply through Paris-Saclay website https://www.universite-paris-saclay.fr/admission/bourses-et-aides-financieres/bourses-eiffel
Deadline: november 30, 2023.
You can only apply if you are NOT in France in the previous year.
For all questions, please contact : bourse.eiffel@universite-paris-saclay.fr  or bourse.eiffel@u-psud.fr

To apply for Eiffel if you study in our Master (in Saclay), visit: https://www.universite-paris-saclay.fr/en/admission/bourses-et-aides-financieres/eiffel-scholarship-programme (the campus france website is more generic and less helpful than this page, which is tailored for Saclay students)

Full details of the eiffel program (if link is broken, visit campusfrance.org) :
https://www.campusfrance.org/system/files/medias/documents/2020-10/Vademecum_Eiffel_2021_en.pdf
Informal information: this scholarship is extremely competitive, and the deadline is very early.


    4) Charpak international scholarships:

- The Chapak program is reserved to Indian nationals.

- It includes a living allowance of 700 euros per month, a tuition waiver, and other benefits.

- It is conditioned on attaching a letter of acceptance to our master, which we cannot deliver until July or so, for first time entry students. So this will concern mainly M2 students, presumably.


    5) Other scholarships

- Consult the directory of scholarships on campus france.


As an M1 student, can I get a grant to study abroad?

Yes, this is called a "bourse de mobilité sortante".