The MOPGA Young Researchers Grant Program 2025 is a research grant program for young researchers, launched in 2018. The program aims to strengthen scientific contributions to climate change issues raised by the COPs. 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.

Scope of Work

The MOPGA Young Researchers Grant Program 2025 focuses on five major research areas:

• 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.

Eligibility

To be eligible for the MOPGA Young Researchers Grant Program 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.

Budget and Duration

A minimum of 60 scholarships will be awarded to successful young researchers over a 12-month period starting in September 2025. The 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.

Key Dates

The deadline for applications is December 5, 2024.

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