Fully-funded Eiffel Scholarships, Sciences-Po Paris, France

Submission deadline for a Sciences Po application including the required documentation for the Eiffel Scholarship is October 18, 2020 for students already admitted at Sciences Po (including applicants who deferred their arrival or those who received conditional offer last year and who provide us with a valid test result before the deadline of October 18, 2020) and November 1st, 2020 for new candidates at Sciences Po.

The Ministry of Foreign Affairs gives priority to candidates from emerging countries and above all to those who are underrepresented in French universities and higher education institutions: Asia, Latin America, Eastern Europe and new members of the EU and the Middle East.

Sciences Po only presents applications from candidates with profiles that match the priorities of the Eiffel scholarship. If you are offered a place to study at Sciences Po, we will inform you whether your application will be proposed to Campus France (the organisation in charge of this scholarship).

Applications received from students currently studying abroad are prioritised over those from students already living in France.

Students cannot apply directly for the Eiffel Scholarship. Applications must be made through a higher education institution.  If you are studying in two higher education institutions, you can only submit a single application. In order to apply, you must have already been accepted to a programme at Sciences Po. For your application to be successful, it is essential that you respect our deadlines.
The Eiffel scholarship programme, launched in January 1999 by the French Ministry of Foreign and European Affairs, is aimed at foreign students whose outstanding ability has been recognised by French institutions of higher education who wish to sponsor these students for the rest of their studies.
The programme is primarily designed to provide an education in France to future decision makers in both the private sector and in the national administrations of emerging countries.

Eligibility

Candidates must be under 30 years old.

Sciences Po candidates

• Applicants for our graduate programmes
• Applicants for the dual degree in Journalism / Columbia (BAMA) (who are already first year students at Columbia’s university School of Journalism)

Sciences Po students

• Third year Sciences Po students
• Second year undergraduate students in one of our partnership programmes at Poitiers campus
• First year graduate student at Science Po
• Students admitted last year in their first year as a graduate student who requested a deferral
• Students admitted last year who have received a conditional offer of admission if they submit an English test before the scholarship application deadline.
• PhD students who are co-supervised or presenting a joint thesis with a partner university
• Students admitted to the following dual degree programme (other Sciences Po dual degree programme are not eligible for this scholarship):
  • Journalism Sciences Po/Columbia University (candidates for this programme are eligible)
  • Sciences et Politiques de l’Environnement Sciences Po/Sorbonne Université (only first year students are eligible)
  • Quantitative Economics Sciences Po/Panthéon Sorbonne Paris I (only first year students are eligible)
  • The Eiffel laureates who graduated in June 2020 and wish to submit an Eiffel application for the PhD.

Not eligible to the Eiffel Scholarship

• Students who already received a grant or scholarship from the French government
• Students who have previously applied for an Eiffel scholarship and who have been unsuccessful, even if they change their field of studies.
• Candidates for the 1year Master’s programmes
• Candidates for the Joint Master in Journalism and International Affairs (Except candidates in their first year)
• Students admitted to a Sciences Po dual degree programme (except for the 3 dual degrees mentioned above)

Benefits

The monthly grant amount for Master programmes amounts in 2020 was €1,181 (€1,031 scholarship + €150 additional monthly amount).

The Eiffel Scholarship does not cover tuition fees.  Students offered a place to study at Sciences Po who receive the scholarship are therefore responsible for paying the annual tuition fees.

Duration

The Eiffel Scholarship is awarded for the length of time needed to complete the course for which students have applied.  This is subject to students fulfilling the academic obligations during each year of the course.

Application Process

Reminder: Students cannot apply directly for the Eiffel Scholarship. Applications must be made through a higher education institution.  If you are studying in two higher education institutions, you can only submit a single application.

First time applicants who wish to be presented for the Eiffel scholarship by Sciences Po must indicate so in the “Financial Information” section of their Sciences Po application form and must provide the required documents. Please note that your scholarship request will be taken into account only in case of admission.

Students already admitted at Sciences Po, students admitted last year who have received a conditional offer of admission or students admitted last year in their first graduate year who requested a deferral have to send their Eiffel Scholarship application by email in October18th, 2020 at the latest, by attaching the required documents : eiffel.scholarship@sciencespo.fr.

Sciences Po will select the applications that it wishes to present to Campus France. Please note that applying for the Eiffel grant does not guarantee the presentation of your application to Campus France.

NB : We reserve the right not to consider incomplete applications.

Requirements

All candidates must attach the following documents to their scholarship application :

• CV, including information on the applicant’s level (distinction/honours, ranking or position in the promotion, number of students in the promotion, diploma with information on specialisation, date of the diploma, final grades). If your university does not provide ranking please mention the following information: No rank available.
• professional project, one or two pages. The applicant must explain the reasons for studying in France as opposed to their home country, their interest for the selected programme and how this will help them achieve their career goals and objectives.
• academic transcripts all of the years of higher education (including periods spent abroad on exchange programmes)
• ID/passport.
• Language test certificates (french and/or english) if necessary

Deadlines

• Students already admitted at Sciences Po (including applicants who deferred their arrival or those who received conditional offer last year): October18th, 2020
• First time applicants: November 1st, 2020

The deadline for applications set by Sciences Po is not the date at which applications must be received by Campus France. Indeed, it is necessary to have been offered a place at Sciences Po in order to be eligible for the Eiffel Scholarship. Applications received after this date will not be processed. These dates are mandatory and cannot be modified.

Students already admitted at Sciences Po must send their Eiffel Scholarship application by email, in October 18th, 2020 at the latest: eiffel.scholarship@sciencespo.fr

Information on the selection of your application will be communicated in January 2020.

Eiffel scholarship results will be published on Campus France’s website (2020 schedule will be confirmed soon by Campus France).

Source / More information:
Sciences Po Official Website
Campus France Official Website