Join the CEFRES for a short mobility!

Deadline for submission: 15 October 2026, noon (Paris time)
Duration: from 3 to 9 months in 2027
Information and application form to be filled in: SMI

As a part of its support to researchers’ international mobility, the CNRS Social Sciences and Humanities allows for researchers from CNRS and from universities with which they are engaged to realize research actions abroad within the SMI framework in 2027.

This support is not limited discipline-wise and concerns all types of research mission (fieldwork, sources inquiry, the setting up of a collective research project, the writing of a book or article in cooperation with foreign researchers, and so forth). It applies to all destinations (within the requirements of stays regulations implemented in the chosen countries) and to all kind of host institutions.

Such research missions abroad will take place in 2027. Their duration must be superior to three months and must not exceed nine months. The support involves a maximum monthly rate of 2,000 euros which will be transfered to the researcher’s research unit in France and dedicated to cover all mission expenses. The sum must be spent in its entirety in the year 2027.

Applications will be assessed on the basis of their quality and scientific interest.

Researchers from CNRS and from universities must send their application at the latest by 15 October 2026 via application NOA (noa.cnrs.fr)

Application package includes

• a scientific justification of the project (max. 2 pages)
• the description of all planned actions within the mission (max. half a page)
• the description of the uses for the budget required (max. half a page)
• a CV (max. 3 pages)
• the form duly filled in in agreement with the director of the researcher’s unit in France (an email in PDF format or a letter)