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What is the Barrande Cotutelle Fellowship?

Barrande Cotutelle Fellowships – Joint Degree Ph.D. Study (Barrande Cotutelle) support 3-year joint degree Ph.D. study between the Czech Republic and France and the realisation of 3× 5-month research visits in France. For more details see Barrande Cotutelle 2025

Who can apply for the Barrande Cotutelle Fellowship?

Ph.D. students registered simultaneously at a university in the Czech Republic and in France.

Why to apply for the Barrande Cotutelle Fellowship?

You can establish new collaborations with outstanding French supervisors.
You can have at least two official supervisors of your Ph.D. project.
You can develop your professional career & improve your skills.
You can get financial support (1690 € per month for three visits of five months) to cover your living costs in France.
You can get Joint Czech-French University Diploma.
You can develop Czech-French collaboration.

When to apply for the Barrande Cotutelle Fellowship?

The nearest Barrande Cotutelle call deadline is Sun 26 Jan 2025 (IOCB deadline Fri 17 Jan 2025).

Please inform the Project Office about your intention to apply.
Do not hesitate to contact us anytime for consulting, discussion or help.

How to apply for the Barrande Cotutelle Fellowship?

Find and read programme guidelines:
See first the list of all French doctoral schools and read information on enrolment in a Ph.D. programme in France on the Campus France website.
Contact your Czech supervisor and negotiate with him/her your doctorate under the joint supervision (“cotutelle”), identify jointly a French University and supervisor to become your French supervisor/host you in France.
Contact a French researcher and negotiate supervision of your “cotutelle”, mentoring of your research project, beginning & end of your three 5-month stays and the institutional support of the host institution.
Ask your Czech supervisor for a Signed Recommendation Letter of Support from the Czech supervisor (template in Appendix 1 of the Application Guidelines may be used): agreement with your project and it being conducted to joint supervision; expected dates of the stay in France; highlight student’s qualities, his/her research work and explain the benefit of the research stay abroad; written in English; must be on letterheaded paper.
Ask your French supervisor for a Signed Recommendation Letter of Invitation from the French supervisor (template in Appendix 2 of the Application Guidelines may be used): agreement with your project and supervision; willingness to host you at the institution; expected dates of the stay in France; written in English; must be on letterheaded paper.
Provide a transcript of records or a copy of the Diploma Supplement issued by the university, covering the most recently completed degree programme.
The application process will take place on the platform:
1. You are a student registered in the Czech Republic.
2. Log in or create an account on the platform; Click on submit under the appropriate call.
3. Create a new application, complete all mandatory fields, and upload the required documents before the deadline on January 26, 2025.
Complete all parts of your application::
1. Academic CV - contact details of the applicant must be specified (personal and professional e-mail address and phone numbers) - max. 2 pages (applicant);
2. Cover letter: motivation for applying, subject of your research, reasons for selection of the French lab - max. 2 pages (applicant);
3. Project description: research topic, specify your research objectives, methodology and expected research, a detailed study plan with the timeline, incl. the expected dates of yours three 5-months stays in France; names and contact information of Czech & French supervisors - max 2 pages plus references max 1 page; header must include: Name/first name of the applicant - Subject of thesis - Name/first name of supervisors/addresses of universities (applicant);
4. Signed Recommendation Letter of Invitation from your French supervisor (French supervisor);
5. Signed Recommendation Letter of Support from your Czech supervisor (Czech supervisor);
6. A transcript of records or a copy of the Diploma Supplement issued by the university of previous finished degree program (applicant & Czech university administration).
Finalize your application
- All materials should be submitted in PDF format, following these rules: Each document should be named using the following template: LAST NAME First name – Document title (Example: SMITH John – CV) Please note that all documents (without any exception) must be uploaded in order to submit your application.
- Categories: Human Life Sciences and Health (LSH); Biology and Environment (B&E); Social Sciences & Economics (SSE); Humanities (H); Chemistry (CH); Physics/Engineering (PE);Maths/IT/Systems Engineering (MITSE)
Submit your electronic application before Sun 26 Jan 2025 (IOCB deadline Fri 17 Jan 2025).

Be prepared to initiate the process of preparation of the “cotutelle agreement” about „Joint degree Ph.D. study" conditions - must be signed by both universities and provided before the first departure to France.

Interviews for selected candidates will be held in Feb 2025.
Final evaluation results will be announced in Apr 2025.
Awarding Ceremony will be held in May 2025.
Research stays should start on 01 October 2025.

Institut Français de Prague, Štěpánská 35, PO BOX 850, 111 21 Praha 1
Contact: Latifa Hamani – latifa.hamani@ifp.cz, ☎: +420 221 401 003

IOCB

IOCB participation (1) in the Barrande Cotutelle Fellowships Study:

Andrea Popelová: Impact of different type of antidiabetic intervention on the development of neurodegenerative changes in brains of diabetic mice. Doctorat en co-tutelle: Université Lille 2, Droit et Santé, Faculté de Medicine, Neurobiology & Charles University in Prague, First Faculty of Medicine (2012-2015)

Barrande Fellowships – Cotutelle (Joint Degree Ph.D. Study)