Musée Du Quai Branly Research Fellowships for International Applicants, 2015-2016

The musée du quai Branly offers every year doctoral and post-doctoral scholarships to support Ph.D. candidates and early career scholars in pursuing innovative research projects.
The academic fields concerned are: anthropology, ethnomusicology, art history, history, archaeology, sociology, performance studies.
The research topics concerned are: Western and non-Western arts, material and immaterial heritage, museum institutions and their collections, technology, ritual performance and material culture.
The projects most likely to benefit from the environment of the musée du quai Branly will be examined with particular attention.
During the year of their fellowship, the laureates will present in the museum’s Research and Higher Education Department’s internal seminar a scientific paper intended for later publication. They will be required to deliver a detailed report to the museum’s research department at the end of the fellowship.

Doctoral fellowships

Three doctoral fellowships are offered to support PhD candidates in completing their dissertation; candidates must be at least in the third year (post-fieldwork writing stage) of their doctoral program during the academic year 2015-2016 (in a university in France or abroad). This fellowship scheme is not designed to fund fieldwork or archival research.The doctoral fellowships are limited to a period of 12 months (non-renewable), from October the 1st to September the 30th of each year. They consist in a monthly allowance which in 2015 will be of 1300 €net and will be awarded after assessment and selection of the applications by the Museum’s Scientific Committee. No condition of nationality applies.

Postdoctoral fellowships

Five postdoctoral fellowships are offered to early career scholars who would like to work on a research project hosted at the musée du quai Branly.
The postdoctoral fellowships are limited to a period of 12 months (non-renewable), from October the 1st to September the 30th of each year. They consist in a monthly wage of 2 093,84 € gross in 2015. They are awarded after assessment and selection of the applications by the Museum’s Scientific Committee. No condition of nationality applies. Applicants may apply for this scheme for up to 5 years after having been awarded their doctoral degree. In order to apply for the postdoctoral fellowships, the candidate’s Ph.D. thesis must be submitted by the end of 2015.

Applications modalities: how to register an application

download the form for doctoral grants
download the form for post-doctoral grants

To be registered, the complete application folder must be sent electronically and by post before(1) Thursday, the 2nd of April 2015 at midnight:
- electronically to the following address (bourses(at)quaibranly.fr): the different application documents will be combined in a single pdf file which will be under 5 Mo. The application file will be named following this model: SURNAME_DOC or POSTSOC_2015.pdf
- by post to the following address (mentioning ‘Candidature Bourse doctorale/postdoctorale’ on the envelope), the application form being dated and signed:
musée du quai Branly
Département de la recherche et de l’enseignement
222, rue de l’Université
75343 Paris Cedex 07
FRANCE
The list of all the candidates whose application is eligible will be posted on the museum’s website on the 8th of April 2015.

The names of the successful candidates will be posted on the museum’s website during the last week of June 2015.
(1) For legal and archival reasons, mail transmission is also required, in addition to electronic transmission.

website :
http://www.quaibranly.fr/en/enseignement/grants/research-grants/research-fellowships-2015-2016-call-for-applications.html