Call for Proposals: “Master’s Degree Scholarships”
The Biology-Health Research Cluster is launching a call for proposals for “Master’s Scholarships” aimed at research teams wishing to host a second-year Master’s student for internships beginning in January 2027. Applications do not require a student to have already been identified.
Several scholarships are available
- Master’s scholarships for interdisciplinary projects involving a team from one of the seven research areas of the Biology-Health Research Cluster and a team from another research cluster at the University of Montpellier (AEB, Chemistry, MIPS, Social Sciences)
- Master's scholarships for translational projects involving a clinical team and a team from another research cluster at the University of Montpellier (AEB, Biology and Health, Chemistry, MIPS, Social Sciences)
- Master's scholarships for projects related to the COSMIC Long-Term Thematic Project (PTL) —Complex Organoid Systems with Multifaceted Interactions—and involving a team from the Biology-Health Research Cluster.
20 scholarships available
for a total of 90,000€. Each scholarship is worth 4,500€.
Target audience
For interdisciplinary projects, any research team from the AEB, Chemistry, MIPS, and Social Sciences clusters that wishes to develop an interdisciplinary and collaborative project with a team from the Biology-Health Cluster on one of the themes covered by the cluster’s seven research areas.
- For translational projects, any research team from one of the Research Clusters that wishes to develop a
project in collaboration with a clinical team. The hospital-based principal investigator must be affiliated with a research unit at
the University of Montpellier. - For the PTL COSMIC fellowships, a team affiliated with the Biology-Health Cluster
Amount of Funding
Each scholarship provides €4,500 in funding, broken down as follows: approximately €4,000 is intended as a stipend for the student for a six-month internship, and €500 is allocated to cover operating costs related to expenses incurred on the student’s behalf during the internship.
Selection Criteria
- Scientific Quality
- Supervision / Environment / Student Training
- Student Work Plan
Project selection will be carried out by the call’s funding agencies.
Commitment of the winning teams
Submit a scientific and financial report at the end of the student’s internship at
.
Submission Guidelines
Please complete the application form and send it as a PDF to .
Calendar
- Deadline: May 12, 2026, at 4:00 p.m.
- Result: July/August 2026
- Internships starting in January 2027
These projects are funded by the University of Montpellier’s research clusters
(AEB, Biology-Health, Chemistry, MIPS, Social Sciences), the PTL COSMIC, the SIRIC Montpellier Cancer, and the IHU Immun4Cure.
