Call for Proposals: “Master’s Scholarships”

The Biology-Health Research Cluster is launching a call for proposals for “Master’s Scholarships” aimed at research teams wishing to host a Master’s 2 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 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-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 amount of €90,000. Each grant 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 allocated as a stipend for the student for a six-month internship, and €500 is allocated to cover operational costs related to expenses incurred on behalf of the student 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 bodies.

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.