CFAs: PERIDOT Program for Young Researchers and Doctoral Students

PERIDOT is the Hubert Curien partnership set up between France and Pakistan. It is developed in France by the Ministries of Europe and Foreign Affairs (MEAE) and Higher Education and Research (MESR) and in Pakistan by the Higher Education Commission (HEC).

Priority 

• Three priority areas have been identified for the 11th call for applications:
  • Renewable energy, environment and climate change
  • Agriculture, food safety and health
  • Human and social sciences, entrepreneurship

Funding Information 

• Subsistence allowances in Pakistan for French researchers: 125 EUR/day for stays of less than or equal to ten days (researchers) and 55 EUR per day for stays of more than 10 days (doctoral students).
• Trips to Pakistan for French researchers: maximum amount €1,500 return
• The duration of the projects is 2 or 3 years (consecutive).

Eligible Expenses

• The funds provided by France cover the payment of subsistence allowances and travel for researchers from the French team to Pakistan.
• The Pakistani side covers the payment of subsistence allowances and travel for the researchers of the Pakistani team to France.
• This funding only covers the cost of mobility between France and Pakistan for researchers involved in the program.

Eligibility Criteria 

• The call for applications is open to researchers working in research laboratories attached to higher education establishments or research organizations.
• Only applications co-submitted by partner researchers to the bodies responsible for the program in their respective countries are declared admissible. French researchers must check this with their partner.
• Project evaluation criteria
  • Scientific quality of the project and the teams;
  • Active participation of young researchers, particularly doctoral or post-doctoral students;
  • Interest in cooperation and complementarity of French and Pakistani teams;
  • Reciprocity (missions in both the France->Pakistan direction and the Pakistan->France direction)
  • Prospects for structuring or promoting the project at the end of PHC funding. Network projects with a European opening in particular will be considered as priorities.

For more information, visit Campus France.