Request for Proposals: Anténor Firmin Doctoral Mobility Program (Haiti)

The objective of the Anténor Firmin doctoral mobility program is to provide support for the international mobility of doctoral students and to encourage the establishment of international co-supervisions and international co-supervision agreements for thesis between a Haitian university and a foreign university (in France or elsewhere).

Mobility and its funding are multi-year; the projects presented must therefore include travel for the duration of the thesis (maximum 3 years). The Anténor Firmin doctoral mobility program will cover research stays abroad, which may last up to six months per academic year.

Focus Areas

• Climate change and risks;
• Educational innovation, educational technologies;
• Intercomprehension, memory and population movement;
• Sea, water, sanitation and renewable energies;
• Health, biodiversity and food security;
• Economy, Finance and Banking.

Eligibility Criteria

• Be of Haitian nationality and reside in Haiti;
• Hold at least a master’s degree (M2), or equivalent, following a training course conferring research skills;
• Have obtained the agreement of a thesis director at their home university (in Haiti) and a thesis director at a host university (in France or elsewhere) to co-direct the thesis.
• Eligible are doctoral students who will register for the first year of their thesis during the 2025/2026 academic year for a period of 3 years and whose system provides for international co-supervision or an international joint supervision agreement;
• Doctoral students registered in the 2nd year of their thesis for a period of 2 years, and doctoral students registered in the 3rd year of their thesis for a period of 1 year, whose system already provides for international co-supervision or an international joint supervision agreement, may also apply.
• Priority will be given to academic staff, particularly female scientists from Haitian universities (teachers, lecturers, temporary staff) who wish to obtain a doctoral degree.

Selection Criteria

• The academic quality of the application (training, qualifications, employment status);
• The scientific quality of the research project (issues, content, schedule, methodology);
• The assessment of the two co-directors on the importance of the research, the expected benefits, the international collaboration for the host university and laboratory and the Haitian university;
• The expected results and impacts for the Haitian and Caribbean scientific community and/or the economic and social development of Haiti and the Caribbean region;
• The presentation of a clear and realistic budget;
• The gender balance of the candidates.

Application Requirements

• For theses in international joint supervision: A copy of the joint supervision agreement or, failing that, a draft joint supervision agreement;
• Co-financing arrangements (if existing);
• Detailed curriculum vitae;
• A copy of the most recent diploma;
• Photocopy of passport or certified birth certificate extract.

For more information, visit French Embassy in Haiti.

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