Eiffel Excellence Scholarship 2027, PhD Track (applications via Nantes Université)

• Duration in France: 12, 18 or 36 months.
• 36 months: only for new arrivals enrolling in the first year of a PhD; cannot lead to a cotutelle.
• 18 months: for candidates in year 1 or 2 already under codirection or cotutelle.
• 12 months: for candidates in year 2 or 3 already under codirection or cotutelle.
• The stay may be split into several periods, each funded stay totalling at least 6 months and spanning no more than 3 years.
• The scholarship cannot be postponed or deferred.

Nantes Université deadline: Monday 1 December 2026 (differs from the Campus France deadline). Campus France results: from 12 April 2027.

1. Read the regulation and check your eligibility.
2. Contact a thesis supervisor at Nantes Université.
3. Prepare the required documents.
4. Email [email protected] with your full name, your supervisor's name and email, and your doctoral school. Do not attach files.

Contact

[email protected]

Official links

• Official scholarship page

Information checked against the official pages on 2026-10-23. Always confirm the current call on the official site before applying.

• Copy of ID.
• CV (1 to 2 pages), in French or English.
• Diplomas and academic ranking evidence.
• Language certificate, if applicable.
• Professional project (1 to 2 pages).
• Thesis project presentation (1 to 5 pages).
• Argued expert opinion on the scientific quality of the thesis subject, from a professor, research director or HDR holder external to Nantes Université, in the same CNU section or domain and without co-authorship with the supervisor, plus the expert's CV.
• Overall thesis financing plan.
• Cotutelle agreement or codirection certificate signed by French and foreign parties, with the stay calendar if split.
• Official translation of documents not in French or English.