The French government has launched four new programmes aimed at attracting international students and academics that are keen to study and research earth sciences, climate change, sustainability and the transition to renewable energy.
The schemes build on the interest of the country鈥檚聽Make Our Planet Great Again聽initiative, which was launched by President Emmanuel Macron last year in response to US president Donald Trump鈥檚 decision to聽withdraw the US from the Paris Agreement.
The initiative, which offered research funding for foreign scientists, in particular聽those based in the US to聽鈥渏oin France to lead the fight against global warming鈥,聽received responses from more than 11,000 students and researchers.聽
The new programmes, which have been launched by Campus France and the聽ministries of Europe and foreign affairs and of higher education, research and innovation, will provide聽鈧50,000 (拢44,800) for about 20 doctoral students to study for three years starting in 2018.聽
A further聽鈧25,000 for a single year, or聽鈧50,000 for two years, will be聽available for between 20 and 40 postdoctoral contracts.
Also coming under the umbrella of the Make Our Planet Great Again initiative are funds for about 40 foreign doctoral students and researchers to spend up to five months in French laboratories during 2018. Meanwhile, about 50 master鈥檚 students coming to France for a year or two from the start of the 2018-19 academic year will receive scholarships worth 鈧1,060 per month.
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