Research Grants Academic year 2012 – 2013

Every year, the musée du quai Branly offers pre- and post-doctoral grants to help doctoral students and young Ph.D. graduates in pursuing innovative research projects.

The academic fields concerned are: anthropology, ethnomusicology, art history, history, archaeology, sociology, performance studies.

The research topics concerned are: Western and non-Western arts, material and immaterial heritage, museum institutions and their collections, technology, ritual and material culture.

The projects most likely to benefit from the environment of the musée du quai Branly will be examined with particular attention.

Laureates will be required to deliver a detailed scientific report to the museum’s research department at the end of the grant.

Predoctoral grants

Three predoctoral fellowships are offered to help doctoral students write up their dissertation; candidates must be at least in the third year of their doctoral program during the academic year 2011-2012 (in a university in France or abroad). The grant is not designed to fund fieldwork or archival research.

The predoctoral grants are limited to a period of 12 months (non renewable). They consist of a monthly allowance which in 2011 was of 1 300 Euros net. They are awarded once the Museum’s Scientific Committee has assessed and selected applications. There is no condition of nationality.

Postdoctoral grants

This year, the musée du quai Branly offers five postdoctoral fellowships to young scholars who would like to work on a research project hosted by the musée. One of these fellowships is funded by Mrs. Nahed Ojjeh, major benefactor of the Société des Amis du musée du quai Branly.

The postdoctoral grants are limited to a period of 12 months (non renewable). They consist of monthly allowance which in 2011 was of 1 700 Euros net. They are awarded once the Museum’s Scientific Committee has assessed and selected applications. There is no condition of nationality. Applicants may apply for this grant for up to five years after their dissertation defense.

Applications modalities: how to register an application

Application forms can be downloaded from our website (www.quaibranly.fr).

To be registered, the complete application folder must be sent separately before May 2^nd 2012²:

• electronically to the following address ( This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it ): the different files will be gathered into a single one. This latter will be sent under specific format [Candidate’s NAME.doc or pdf], and it will be smaller than 5M0.
• by mail to the following address (mentioning ‘Candidature Bourse doctorale/postdoctorale’ on the envelope), the application form being dated and signed:
  Musée du quai Branly
  Département de la recherche et de l’enseignement
  222, rue de l’Université
  75343 Paris Cedex 07
  France

Successful candidates’ names will be posted on the museum’s website at the beginning of July 2012.

[2] For legal and archival reasons, mail transmission is also required, in addition to electronic transmission.

Dr. Laurent Berger
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Research Supervisor
Research and Teaching Department
Phone number: 0033 1 56 61 53 85