Applications for the 2024 scholarship are open until 1st July 2024
Applications for the 2023 scholarship closed on 1st July 2023.
Completed application forms, along with all supporting documentation, must be received by applications@ainse.edu.au prior to the application deadline. Find out more about this SAAFE scholarship.
Applications Open: 27th March 2023 | Applications Close: 11.59 pm AEST 1st July 2023
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Since 2017, the SAAFE program has facilitated the conduct of research and fostered research collaborations between France and Australia, in nuclear science and engineering, in the research areas of Human Health, Environment, and the Nuclear Fuel Cycle.
In 2022, the SAAFE program expanded to allow postgraduate students and postdoctoral researchers from AINSE New Zealand university’s to also access funding for travel to France for research collaborations.
The SAAFE program supports Early Career Researchers at PhD and postdoctoral levels to travel from Australia or New Zealand to France – and from France to Australia – to initiate sustainable research networks and linkages
Am I eligible?
Eligible applicants must be:
- A PhD student currently enrolled in a French university or AINSE-member university; OR
- Enrolled in a PhD in collaboration between French and Australian institutions; OR
- Hold a postdoctoral appointment at a French university or AINSE-member university.
In addition, eligible applicants must be carrying out a research project using nuclear science techniques that will stimulate research collaborations between France and Australia/New Zealand in the areas of Human Health Research, Environmental Research, or Nuclear Fuel Cycle Research.
