Fondation Fyssen: Call for projects – Postdoctoral Study Grants – deadline 31st March 2026

The FYSSEN Fondation is pleased to announce the upcoming opening of its call for postdoctoral fellowship projects

GOALS

• The aim of the FYSSEN Foundation is to encourage all forms of scientific inquiry into cognitive mechanisms, including thought and reasoning, which underlie animal and humain behaviour; their biological and cultural bases, and phylogenetic and ontogenetic development.
• The selected projects will concern the following disciplines :
  • Ethology – Psychology
  • Neurobiology
  • Social Anthropology
  • Human Paleontology – Archaeology

• The Fyssen Post-doctoral grants, of a maximum annual amount of €45 000, will be awarded to young researchers carrying out a first post-doctoral internship, for a period of 12 or 24 months, non-renewable.

ELIGIBILITY CRITERIA

• Have  a university thesis (PhD or equivalent) for less than two years on September 1st of the year of application.
• Be 35 years old or youngeron the project call deadline date.
• Not be installed in the host laboratory for more than 3 months at the date of Septembre 1st, 2026.
• Carry out a post-doctoral internship in a laboratory in France if the PhD was obtained in another country, or outside France if the PhD was obtained in France.
• Regarding the host laboratories located in France: the beneficiary will be hosted under a fixed-term contract, and will must ensure that a co-financing agreement can be signed between the Foundation and the host laboratory to cover the gross salary cost.

Further Information

TO SUBMIT YOUR FILE

Log in, from FEBRUARY 2nd, 2026 on the Foundation website http://www.fondationfyssen.fr

DEADLINE TO SUBMIT YOUR APPLICATION: MARCH 31, 2026, 12:00 am French time (Gmt+1)

Posted on 11/02/2026