Collegium de Lyon

The Collegium de Lyon is the Institute for Advanced Study of the Université de Lyon, a world-class academic site that covers the entire Lyon/Saint-Etienne area and boasts one of the strongest research ecosystems in the country. Its member institutions include 7,000 researchers in 173 laboratories.

Since its opening in 2008 the Collegium has hosted 252 international fellows from 49 different countries. Its goal is to nurture innovative and ambitious research projects and it typically hosts an equal number of fellows from the social sciences and humanities (SSH) and the STEM (science, technology, engineering, and mathematics) sectors, who are united in the Institute's weekly interdisciplinary seminar.

Fellows are accommodated in fully furnished one to three-bedroom apartments located in a dedicated building on the Descartes campus of the École Normale Supérieure de Lyon, which is conveniently located next to several metro and tram stops. They share a workspace on the first floor of the residence and have direct access to the campus library and its interlibrary loan service.

The Collegium of Lyon offers 3 work-contract fellowships annually. These fellowships are open to international applicants from all areas of the SSH, as well as those working at the interface of SSH and other disciplines. We especially look forward to receiving applications for projects at the intersection of one of the following thematic areas, which align with the interests of the Université de Lyon's new interdisciplinary institutes:

• One Health Studies
• Food and Nutrition Studies
• Transition Studies (with a focus on urban development and biodiversity)
• Artificial Intelligence.

A key element of the Collegium's philosophy is successfully integrating each fellow into the local academic ecosystem within their discipline and the selected FIAS fellows will be scientifically co-hosted by a local research unit that will help them fully blend into their campus community.