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 ten member institutions include 6,800 researchers in 172 laboratories.

Since its opening in 2008 the Collegium has hosted 231 international fellows from 48 different countries. It aims to nurture original and ambitious research projects in line with the scientific scope of one of its academic ecosystem's research units. The Collegium 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 Denis Diderot University Library and its interlibrary loan service.

The FIAS fellowships at the Collegium of Lyon are open to international applicants from all areas of the Social Sciences and Humanities (SSH), as well as those working at the interface of SSH and other disciplines. 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.