Collegium de Lyon
France
The Collegium de Lyon, the University of Lyon's Institute for Advanced Study (IAS), is accepting applications for five-month residential fellowships during the 2027–2028 academic year. Fellows can stay from September 2027 to January 2028, or from February to June 2028.
Residential Fellowship at the Collegium de Lyon
The residential fellowship includes an apartment in our residence on the ENS Lyon campus, assistance with arrival formalities, and integration into our interdisciplinary cohort of international scholars.
The fellowship is open to all academics whose field of research falls within the scope of the Food Trajectories Thematic Institute. Applicants must already be employed as researchers or faculty members at institutions outside of France and must remain employed by those institutions for the entire 2027–2028 academic year.
Applications must be officially supported by a research unit at one of the University of Lyon's member institutions. This unit will serve as the researcher’s co-host for the duration of their fellowship. The Collegium team and the co-directors of the Thematic Institute can help identify research units on the Lyon/Saint-Étienne site that work in the field of Food, gastronomy, and nutrition, in relation to science and society.
Presentation of the Thematic Institute
From supply chains to the dinner plate, and from cultural practices to health and sustainability issues, the institute explores both our daily diet and the collective dynamics that shape it.
This thematic institute of the University of Lyon brings together a multidisciplinary community of researchers to develop innovative research and training projects focused on food and the associated challenges.
By partnering with local authorities, economic stakeholders, and the non-profit sector, our institute helps to better understand food systems and practices, as well as their impacts on health, society, and the environment.
In doing so, our institute positions itself as a key player in boosting the international profile of the Lyon-Saint-Étienne area, addressing the challenges of food system transitions within their spatial and temporal dynamics.
Evaluation Criteria
Eligible applications will be evaluated by the Food Trajectories Thematic Institute in accordance with its procedures and the legislation in effect for hosting international scientific personnel, particularly that concerning the protection of the nation’s scientific and technological potential (PPST). The following evaluation criteria will be applied:
- the quality and innovative nature of the scientific project;
- the potential to develop or strengthen ambitious research collaborations with the Food Trajectories Thematic Institute.
Results will be sent to applicants in February 2027.