Atlas Programme

Short–term postdoctoral mobility

Upcoming call

Opening date

5 October 2026

The Fondation Maison des Sciences de l’Homme (FMSH) and its partners offer postdoctoral mobility grants to researchers in the humanities and social sciences for periods of 2 to 3 months. Two strands of the programme are on offer:

INCOMING programme: This programme targets researchers affiliated with an institution of higher education and research or a public/private research institute based overseas wishing to undertake a research stay in France.
OUTGOING programme: This programme targets researchers residing and affiliated with a French institution of higher education and research or a public/private research institute who would like to undertake a research stay in another country.

Please refer to the different calls to find out what arrangements apply to the competition you have chosen (geographical area, length of the fellowship) and the application procedure.

Since its creation in 2014, the ATLAS programme has supported the mobility of over 350 researchers.

Key figures per year

2 applications campaigns
50 countries covered
15 partners
40 mobilities
160 000€ granted per year

Find out more about the Atlas programme laureates in our collection of podcasts and interviews dedicated to young researchers.

→ Histoires de mobilité: a podcast series dedicated to the international itineraries of young researchers supported by the Foundation.

→ Researchers of tomorrow: discover the academic paths, field experiences and writing processes of young researchers découvrez les parcours universitaires, expériences de terrain et processus d’écritures laureates of the Foundation's prizes and programmes.