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PAUSE programme supports scientists and artists in exile by facilitating their hosting in higher education and research institutions or cultural institutions.

PAUSE programme also conducts advocacy activities for the defense of academic and artistic freedom.

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Rallying to defend science and Academic Freedom: Let's act together on March 7th!

On March 7th, scientists worldwide are calling for mobilization in response to the increasingly alarming situation in the United States. It should mark the beginning of a broader, sustained, and global mobilization. It is our duty to ensure that the freedom to create, think, innovate, and transmit knowledge is guaranteed everywhere, for everyone.

Launch of the matchmaking phase of the SAFE project

Russia’s invasion of Ukraine has caused a major geopolitical and human upheaval. For the PAUSE programme, the war in Ukraine marked a change in scale: in 2022 alone, it supported as many people as in the previous 4 years combined.

The PAUSE programme celebrates its 8th anniversary

Since 2017, 680 scientists and artists forced into exile have been supported by PAUSE.

Rethinking the Hosting of Academic and Artistic Refugees: Lessons from the Second Franco-Brazilian Seminar

A look back at the second edition of the Franco-Brazilian seminar on welcoming academic and artistic refugees, with a special focus on the session held at the Collège de France.

Launch of the matchmaking phase of the SAFE project

The PAUSE programme is pleased to announce the opening of the « matchmaking » phase of the SAFE project « Supporting At-risk researchers with Fellowships in Europe », launched on September 2024.

Host

You are a higher education and research institution under the aegis of the French Ministry for Higher Education and Research, an EESPIG-designated private higher education institution or an institution or a structure supported or under the aegis of the French Ministry of Culture. Your hosting project can be co-funded by the PAUSE programme.

Call for applications opening: During March 2025
Deadline for applications: April 3, 2025

Be hosted

You are a scientist or an artist at risk due to the security situation or persecution you are experiencing in your country.


The PAUSE programme can allow you to continue your work by co-funding your stay in at a higher education and/or research establishment or a cultural institution in France.

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