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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 and the respect of human rights.

News

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.

Save the date | 2025 InSPIREurope+ Stakeholder Forum

The next annual Inspireurope+ Stakeholder Forum will take place on 7 May 2025 in Paris, at the Collège de France.

The PAUSE programme is hiring !

The PAUSE programme is hiring his or her future Finance and Fundraising Officer

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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