SPS Scholarships for Master students

The Saclay Plant Sciences network (SPS) offers scholarships for the best and most motivated students enrolled in the teaching programs in its perimeter.

The SPS perimeter includes the “Plant Sciences” program of the Integrative Biology and Physiology Master’s degree (M1 and/or M2) (Université Paris-Saclay, Université Paris Cité).

General information

Up to 12 scholarships will be allocated each year.

The successful candidates will receive¹:

• in M1: 8000 euros
• in M2: 6000 euros (to which will be added the internship stipends)

The students who are awarded a SPS scholarship in M1 and who are accepted in M2 will automatically be awarded the scholarship in M2.

Eligibility

1. To be eligible for the SPS Scholarships, students must apply to one of the teaching programs in the SPS perimeter, which includes the M1 or M2 Integrative Biology and Physiology “Plant Sciences” Master’s program.
2. Students can apply for the SPS Scholarships before receiving a response from the teaching programs. However, only students accepted to one of these programs will then be considered for the SPS Scholarship.
3. Acceptance of a SPS Scholarship commits the students the following conditions with regard to the internship they carry out during the current academic year:

• M1: internship within the SPS laboratory network OR internship outside the Hexagon including overseas OR internship in a private company
• M2 Research: internship within the SPS laboratory network
• M2 Professional: no condition

Application procedure

1. Apply to the M1 or M2 Integrative Biology and Physiology "Plant Sciences" Master’s program
2. Apply for the SPS Scholarship by clicking on the button below:

The application consists of a single PDF file containing:
1- A cover letter justifying:
- the choice of this Master’s program in the frame of the applicant’s career project and
- the importance of the scholarship for enrollment in the Master’s program.
2- One to two reference letters (any application without a reference letter will not be considered).
3- The transcripts of your marks for all your years of study after your bachelor’s degree (or equivalent), as well as your rank for the current year and the previous year (if the transcripts do not indicate it).

Call schedule

Session 1: open to M1 candidates of foreign nationality
- applications to be submitted online before March 14, 2024 (midnight).
- answers sent at the beginning of April.

Session 2: open to M1 candidates (any nationality)
- applications to be submitted online before April 30, 2024 (midnight).
- Answers sent around May 21.

Session 3: open to M2 candidates
- applications to be submitted online before May 22, 2024 (midnight).
- answers sent mid-June.

WARNING: This does not replace your application to the Master’s program, it is only for the SPS scholarship.

¹SPS scholarships do not include payment of registration fees.
²See eligibility criteria on the Université Paris-Saclay website.
³IMPORTANT: The Université Paris-Saclay International Master’s Scholarship and the SPS Scholarship for master students cannot be cumulated.