The Fulbright-Université Grenoble Alpes Award is a partnership grant in the Fulbright U.S. Student Program’s France offer, run with Université Grenoble Alpes.
Grantees spend 8–10 months in Grenoble, either on a master’s degree or on doctoral thesis research. Every discipline at the university qualifies, with particular interest in biology, chemistry and health projects.
Benefits & funding
- Master’s students: full tuition waiver and €1,350 a month
- Doctoral candidates: €1,450 a month
- €1,200 travel allowance for all; Fulbright’s standard benefits include health benefits
- Student fees apply (€103 in 2024–25); housing is found by the grantee
Eligibility
- US citizens or nationals at the deadline; permanent residents not eligible; dual citizens eligible
- Master’s route: graduating seniors, recent graduates, or bachelor’s or master’s holders
- Doctoral route: enrolled in a US doctoral program, PhD not completed before the grant ends
- No residence in France in the year before the grant (9 months counts); not resident abroad for 5 of the past 6 years
- French recommended, at the level the project needs
- Recent State Department, USAID, IIE or Fulbright commission staff, and their families, are barred
Can you apply?
Here's who can apply
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“Residency in host country NOT permitted in year prior to grant … Applicants who currently hold or will hold a doctoral degree (Ph.D.) by the national application deadline. … Anyone who has resided abroad for five or more years in the six-year period preceding the national application deadline.” Eligibility
Eligible nationalities
USA
Education required
Bachelor Enrolled · Bachelor · PhD Enrolled
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Application process
- 1Secure a letter of affiliation or invitation from Université Grenoble Alpes.
- 2Apply through the Fulbright U.S. Student online application, choosing the Université Grenoble Alpes Award, by the national October deadline (campus deadlines usually fall 4–6 weeks earlier).
Program timeline
6 October 2026
2027–28 deadline (closed)
semi-finalist notification
End of January 2027
final selections
March–June 2027
1 September 2027
master’s grants start (to 30 June 2028)
next application opens
Spring 2027