France-Stanford Collaborative Projects

The France-Stanford Center for Interdisciplinary Studies, founded at Stanford University in partnership with the French Ministry of Foreign Affairs, aims to bridge the disciplines of the humanities, social sciences, sciences, engineering, business and law, addressing historical and contemporary issues of significance for France and the U.S. from a broad range of perspectives.

Its programs bring faculty members, researchers and students from across Stanford’s departments and schools into contact with colleagues in France, to explore issues of common intellectual concern, to advance collaborative research, and to foster interdisciplinary inquiry.

The France-Stanford Center sponsors high quality research projects likely to foster new linkages and deepen existing connections between French scholars and students and their counterparts at Stanford University.

Priority will be given to projects with the potential to develop new collaborations involving junior researchers, and to those leading to collaborative work on interdisciplinary issues.

Projects must involve: • Visits • Exchanges • Internships • “Seed money” • Mini-conferences • Course development Projects must not involve: • Costs of book translation • Subsidies for book publication • Post-doctoral stipends or salaries • Tuition

The France-Stanford Center will not fund the following:  Supplies and materials  Registration fees Proposals must be submitted jointly by faculty members or researchers at Stanford or in France. They may involve collaborations among faculty members, researchers, and/or students from any school or affiliated unit at Stanford University, including the professional schools of business, education, engineering, law and medicine, and their counterparts at French institutions.

For academic year 2009-2010, proposals are invited for projects with a budget up to $20,000. Proposed budgets must include an 8% infrastructure charge. If possible, applications must be submitted in English. If the project is submitted in French, a summary of the project in English must be submitted. The following documents must be included in order and sent in one single document (pdf or Word format):

• A completed application form. The form can be downloaded at the following address: http://ica.stanford.edu/france/collaborativeprojects

• A description of the nature of the proposed project, its implications for further research, and potential for fostering longer-term relationships between researchers (faculty and students) from France and Stanford.

Applications must clearly state the aims, activities, and anticipated outcomes of the project (5 pages maximum).

• A non-technical statement (250 words maximum) of the project’s importance and significance. • A detailed budget, itemizing the costs of activities (1 page maximum). Other sources of actual or potential funding should also be indicated.

• Biographical resumés (c.v.’s) of the proposed principal participants (both in France and at Stanford) stating their current respective affiliations (2 pages maximum).

• A letter of intent, signed by both the French and American project coordinators indicating their commitment to work together on the proposed project (1 page maximum).

The complete proposal application must be submitted as attachment (one single document) to an email sent to Isabelle Collignon at isabelle@stanford.edu in Word or pdf format. No other format will be accepted.

For projects intended to be carried out in the 2009-2010 academic year, the application deadline is March 1st, 2009. Late or incomplete applications will not be considered for funding.

Applicants will be notified of funding decisions by April 30, 2009. Funding will be conditional upon a commitment to submit a final report on activities supported by the grant and to acknowledge Center funding in published results or other relevant public materials.

France-Stanford Center for Interdisciplinary Studies, Pigott Hall, 260-105, Stanford University, Stanford, California 94305-2010 Tel. (650) 725-3029, Fax (650) 723-0482, http://ica.stanford.edu/france