Terms and conditions

Hosting conditions

Like all Institutes for Advanced Study, the Paris IAS is committed to providing guest researchers with the best material and social conditions for their work during their stay.

After the Paris IAS scientific bodies announce the applicants selected, or six months before the residency is to begin (at the latest), the Paris IAS administrative services and each guest researcher will exchange additional information required for handling formalities and setting up the conditions for the residency.

Hosting conditions will be negotiated on a case-by-case basis at that time.
The financial terms proposed by the Paris IAS to future guest researchers follow the frequent remuneration policy of Institutes for Advanced Study, namely: “nothing lost, nothing gained”. Thus, within its means, the Paris IAS is committed to prevent the guest researcher’s standard of living from being affected by the additional costs incurred by the stay in Paris.
The status offered by the Paris IAS will depend on whether or not the guest researcher’s home institution maintains his/her salary and insurance during the period of the stay in Paris.

If, during the stay in Paris:

- The guest researcher does not have permanent professional status in his/her home country, then a temporary work contract will be offered when he/she arrives in France
- The guest researcher keeps his/her status as a professor or research at the home university (either with pay or as an unpaid sabbatical) and insurance, then he/she will be covered by a stipend agreement, signed either directly with the Paris IAS, or with both  the home university and the Paris IAS
- Other special cases will be examined on an individual basis
Depending on the situation described above, each guest researcher will receive a salary or a research stipend corresponding to the invitation category, for an amount of between €1,500 and €3,300 per month.
This amount may be adjusted depending on the guest researcher’s status and differences in the cost of living between France and the home country.

The Paris IAS will also cover direct costs incurred due to the stay, notably:

- The guest researcher’s round-trip plane ticket, based on economy class tariffs
- Housing expenses for fellows staying at Maison Suger or Les Récollets
- A housing stipend for fellows staying in private apartments
- Individual insurance cover for fellows that do not have such cover when they arrive
- Certain research-related expenses

A personal invitation letter will describe all conditions for the stay at the Paris IAS.
Future guest researchers must provide all requested documents and carry out all formalities required by applicable laws. The terms and conditions for these formalities will be specified by the Paris IAS.
Fellows will have the possibility of organising scientific meetings and events to foster contact with colleagues working at other research institutions.

At the end of their stays, fellows will prepare a scientific report, presenting the results of their research at the Paris IAS. Texts published following their stay and related to their original project at IAS of Paris will expressly mention the support received. Former fellows will inform the institute of publications, prizes or awards linked directly or indirectly to their research residencies at the Paris IAS.

Nota bene: The summaries of the research project and of personal data, or a digital photography of fellows, may be used in official and public documentation of the Paris IAS (website, leaflets or publications such as the Yearbook).