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HSS Chateaubriand Fellowship: 2017 Fellows Named
August 2, 2017, by Administrateur Chateaubriand

The Cultural Services of the Embassy of France are pleased to announce the laureates of the 2017-2018 HSS Chateaubriand Fellowship. This year’s 19 laureates will spend 2 to 8 months in France performing research with their French partners. Last name First name US University French Host (...)

"Make Our Planet Great Again": Chateaubriand Fellow Shares Her Experience at the One Planet Summit
December 15, 2017
Following the decision of the United States to withdraw from the Paris agreement, as announced by President Trump on June 1, 2017, the President of the French Republic Emmanuel Macron issued a call to students and researchers working on climate change to join France in the fight against global warming. More than 1,800 complete applications were received in total from students and researchers from around the world, who were interested in a long or short stay in France, a collaboration with a French lab, or a PhD program in France. Among them, over 1,000 came from the United States.
In France, the National Center for Scientific Research (CNRS) and the French National Research Agency (ANR) were in charge of evaluating applications for long-term research positions in France. In the first round of selection, 18 high-level projects were selected by an international jury. Among these 18 researchers, 13 come from the United States. Laureates will join their new research labs in France in the coming months. In the United States, the Embassy of France in Washington is in charge of U.S. applications for short stays, PhD programs and collaborations with French labs. Thanks to additional funding made available as part of the "Make Our Planet Great Again" initiative, the Embassy will take advantage of its existing mobility and collaboration programs to support projects related to earth system science, energy transition, and climate change and sustainability.

Theresa Oehmke is one of the U.S. PhD students who applied on the makeourplanetgreatagain.fr platform. Theresa is studying Environmental Engineering at Berkeley and received a fellowship from the Chateaubriand Fellowship Program, a program implemented by the Embassy to support outstanding PhD students who wish to conduct research in France. Thanks to this fellowship, she was able to join a laboratory in Marseille in September 2017 for 8 months: the Institut de Recherche sur les Phénomènes Hors Équilibre (IRPHE, a CNRS, Aix-Marseille Université and École Centrale Marseille laboratory). There, Theresa uses particle dynamics to understand the behavior of aquatic organisms in the oceans, which plays an important role in the global carbon cycle. Their behavior is influenced by extreme events, which are likely to increase with climate change. Thanks to the additional funding available, she will have the opportunity to extend her stay in France.

Two years after the Paris Agreement, the One Planet Summit was organized in Paris on December 12, 2017 to address climate change by bringing together international leaders and civil society organizations. In parallel to the summit, during the event Tech For Planet organized at the startup incubator Station F on December 11, the President of the French Republic revealed the names of the 18 selected researchers and welcomed them on stage along with Theresa Oehmke.

Watch the video made by Theresa Oehmke for her participation in the summit:

Watch the interview of Theresa Oehmke from the French Ministry of Europe and Foreign Affairs:
- Are you a PhD student at a U.S. university? Apply to the Chateaubriand Fellowship Program to conduct research in a French lab for 4-9 months and benefit from additional "Make Our Planet Great Again" fellowships: https://www.chateaubriand-fellowship.org/ (the call for applications is open until mid-January)
- Are you a researcher at a U.S. university wishing to initiate a collaborative research project with a French team? Apply to the Thomas Jefferson Fund and benefit from financial support in the context of the "Make Our Planet Great Again" initiative: http://face-foundation.org/thomas-jefferson-fund/index.html (call for applications will open mid-January)
- To know more about the way U.S. applications are handled by the Embassy: https://frenchly.us/make-planet-great-many-americans-responded-macrons-call/
- Contact: deputy-ntics@ambascience-usa.org
Chateaubriand Fellowship : Call for Applications 2018-2019
November 13, 2017

The Chateaubriand Fellowship in Science, Technology, Engineering, Mathematics & Health for doctoral students aims to initiate or reinforce collaborations, partnerships or joint projects between French and American research teams. The Chateaubriand Fellowship supports PhD students registered in an American university who wish to conduct part of their doctoral research in a French laboratory.

This fellowship is offered by the Office for Science & Technology (OST) of the Embassy of France in Washington in partnership universities and research organizations in France and the United States such as CNRS, Inria, Inserm and Université Paris-Saclay. It is a partner of the National Science Foundation's GROW program.

This year, in support of the Make Our Planet Great Again Initiative launched by President Emmanuel Macron in June 2017, the Chateaubriand Program is offering additional fellowships for research projects related to Earth System Science, Climate Change and Sustainability, and Energy Transition.

The OST and its partners provide Chateaubriand fellows with a monthly stipend of up to 1,400 € (depending on other sources of funding) for a 4-9 month period and support for travel expenses and student health insurance. All STEM and Health disciplines are eligible. The required level of French remains at the discretion of the host laboratory.

Dates : The call for applications is now open for fellowships starting during the 2018-2019 academic year.
Deadline : January 16, 2018 at 12pm (noon) EST
Application : http://www.chateaubriand-fellowship.org
Flyer : Chateaubriand Fellowship 2018-2019 EN, Chateaubriand Fellowship 2018-2019 FR
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STEM Chateaubriand Fellowship: 2017 Fellows Named

July 18, 2017

The Office for Science and Technology is pleased to announce the recipients of the 2017-2018 STEM Chateaubriand Fellowship. Over the next year, these American PhD students will spend 4 to 9 months in France performing research in a French partner laboratory.

Among the 50 fellows listed below, 5 will be partly supported by the French National Center for Scientific Research (CNRS), 2 by the French National Institute for Computer Science and Applied Mathematics (Inria), 4 by the French National Institute of Health and Medical Research (Inserm), 5 by the University Paris-Saclay and 2 by the GROW Program of the National Science Foundation (NSF).

Last Name	First Name	US University	French Host Institution	Field of Study
Anderson	Caleb	Georgia Institute of Technology	École supérieure de physique et de chimie industrielles	Physics
Arumugam	Keerthi Suria Kumar	Georgia Institute of Technology	ENSEA	Engineering
Backe	Kristi	North Carolina State University	Institut National de la Recherche Agronomique	Environmental Sciences [4]
Beach	Stephanie	Boston University	Centre de Recherche Paul Pascal, CNRS	Chemistry
Bernton	Espen	Harvard University	Centre de Recherche en Economie et Statistique	Computer Science, Information Technology [5]
Bochner de Araujo	Simone	Stanford University	École supérieure de physique et de chimie industrielles	Engineering
Brewer	Jared	Colorado State University	Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique	Geosciences, Space [3]
Choudhury	Alaksh	University of Colorado, Boulder	Université Paris Diderot, Inserm	Engineering [1]
Cohen	Samuel	University of Maryland, College Park	Université Grenoble Alpes, CNRS	Chemistry
Commendatore	Eric	University of California, Riverside	Université Paris-Sud	Chemistry
Dillon	Kevin	Rutgers University	Université Clermont Auvergne	Environmental Sciences [3]
Doran	Adrian	University of California, San Diego	Institut de Physique du Globe de Paris	Geosciences, Space
Downey-Wall	Alan	Northeastern University	Université Grenoble-Alpes, CNRS	Environmental Sciences
French	Beverly	University of California San Diego, Scripps Institution of Oceanography	Centre de Recherches Insulaires et Observatoire de l'Environnement	Environmental Sciences [3]
Gannon	Kyle	University of Notre Dame	Université Paris-Sud	Mathematics
Gogotsi	Natalie	University of Pennsylvania	Grenoble Innovation for Advanced New Technologies (GIANT)	Engineering
Golan	Jacob	University of Wisconsin-Madison	Université Côte d'Azur, CNRS	Biology, Health
Gracia-Maldonado	Gabriel	University of Cincinnati/ Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center	Centre d'Immunologie de Marseille-Luminy	Biology, Health [1]
Hauer	Jill	University of Iowa	Centre De Recherche Des Cordeliers	Biology, Health [1]
Hope	Sydney	Virginia Tech	Centre d'Etudes Biologiques de Chizé, CNRS	Biology, Health [4]
Iyer	Geoffrey	University of California, Los Angeles	Grenoble INP	Mathematics
Jespersen	Nathan	Oregon State Univeristy	Université Paris-Saclay	Biology, Health [5]
Johns	Lucas	University of California San Diego	Université Denis Diderot	Physics [3]
Kelch	Sabrina	Cornell University	Université Grenoble Alpes	Environmental Sciences [3]
Koehler	Margaret	Stanford University	INRIA Lille - Nord Europe	Engineering [2]
Lazar	Simone	Texas A&M University	Université de Lille	Chemistry
Lee	Christoph	University of California Santa Cruz	Observatoire de Paris	Physics
Li	Adam	Johns Hopkins University	Aix-Marseille Université	Engineering [1]
Lim	Robert	University of Oregon	Université de Versailles Saint Quentin-En-Yvelines	Computer Science, Information Technology
McGowan	Josephine	Columbia University	Université Paris-Sud	Biology, Health [5]
Miller	Clark	Arizona State University	Université Paris-Sud	Physics
Names	Gabrielle	University of California at Davis	Université de La Rochelle, CNRS	Environmental Sciences
Nowland	Kevin	The Ohio State University	Université de Bordeaux	Mathematics
O'Connell	Meghan	University of Chicago	Institut de Biosciences et Biotechnologies de Grenoble	Biology, Health
Oehmke	Theresa	University of California, Berkeley	Institut de Recherche sur les Phénomènes Hors Equilibre	Engineering
Oviatt	Peter	Massachusetts Institute of Technology	Université de Bourgogne/INRA	Environmental Sciences
Pan	Si hui	University of California at San Diego	Université Paris-Sud	Physics [5]
Patel	Sheena	University of California, San Diego	Université de Lorraine	Physics
Peng	Yi	University of California	Université Paris-Sud	Chemistry [5]
Peng	Yunhui	Clemson University	University Paris Diderot, Inserm	Physics
Riel	Asia Marie	University of Montana	Université de Rennes 1	Chemistry
Rodríguez-Cardona	Bianca	University of New Hampshire	Institut de Physique du Globe de Paris	Environmental Sciences
Russell	Ryan	University of Delaware	Institut des Sciences Analytiques	Biology, Health
Salerno	Michael	Stony Brook University	École supérieure de physique et de chimie industrielles	Engineering
Sikes	Travis	Texas A&M University	Ecole Nationale Supérieure de Techniques Avancées ParisTech	Engineering
Sotiraki	Aikaterini	Massachusetts Institute of Technology	École normale supérieure	Computer Science, Information Technology [2]
Wagar	Michaela	City College of New York, City University of New York	Ecole des Mines d'Albi-Carmaux	Engineering
Walker	Julie	Stanford University	Université Montpellier 2	Engineering
Yuen	Chi Hong (Isaac)	University of Central Florida	Université du Havre	Physics
Zirkle	Thomas	University of Notre Dame	Commissariat à l'énergie atomique et aux énergies alternatives (CEA)	Engineering

For 2017-2018, 5 Honorary STEM Chateaubriand Fellows were also named:

Last Name	First Name	US University	French Host Institution	Field of Study
Arroyo	Marlene Vreni	Columbia University	Institut Pasteur	Biology, Health
Dorow	Chelsey	University of California San Diego	Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique	Physics
Meade	Gabriela	San Diego State University & University of California, San Diego	Aix-Marseille Université, CNRS	Biology, Health
Menesses	Mark	Boston University	Université Paris Diderot	Engineering
Sohn	Hayley	University of Colorado Boulder	École supérieure de physique et de chimie industrielles	Engineering

More information on the Fellowship as well as the Fellows from previous years can be found at: STEM Chateaubriand Fellowship.

[4] Project supported by NSF GROW

[5] Project supported by University Paris-Saclay

[3] Project supported by CNRS

[1] Project supported by Inserm

[2] Project supported by Inria

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