MITFrance Program

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MIT-France Program
July 8, 2005
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MIT-France Program

• Creation September 2000
• Objectives
• foster academic exchanges, scientific
  cooperation and corporate partnerships between
  MIT and France
• bring understanding of the accomplishments and
  issues of contemporary France to the attention of
  MIT students and faculty

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FRANCE
ITALY
GERMANY
JAPAN
INDIA
CHINA
SINGAPORE
MEXICO
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MIT-France ProgramMain components

• Internships in companies and research
  laboratories in France
• Study in France opportunities for MIT students
• Doctoral and postdoctoral fellowships in France
• On-campus lectures, seminars and conferences
• Seed funding for collaborative projects between
  MIT and France
• MIT-France Corporate Partnerships

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Internship Program

• 3-12 month internships
• Candidates
• Four semesters (minimum) of university-level
  French one advanced course on French culture
  society
• Minimum GPA of 4.0 / 5.0
• Spring retreat for European interns (France,
  Germany, Italy)
• Application procedures
• Matching process with host institutions
• Expenses covered by host institutions and in few
  cases partially subsidized by the program

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Some participating companies
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More host institutions
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Research institutes / universities
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Study in FranceWhile at MIT Semester, Year

• - International
  Program
• Engineering, Science, Economics
• - Science, Engineering,
  Humanities,
• Arts, Social Sciences
• - Science and Executive
  Engineering
• Marseille School of Medicine Pre-Med
• For Language, Literature, Cultural courses
• gt MIT Foreign Languages Literatures Section

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Study in FranceShort/Summer Programs

• ParisTech European Summer University Program
• Science courses (English or French)
• Various levels of French courses
• Conferences, cultural and/or industrial visits
• Study French in Paris - EPF ESTP
• French language courses (largest part)
• French approach to engineering and technical
  vocabulary
• Introduction to France
• Youth Sports Grant French Embassy in the US
• Short-term cultural programs (Cannes Festival,
  Avignon Festival, Corsica, International
  Photography Meeting, Mont-Blanc)
• January Scholars in France MIT Fll
• French cultural immersion program (non-credit,
  all expenses paid)Tutored immersion in Paris
  focusing on French arts, letters, theatre, and
  history

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Study in France After MIT graduation

• MBA-type program Collège des Ingénieurs
• Masters degree, PhD in Engineering or Science
• Masters degree in Management

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Study in France After graduation - Fellowships

• Fulbright scholarships
• MIT deadline September 24, 2005
• National deadline October 18, 2005
• Ecoles Normales Supérieures (Paris, Cachan
  Lyon)Graduate scholarships
• Deadline April 15, 2005
• Teaching Assistant Program
• Teach English in France 12 hours / week
• Deadlines Dec. 1, 2004 Jan. 1, 2005 Feb. 15,
  2005

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Doctoral Fellowshipsand Post-doctoral Positions

• Chateaubriand Fellowship
• Science doctoral and post-doctoral research - 6
  to 12 months
• Humanities and social science doctoral research
  - 9 months
• Ministry of Research
• All research fields post-doctoral research - 12
  months
• Institut Pasteur
• Post-doctoral research in biology, with a
  priority for the fight against infectious
  diseases 3 years
• And many other doctoral fellowships
  post-doctoral
• positions in research institutes university
  labs...

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MIT-France StudentsStatistics
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MIT-France StudentsLevel of Education
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MIT-France StudentsAcademic Fields
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MIT-France StudentsCitizenships
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On-campus events
 

• More than 60 speakers invited to give a lecture
  at MIT
• Political leaders
• Director of research institutes
• Company representatives
• Social scientists, authors
• Scientists
• 40 classic and recent French movies shown on
  campus
• 2 concerts of classical music
• 5 conferences and workshops organized on campus
• Workshop Research in Progress on Globalization
• Biotechnology Development and Business
  Partnership
• Space Security
• Fighting Emerging or Re-emerging Infectious
  Diseases
• Molecular Photonics and Biophotonics

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Seed Fund for Collaborative Research
 

• July 2002 creation of the MIT-France Endowment
• 1 million from the French Ministry of Foreign
  Affairs
• 1 million raised by MIT
• Annual revenues used to support collaborative
  projects
• Annual call for proposals
• Support workshops, visitors, student exchanges
  between a team at MIT and a research group in
  France (proposal jointly submitted)
• Exchanges should be balanced between MIT and
  France
• Between 5,000 and 15,000 for one year
• Priority to collaborations involving younger
  scholars - junior faculty members and graduate
  students and post-docs
• Evaluation and selection by the MIT-France
  Scientific Committee
• MIT-France Endowment Advisory Board

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Seed funding for collaborative projects
 
2002-2003 7 collaborative projects
funded 2003-2004 35 full proposals submitted gt
8 projects funded 2004-2005 38 proposals gt 8
collaborations received seed funding
Sample of three funded projects On the
importance of the Earths tilt in the climate
system Collaboration between - MIT Earth,
Atmospheric, and Planetary Sciences Department -
Laboratoire des Sciences du Climat et de
lEnvironnement, CEA Saclay Micromechanics of
Biological Molecules and Cells Collaboration
between - Biopolymer and Complex Fluids Group,
MIT Department of Chemical Engineering - Cell
Biophysics Group, Université Paris 7 Structural
Analysis of Historic Masonry Vaulting Collaborati
on between - Building Technology Group, MIT
Department of Architecture - ARIAM, Ecole
d'Architecture de Paris La Villette
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MIT-France Corporate Partnerships
 

• Partnership that goes beyond the internship
  program
• with a selected group of companies
• Membership to the MISTI Corporate Consortium
• (China, Germany, India, Italy, Japan, Mexico,
  Singapore)
• Sponsor benefits
• Recruitment
• Visibility on campus
• Training for senior executives
• Common projects, workshops
• Access to research
• First MIT-France Corporate Partners Renault,
  Total
• On-going discussions with about 10 companies
• Specific project with Agence pour lEconomie en
  Essonne

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Contacts
 
http//web.mit.edu/mit-france