Winners of the Study Grants and History Prizes awarded by the Fondation Napoléon in 2023, with its president, Victor-André Masséna, Prince d'Essling © Fondation Napoléon - Rebecca Young
The 2022 Fondation Napoléon Prizes and Grant winners 2022 with its president, Victor-André Masséna, Prince d'Essling and Laurent Theis, general secretary of the Prize and Grants Jury © Fondation Napoléon - Rebecca Young
The 2021 History Prize and Grant winners, with Victor-André Masséna, Prince d'Essling, President of the Fondation Napoléon, Laurent Theis, general secretary of the Prize and Grants Jury © Fondation Napoléon / Rebecca Young
The 2020 History Prize and Grant winners, with Victor-André Masséna Prince d'Essling, President of the Fondation Napoléon, Laurent Theis, general secretary of the Prize and Grants Jury © Fondation Napoléon / Rebecca Young
The 2019 prize- and grant-winners with the vice-president of the Conseil d'État, Mr Bruno Lasserre © Fondation Napoléon
The 2014 Grants winners alongside Her Imperial Highness the Princess Napoléon and Victor-André Masséna, Prince d'Essling, President of the Fondation Napoléon and Sir Peter Ricketts, British Ambassador to France. © Fondation Napoléon
The 2014 Fondation Napoléon Grands Prix ceremony took place at the British Ambassador's Residence in Paris, the Hôtel de Charost. © Fondation Napoléon
The winners of the 2013 Fondation Napoléon Prizes and Grants, with HIH Princess Napoleon and Victor-André Masséna, Prince d'Essling, président of the Fondation Napoléon. © Fondation Napoléon
The award ceremony in the Salon de la Rotonde of the Palais de la Légion d'Honneur in Paris. © Fondation Napoléon
The winners of the 2012 Fondation Napoléon Prizes and Grants, with HIH Princess Napoleon, M. N. Paolini, chairman and CEO of TF1 Group, and Victor-André Masséna, Prince d'Essling, président of the Fondation Napoléon. © Fondation Napoléon
How to apply for a grant
Every year the Fondation Napoléon encourages the study of the First and Second Empires by awarding up to eight research grants to French or non-French students who are studying for a PhD on a First- or Second-Empire subject or the 19th century (modification to the prize regulations, validated by the Fondation Napoléon Board of Directors on 11 December 2019). Works may cover all aspects of history (politics, economics, art, law, literature, etc.), provided they contribute to a better understanding of the First and Second Empire periods. The grants are awarded by the same jury as for the Fondation Napoléon Grands Prix [History Prize]. Each research grant is worth 7,500 Euros.
Application guidelines (in French ; last update : Juillet 2024).
To apply, please fill in the following PDF form, downloadable here, and send it to us with the documents listed in the PDF document by post. It is possible to receive a grant for a PhD to be written in English. However, such applicants must agree to spend half of the grant award either on research work in France or on French language instruction (receipts will be requested). Dossiers should reach the Fondation by 30 September of the year in question.
Download the PDF dossier (in French).
Send a completed dossier to Gwenaelle Houée preferably by email to: houee@napoleon.org*
* By clicking on this hyperlink, your personal data will be processed by the Fondation Napoléon, in its capacity as data controller, in order to respond to your contact requests. It will be stored in accordance with current legislation. You have the right to access your personal data. To find out more, click here.
or by post to
Fondation Napoléon (Bourses d’Etudes), 7, rue Geoffroy Saint-Hilaire, 75005 Paris, France.
For further information on the Research Grants: contact us.
Page updated on 24 September 2024
Research Grants
