Research Internships in France
Graduate Programme BB
Call for Applications for Internship Allowances
Deadline: December 1, 2026
The call for applications for internship grants for Master’s 2 students aims to increase the visibility of our partner laboratories abroad and to promote internationalization by hosting students trained abroad for internships. All partner laboratories of the GI Biodiversity-Bioresources are eligible to host these Master’s 2 students.
Amount of the internship allowance
The amount of the internship stipend is regulated and set by collective bargaining agreement. You can find details on the government’s website.
The maximum duration of the internship is 6 months.
Eligibility Criteria
The student must have completed higher education abroad.
Applications from students enrolled at one of the partner universities of Claude Bernard Lyon 1 University within the Arqus alliance will be carefully reviewed.
Application Process
Applications open: September 28, 2026
Application deadline: December 1, 2026
Candidates must apply directly through the application platform (button below):
The following must be included with the application:
a CV (including grades and rankings from previous years of higher education); the student must have been ranked in the top third of his or her graduating class in the last and current years of study.
a letter of recommendation for the internship in question from a professor at their home university/school
a letter of motivation including a description of the aims and expectations of the placement, making a link with the aims of the GI BB (1 page maximum)
a signed letter of acceptance from the laboratory where the internship will take place.
The host team and laboratory must be a partner laboratory of the Graduate Initiative Biodiversity- Bioresources (GI BB).
The call will be launched before the end of September 2026 and will close at 01 december 2026; the selection will be made by the members of the GI BB steering committee. The selection committee will pay close attention to compliance with the above criteria and, depending on the number of applications, it will certainly not be possible to honour all requests.