Van Gogh program 2023

Important: this page presents information that is specific to the Van Gogh program. For general information about all PHC-programs managed by Campus France (presentation, selection criteria, contacts…), please refer to the general PHC presentation (in French). 

• Types of projects involved
• Eligibility conditions
• The projects' evaluation criteria
• Selection committee
• Operating mode
• Renewal
• Eligible expenses
• Intellectual property
• Project follow-up
• Practical procedures for a project's submission
• Application
• Handling your mobility
• Contacts for the program

 

Types of projects involved

The objective of this program is to develop the scientific and technological exchanges of excellence between laboratories of both countries, by encouraging new cooperation and the participation of young researchers and PhD students.

All scientific fields, including social sciences, are concerned by this program.

A specific attention will be given to projects whose subject is linked to themes present in the framework-program for research and innovation Horizon Europe. 

Eligibility conditions

The call for applications is opened to permanent researchers of research laboratories associated with higher education establishments or research organizations. Companies can participate in the project, as long as they are associated with an academic partner.

Projects which already benefited from a support within the framework of this program won’t be admissible for a new application right after their completion. New collaborations have the priority.

Only application files which are co-submitted by researchers working in partnership with authorities responsible of the program in their country will be examined. French researchers need to make sure of that with their partner.  

The projects' evaluation criteria

• Scientific quality of the project;
• The overall quality and competence of both French and foreign research teams.
• Active participation from young researchers, especially PhD students or post-PhD students;
• The importance of cooperation and complementarity between French and foreign teams;
• Prospects for structuring or valorizing the project. Priority will be given in particular to network projects with a European dimension. Researchers will thus have the opportunity to submit an application for another PHC with the same research topic.

Selection committee

Eligible projects shall be subject to a separate scientific assessment by each of the two Parties. The bodies of the two countries shall then meet to compare the evaluations and decide jointly on the support granted to the selected projects.

On the French side, the Delegation for European and International Affairs of the French Ministry of Higher Education, Research and Innovation is in charge of the scientific evaluation of the applications.

Operating mode

The duration of the projects is two years

Funding is granted on an annual basis, possibly for two consecutive years.

This funding must be imperatively spent between the 1st of January and the 31st of December of the same year; it cannot be postponed for the next project.

The funding only deals with the mobility between the two countries involving all researchers in the program.

Any other funding necessary for the implementation of the joint projects must be provided by the partner laboratories' own resources or by other sources.

Renewal

The renewal of credits for a second year is subject to:

• The optimal consumption of all funding granted for the 1st year;
• The submission of a progress report mentioning the scientific results that were obtained and mobilities carried out or planned before the end of the current year. (1 page in free-format);
• The drafting of a financial report mentioning all actions carried out or programmed before the end of the calendar year;
• The progress report and the balance sheet must be sent to the French embassy before the 13th of September of the first year (cf. contacts for the program below).

Eligible expenses

Funding granted by France only covers the compensation payment for the stay and the French researchers’ trips with their team:

• Budget envelopes are set between 1500€ and 3200€ per team.

Intellectual property

It is up to the people in charge of the projects to take every useful measure regarding the intellectual property protection.

Please carefully read the attached file, regarding good practices to respect the rules about intellectual property. The project’s deposit includes the agreement by all parties to these rules.

The submitted projects may be subject to review under PPST (Protection of Scientific and Technical Potential and Economic Intelligence). For more information: https://www.enseignementsup-recherche.gouv.fr/cid27031/protection-du-potentiel-scientifique-et-technique-et-intelligence-economique-p.p.s.t.html
 

Project follow-up

A final report is required no later than three months after the end of the projects.

The French representatives of the projects must use the downloadable report template and attach it to their online file within the time limit.

This report also needs to be sent to the French embassy within the same time limit (cf; contact for the program).

Redirected publications for this project also need to mention the support granted by the French Ministries of European and Foreign Affairs, of Higher Education, of Research and Innovation.

An annual and optional (for this will not lead to additional cost) visit to the French embassy is recommended because it would allow a brief presentation of the team’s projects and could expend their visibility.

Practical procedures for a project's submission

Before any information request, we invite you to check the Q&A section (available here in French)

• Deadline for the co-submission of application files: 30th of June 2022
• Deadline for progress reports: 16th of September 2022
• Announcement of results: December 2022/January 2023
• Beginning of projects: January 2023

Application

People carrying a project are invited to submit their project in advance in order to avoid technical hazards that would enable them to submit their application in the time allowed.

Projects can be in French or in English.

Handling your mobility

For each mobility, the person in charge of the French project needs to fill out a commitment form and to send the complete application to the mail address present at the back of each commitment form, 3 weeks minimum before the researcher’s departure.

For each researcher’s mobility, the person in charge of the French project also needs to transfer a copy of the commitment form to the French embassy.
 

Contacts for the program

For the French side: 

For program follow-up and relations with the foreign partner

Landry CHARRIER 
Ambassade de France 
Anna Paulownastraat 76 
2518 BJ Den Haag
T: +31 70 312 58 25
M: landry.charrier@institutfrancais.nl
Website: www.ambafrance-nl.org

 

For managing the call for proposals

Mrs. Sarah Malard

Campus France
Gestion PHC
28 rue de la Grange-aux-Belles
75010 Paris
M: extranet@campusfrance.org

 

For the Dutch partnership: 

Ms. Vicky Weits

Programme Manager
Nuffic                                                                                      
Global Development Department
P.O. BOX 29777                                                                     
2502 LT The Hague                                                               
The Netherlands

M: vangogh@nuffic.nl
Website:  https://www.nuffic.nl/en/subjects/scholarships/van-gogh-programme