Welcome to the French national EURAXESS portal!
IMPORTANT INFORMATION REGARDING COVID-19 AND THE SITUATION IN FRANCE
Lockdown measures from Saturday April 3, 7 p.m., and for a period of 4 weeks
- no daytime travel beyond 10 km except for compelling or professional reasons (on presentation of an exemption certificate) after the end of the Easter weekend;
- the curfew remains in effect at 7 p.m. throughout the metropolitan area. (Regarding the curfew, it applies to the whole of the national territory between 7 p.m. in the evening and 6 a.m. with an obligation to present a certificate derogating from the curfew when traveling.)
For more information, consult the Government of France's website.
You will need to present the following to the transport operator and border control authorities:
- A sworn declaration stating that:
- You do not show signs of COVID-19;
- To your knowledge, you have not been in contact with anyone confirmed to have COVID-19 in the 14 days before travel;
- You agree to submit, if you are aged 11 years or older, to a virological RT-PCR test for SARS-CoV-2 upon arrival in France;
- If you are aged 11 or over, a negative RT-PCR test result, carried out less than 72 hours before departure.
Health controls do not apply if you are a:
- cross-border worker;
- resident of a cross-border area (border within a 30 km radius of your residence).
Please consult the French Ministry of Foreign Affairs website for more information.
you may only enter France if your journey meets one of the exception criteria as listed on the exempted international travel certificate.
Before boarding, you must present:
- An exempted international travel certificate for travel to France, available here in English.
- A sworn declaration stating that:
- You do not show signs of COVID-19;
- To your knowledge, you have not been in contact with anyone confirmed to have COVID-19 in the 14 days before travel;
- You agree to submit, if you are aged 11 years or older, to a virological RT-PCR test for SARS-CoV-2 upon arrival in France;
- You agree to self-isolate for 7 days upon arrival in France, and to submit, if you are aged 11 years or older, to a virological RT-PCR test for SARS-CoV-2 at the end of the isolation period.
- If you are aged 11 or over, regardless of your nationality, a negative PCR test result, carried out less than 72 hours before boarding.
Please consult the French Ministry of Foreign Affairs website for more information.
French EURAXESS centres can be contacted by email for any questions.
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You will find here all the necessary information for mobile researchers, and assistance with the support of our network of services centres. If you are looking for information about entry procedures, social security, legal issues, postdoctoral positions and research jobs, this website is for you!
You will also find the contact details of all the services centres available in France, as well as information related to the entry and residence conditions on the French territory, accommodation and all you need to prepare a successful stay in the hexagon.
EURAXESS FRANCE is a member of the European Commission initiative, gathering more than 600 services centres assisting EU and non-EU researchers in 42 countries.
All services of the EURAXESS Network are free of charge.
DISCOVER EURAXESS IN France
ANNA V.
When I was thinking about performing a research stay in a foreign country, I would have never imagined that I would choose Nantes as my receiving city. However, when I started to search for scientific groups working in polysaccharides and their characterization, the INRA-Nantes attracted my attention because of the quality, dynamism and efficiency of researchers working in this unit.
VAHAN M.
I was accepted to do my PhD in University of Franche-Comté, in FEMTO-ST institute. Before my arrival in Besançon, I faced several administrative problems, like finding a place to stay, procedures of obtaining hosting agreement from university for working permit, registering in Doctoral School.
Thanks to EURAXESS representative in UFC, whose contacts I got from my supervisor, all obstacles had been solved promptly.
AMIT K.
I am a postdoctoral fellow in Department of Virology, at the University of Franche-Comté.
I have been living in France since September 2012. Before leaving India, I contacted EURAXESS Service Centre of Besançon for our initial settlement in Besançon. EURAXESS promptly replied to each and every query and helped us finding lodgment in Besançon, getting a residence permit, opening a bank account, getting health insurance card ("Carte Vitale"), house insurance, complementary insurance and many more. In addition, they also suggested the centers where we could learn French.
JACOPO B.
I am an Italian researcher from Siena (Tuscany), working mainly in the field of urban archaeology. My degree and PhD thesis concern the survey done in the Third Courtyard of Palazzo Vecchio, the Town Hall of Florence. After winning the "Premio Ottone d'Assia-Riccardo Francovich", a prize for the best work in medieval archaeology open to applicants up to age 35, I decided to try an international experience. I found an opportunity which allowed me to develop my skills and my knowledge at the University François-Rabelais of Tours, in the archaeological unit called "CITERES". Thanks to a grant I spent one year in Tours enjoying the French lifestyle.