Grants - History of Electricity
THE EDF FOUNDATION
*HISTORY OF ELECTRICITY*
*GRANTS FOR 2010 / 2011*
*APPLICATION FORM*
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The EDF Foundation offers grants to graduate students. Four grants of 2500 euros each and three to six grants, varying from 1250 up to 2500 euros each, will be awarded under the supervision of the Committee for the History of Electricity of the EDF Foundation.
*The selection will be based on the following criteria: originality of the subject, preparation and quality of presentation of the project.* *The project must deal, at least partly, with the history of electricity in France, Europe or elsewhere in the world (but with a comparative approach with Europe in this case).*
The payment of the grant will be conditional upon the signature of an agreement. The thesis or dissertation will be written either in French, English, German, Spanish or Italian. A 10-page summary in French will be required for the works which won’t be in French.
The application will include:
- a letter in which the candidate requests a grant, gives the precise subject of his/her research, as defined with his/her supervisor, and binds him/herself to respect the agreement if he/she is selected ;
- a presentation of the research project mentioning the sources, the methodology, the questions to be raised, and a short bibliography (6 – 10 p.);
- a detailed *curriculum vitae*;
- a description of the financial resources of the candidate during the research;
- a letter of recommendation from the research supervisor, appreciating the candidate and approving the project;
- a photocopy of the student card or an attestation of research delivered by the university or the research centre the candidate is affiliated with.
The application must be sent in a folder or attached to an email stating the name, the forename, the postal address, the phone number and the electronic address of the candidate. *It must be mailed or emailed before the 29th of October, 2010*
Fondation EDF Diversiterre– Histoire
9, avenue Percier
75008 Paris
France
For any further information, please contact us by email or by phone : +33 1 40 42 79 29