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CAF – National Fund for Family Allowances (France) Grants for Young Researchers CAF- National Fund for Family Allowances (France) in France
Degree Level
PhD
Field of study
Education
Funding
Three-year CIFRE PhD contract with a gross monthly salary of approximately €1,250; up to six article prizes with a main prize of €1,500 and remaining prizes of €1,000 each.
Deadline
Sep 15, 2027
Country
France
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CAF- National Fund for Family Allowances (France)
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About this position
The French Family Allowance Fund (Cnaf), the national umbrella organisation of the CAF social security network, is offering support for young researchers working on family and social policy, or on social issues linked to families or poverty.
The main opportunity is a three-year PhD contract under the CIFRE programme. In this arrangement, the doctoral researcher is assigned to an organisation and divides their time between Cnaf and their research laboratory. The post is designed for a project with a strong applied dimension and a clear connection to family and social policy in France, including comparative work when it genuinely situates France in an international context.
Alongside the doctoral contract, Cnaf also awards up to six prizes for an academic article based on the applicant’s own research findings. The first prize includes publication in Cnaf’s journal, Revue des politiques sociales et familiales. These awards recognise original research written by the applicant and open to candidates working on related themes from a range of social science and policy disciplines.
This opening therefore combines a doctoral research opportunity with a publication-oriented prize scheme, all centred on the study of families, poverty, and social policy in the French context.
Funding details
Three-year CIFRE PhD contract with a gross monthly salary of approximately €1,250; up to six article prizes with a main prize of €1,500 and remaining prizes of €1,000 each.
What's required
For the PhD contract, applicants must hold a research-oriented Master’s degree 2 from a French higher education institution, obtained within the last three years, and be starting a PhD at a French higher education institution authorised to award doctoral degrees. The research topic must focus on family and social policy or social issues relating to families or poverty; if comparative international work is included, it must include a genuine comparison with France. Eligible PhD fields are Sociology, Anthropology/Ethnology, Political Science, Demography or Economics. For the article awards, applicants may also be in Law, Developmental or Social Psychology, Education, History or Geography. Applicants of all nationalities may apply if they meet the French qualification and institution requirements. All documents must be in French. For the awards, the submission must be based on a master’s thesis, current doctoral thesis, or recently defended doctoral thesis, and the applicant must be the sole author.
How to apply
Submit the application online via the form on caf.fr. If shortlisted for the PhD contract, attend the interview stage with the top three candidates before final approval of funding. You may apply for both the contract and the article prizes in the same year.
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