PERIDOT is the Hubert Curien partnership set up between France and Pakistan. In France it is developed by the Ministries of Europe and Foreign Affairs (MEAE) and Higher Education, Research and Innovation (MESRI) and in Pakistan by the Higher Education Commission (HEC).
Application Timeline
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Activity
Date
Date of the Application Call
23 June 2025
Closing Date for Project Submission
23 September 2025
Dissemination of Results
End of February 2026
Start of Projects
March 2026
Application and Eligibility
Information on the call and application :
French Researchers on the Campus France website https://www.campusfrance.org/fr/peridot
Pakistani Researchers on the HEC website https://www.hec.gov.pk/.../fac.../peridot/pages/default.aspx
The CVs of all the Pakistani project leaders and project participants must be attached to the application form and sent to Campus France and to HEC.
ATTENTION - Only applications submitted to both by the French team to Campus France and the Pakistani team to HEC will be eligible.
Project leaders are invited to submit their applications in advance in order to avoid technical hazards that could compromise their application within the set deadlines.
The application form must be written in English.
Priority Areas
The objective of this program is to develop research exchanges of excellence between French and Pakistani teams.
Mentioned below three (3) priority areas have been identified for the 12th call of applications:
- Health sciences
- Sustainbable energy, agriculture and food security
- Economics of Climate Change
Project Evaluation Criteria
- Scientific quality of the project and teams.
- Active participation of young researchers, in particular doctoral or post-doctoral fellows.
- Interest of cooperation and complementarity of French and foreign teams.
- Prospects for structuring or enhancing the project. Network projects with a European dimension will be considered as priorities. Researchers thus have the opportunity to submit an application under another PHC, on the same research theme.
- Reciprocity (missions both France-> Pakistan and Pakistan-> France)
Modalities of Procedure
The duration of projects is a maximum of three years and funding is granted on annual basis.
It covers only the cost of mobility between the two countries of the researchers involved in the programme.
Any other funding necessary for the implementation of joint projects must be provided by the partner laboratories' own resources or by other sources.
Expenses Eligibility
Campus France covers the payment of the living allowances and the travel of the researchers of the French team to Pakistan.
HEC-Pakistan covers the payment of the living allowances and travel of the researchers of the Pakistani team to France.
ATTENTION:
- It can take a long time to arrange and obtain France Visa in Pakistan so it is advisable to start applying for visas at the Embassy of France in Pakistan at least 2 months before the planned mobility.
- Pakistani researchers going to France must attach to their visa application (in addition to the other administrative documents requested) the hosting agreement (https://www.service-public.fr/particuliers/vosdroits/R58896), the project selection notifications (from Campus France and the Pakistani HEC) and a summary of the scientific project.
- https://pk.ambafrance.org/Applying-for-a-French-visa-in-Pakistan
Contacts for the program
For the French part
Sabine Vermillard
Attachée de coopération scientifique et universitaire
Ambassade de France au Pakistan
Diplomatic Enclave G-5
Islamabad - PAKISTAN
Email : cooperation.islamabad-amba@diplomatie.gouv.fr
Campus France
Gestion PHC
28 rue de la Grange-aux-Belles
75010 Paris
Email : extranet@campusfrance.org
For the Pakistani side
Mme Uzma NAZ
R&D Division
Higher Education Commission
Sector H-9 - Islamabad
HEC main building
Tél. : +92-51-904019323
Email : unaz@hec.gov.pk