STEP - Science and Technology in the European Periphery

THE EDF FOUNDATION

HISTORY OF ELECTRICITY
GRANTS FOR 2011 / 2012
APPLICATION FORM

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 31st of October, 2011

Fondation EDF Diversiterre
Histoire
9, avenue Percier
75008 Paris
France
E-mail: comite.histoire.electricite@gmail.com
For any further information, please contact us by email or by phone :
+33 1 40 42 79 29