Faculty Exchange Programme

Faculty Exchange 2026

Researchers are invited to spend up to four weeks collaborating with a partner in a department/research unit in the other institution.

The scheme is open to one faculty member per institution per year.

Funding and Resources

The scheme provides up to £3,000 (or equivalent in Euros) for visits of up to four weeks. It is intended to contribute to costs such as accommodation, travel, subsistence, and bench fees where applicable.


Funding will be adjusted pro rata for visits that are shorter than four weeks in total, though the expectation is that visits are four weeks. Visits may be non-continuous (split over two or three periods). Visit dates should be included within the application with a note of approval from the home and host departments or centres.


CamPo researchers will have access to all the institutional support provided at Sciences Po or in Cambridge during their visit.
All expenditure must be processed by 1 December 2026.

Eligibility

Cambridge applicants


Applications are invited from researchers active in the arts, humanities and social sciences who hold a contract of employment with either the University or the Colleges (i.e. CTO, JRF and postdocs are eligible, but not visiting or affiliated researchers). Emeritus staff are not eligible to apply.


Awards may only be held via a faculty or department. Staff applying from a college or other independent institution will be asked to indicate in their application which faculty or department they are affiliated to.


Sciences Po applicants


Applications are invited from the permanent faculty staff of Sciences Po, i.e. researchers from the CNRS or the FNSP, university professors and readers, and FNSP assistant, associate or full professors for all supported activities. Postdocs are also eligible. Emeritus staff are not eligible to apply.

Selection process and criteria

Applicants should provide the following documentation of up to two A4 pages:

  1. Project description including the intellectual rationale, objectives, plan of activities;
  2. Budget with itemised costs (using the template provided);
  3. Their CV;
  4. A short letter confirming that their academic visit will be hosted by the relevant department.

Proposals may be submitted via this online application.

Reporting

As a condition of the award, each awardee will be asked to provide a statement of expenditure and a brief report on the outcomes of the project and the extent to which the specific aims/outputs have been achieved. The CamPo scheme should be credited in any outputs facilitated by this award.

A report template will be provided with the award letter.

Reports are due within thirty days of the end-date proposed in the original application.

For general enquiries about the programme, please contact: Campo@admin.cam.ac.uk.