Research Grants

 How to apply for a grant

Every year the Fondation Napoléon encourages the study of the First and Second Empires by awarding six research grants to six French or non-French students in the first year of their PhD (or MPhil intending to go on to PhD) on a First or Second Empire subject.

Each research grant is worth 7,500 Euros.

The grants are awarded by the jury of the Fondation Napoléon Grands Prix and Research Grants.

To compete, please fill in the following form, sending with it a 2-3 page description of your research project, proof of status, and a letter of recommendation from your director of studies. Dossiers should reach the Fondation by 30 September of the year in question.

Send a completed dossier to :
Fondation Napoléon
148, bld Haussmann
75008 Paris

For further information on the Research Grants :
Thierry Lentz, director of the Fondation Napoléon, email: lentz(at)napoleon(dot)org

Download the dossier (in French)

 Winners of the Fondation NapolÉon Research Grants

The FIRST EMPIRE Research Grants 2009 support research in the following areas:

•  Elites et notabilités dans les départements méditerranéens sous le Consulat et l'Empire, by Adeline Beaurepaire-Hernandez
•  Le régiment impérial « Alexandre ». Les Espagnols dans l'armée de Napoléon Ier, by Margarita Cifuentes-Cuencas
•  Fibre d'Empire. Culture du coton à l'époque napoléonienne, by Joseph Horan
•  D'un bicentenaire à l'autre : les images de Napoléon Bonaparte 1969-2009, by Emile Kern

The SECOND EMPIRE Research Grants 2009 support research in the following areas :

•  Les Parisiens et la politique sous Louis Napoléon Bonaparte (1850-1870): des barricades aux urnes, by Vincent Huet
•  Les appartements des chasses au château de Fontainebleau, étude architecturale mobilière et décorative, by Nicolas Personne

One Research Grant covering the FIRST AND SECOND EMPIRES - 2009 support research in the following areas:

•  Le patrimoine napoléonien à Ajaccio (1800-1969), by Charles Renucci

AWARD CEREMONY

The Fondation Napoléon 2009 History Prizes and Research Grants will be awarded on Tuesday 8 December, 2009, at a ceremony in the presence of HIH the Princess Napoléon.

Champagne Napoléon is a partner in the event. Champagne Napoléon, a trademark registered by the Prieur family en 1907, is made by the Maison Ch. & A. Prieur founded in Vertus in 1825. For a history of this family company, click here.

 Previous winners

To view previous research projects supported, click here