Applications are invited from U.S citizens to conduct research in the Nord – Pas de Calais region, in multidisciplinary projects preferably in the following areas: involving biology, health, physics, chemistry, math and computer science; advanced technologies of information and communication; cognitive science; ethics, industrial societies; and economic systems. Scholarship awardees are expected to reside in the region of the award and the grant is awarded for a period of 3 to 12 months.