Financial support
On this page you can find out more about the financing arrangements offered by LUMOMAT.
Master's students
The excellence grant includes two payments of €3,000 paid in two instalments:
- 1500€ during the Master's degree 1st year
- 1500€ during the Master's degree 2nd year
Terms and conditions :
- Academic results
- Résumé
- Cover letter
Application files : Download
Dossier à envoyer à Virginie JOINNIN HROUCH : eur-lumomat@univ-angers.fr
Mobility aid of up to €2,000 for an internship abroad. Mobility assistance is now available for M1 and M2.
Terms and conditions :
- Mobility for an internship abroad
- Writing the request in English
Application files : Download
File to send to Virginie JOINNIN HROUCH : eur-lumomat@univ-angers.fr
The LUMOMAT Master’s program offers a financial support scheme for incoming international students admitted to the first or second year (M1 or M2) of the program à Angers, Nantes or Rennes.
This initiative aims to encourage applications from students holding a Bachelor’s (L3) or first-year Master’s (M1) degree obtained from a university outside of France, by awarding a one-time grant of €2,000. The grant is paid after the student’s arrival and official enrolment in the institution.
Terms and conditions :
- Applications are assessed based on the Master’s admission file, including the academic background, motivation letter, and alignment of the applicant’s profile with the program’s objectives
- This support cannot be combined with other mobility funding schemes, such as Erasmus+ or dual degree programs.
- Writing the request in English
Application files : Download
File to send to l’équipe Lumomat : eur-lumomat@univ-angers.fr
PhD students
This label allows doctoral students to benefit from the financial supports offer by LUMOMAT.
Terms and conditions :
- The thesis must fall into one of the 3 major LUMOMAT themes: Energy, Environmental health or Data storage and transport
- The thesis director must present a part of his referenced activity as belonging to the LUMOMAT project
Commitments to respect:
- Use of the LUMOMAT and ANR logos in all communications to the general public
- Use of the following sentence in scientific publications: “This work received financial support from the State through the EUR LUMOMAT project and the Investissements d’Avenir program ANR-18-EURE-0012”
The attractiveness scholarship is a merit-based award granted to PhD candidates starting their first year of doctoral studies. It can be combined with all other sources of funding offered by the EUR Lumomat.
Scholarship amount : 2500€
Terms and conditions :
- Very good academic results (grades M1 and M2)
- Résumé
- Cover letter
- Certified LUMOMAT label
The Doctoral Distinction Scholarship is a merit-based award granted to PhD candidates starting their third year of doctoral studies. It can be combined with all other sources of funding offered by the EUR Lumomat.
Scholarship amount : 3500€
Terms and conditions :
- Very good academic results (grades M1 and M2)
- Scientific dossier including the PhD project, publications, oral presentations, participation in conferences, preliminary scientific results, involvement in science outreach activities, etc.
- Résumé
- Cover letter
- Certified LUMOMAT label
A PhD student affiliated with LUMOMAT may submit several applications for mobility grant funding. The maximum funding envelope approved by the Steering Committee amounts to €4,000 for all mobilities granted to a single doctoral candidate: at least one mobility must take place outside France, and the amount per mobility may not exceed €2,500.
Terms and conditions :
- PhD student certifed LUMOMAT label.
- Mobility project as part of a scientific dynamic in connection with LUMOMAT
- Mobility project that can be financed by another funder but on different expenditure items: Sworn statement available for download here.
Expenses covered by this financial support:
- Accommodation, travel, catering, other (congress registrations, etc.).
Financial support for theses under joint supervision up to a maximum of €3,500.
Terms and conditions :
- PhD student certifed LUMOMAT label.
Expenses covered by this financial support:
- Accommodation, travel and catering.
Permanent
Financial support for congresses:
- Congress organised in the Pays de la Loire or Bretagne regions: maximum €1,000: €500 grant + €500 for prize-giving (e.g. chemistry books) or any invoice relating to communication (e.g. printing of flyers or purchase of goodies).
- Congress organised outside the Pays de la Loire and Bretagne regions: a maximum of €500 for prize-giving (e.g. chemistry books) or any other communication-related invoice (e.g. printing of flyers or purchase of goodies).
Terms and conditions :
- Congress on LUMOMAT themes.
- Congress organized by LUMOMAT actors.
Commitments to respect:
- Use of the LUMOMAT and ANR logos as congress sponsors on all communication media.
- Use of the EUR LUMOMAT project presentation summary: The LUMOMAT project, accredited as a Graduated School since 2020, is led by the University of Angers and includes the University of Rennes, Nantes University, the École Nationale Supérieure de Chimie de Rennes and the Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique. In addition to financial support from the Agence Nationale de la Recherche, local authorities (the Pays de la Loire and Bretagne Regional Councils, Angers Loire Métropole and Rennes Métropole) are key financial partners. EUR LUMOMAT involves researchers from 4 CNRS-accredited laboratories in western France: MOLTECH-Anjou (Angers), CEISAM (Nantes), IMN (Nantes) and ISCR (Rennes). In total, more than 280 researchers are involved in the Grand Ouest region. Three major areas of application for organic materials are the focus of this large-scale project, which also offers training via a CMI and a master's degree in chemistry: - Energy, including organic and hybrid (perovskite) solar cells, artificial photosynthesis and light-emitting diodes; - Health and the environment, with specific sensors and molecular probes; - Information storage, nanostructured systems and imaging.
- The support of EUR LUMOMAT and ANR must be mentioned during the award ceremony.
The LUMOMAT Graduate School (EUR) is launching its 2026‑2 call for projects aimed at funding postdoctoral contracts.
Below, you will find the project document as well as the application form available for download.
Application files must be sent to the project manager, Virginie Joinnin‑Hrouch, at the following email: eur-lumomat@univ-angers.fr.
Application deadline: Friday April 3, 2026 at 12:00 pm
AAP EUR LUMOMAT 2026-2 : Download
AAP EUR LUMOMAT 2024 application file: Download
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