Foundation scholarships
Helping ENS achieve its ambitions for socio-economic diversity
After the creation of the university track in 2015, each year ENS recruits students of all disciplines, humanities and scientific studies, from university or classe préparatoire aux grandes écoles. These students are chosen by departments of the school based on their academic background and their motivations in research formation. By joining ENS, they can deepen their knowledge in their domain and be exposed to other disciplines that prepare them for the ENS graduate degree. The number of openings, approximately 150 per year across all disciplines, for each entry and each year by the board of directors.
Amongst the students that are enrolled in the ENS graduate program, ¼ of students receive a scholarship through ENS Foundation.
Each year, ENS has the goal of assisting national scholarship holders (CROUS) with a supplemental scholarship (benefiting approximately more than 100 students).
Objectives/Goals:
The program of supplemental scholarships from ENS Foundation is outlined in ENS’s Plan for Socioeconomic Diversity that ENS put in place in July 2021. From now until 2025, with the assistance of all actors and partners of ENS and thanks to the help of our donors, ENS aspires to meet 50% of scholarship holders needs per year (in comparison to 30% today). Through this program, it works towards reinforcing an open-door policy of ENS. Thanks to these scholarships, a wider range of student profiles, including a greater number of female applicants, are at ENS.
The objective is to double the annual number of scholarships, which varies from €1032- €5679 per student per year, depending on the level of the scholarship. The funding for this program is €300,00 per year, thanks to multi-year commitments to build up a fund that will make this scholarship aid sustainable for all students involved.
Your Donations go towards:
€300,000 per year works to provide a base of funds to sustain scholarship holders and double the amount available to students each year:
10 donations of €100 allow you to support a student scholarship for one year
In the Plan for Socioeconomic Diversity at ENS (2021-2025):
- €150,000 per year allows for the finalization of 3 communication campaigns per year for high school and university students
- €90,000 per year allow for a team to identify high-achieving students and mobilize the normaliens community to support them (through mentoring and tutoring)
