Jiyuu Hugo Sarrade Scholarship: Applications open from November 21, 2019 to February 25, 2020
Opening of applications
Presentation of the Jiyuu - Hugo Sarrade Scholarship
"Jiyuu" means "Freedom" in Japanese. This scholarship was created in January 2016 at the initiative of Stéphane Sarrade in memory of his son Hugo, the 23-year-old victim of the attacks that struck France on November 13, 2015. Worth 5,000 euros, the scholarship will support a student wishing to undertake a minimum 3-month internship in Japan, with the aim of enriching his/her scientific training.
The Jiyuu - Hugo Sarrade Scholarship is open to students:
- from the Montpellier Faculty of Science enrolled in the third year of a Bachelor's or Master's degree in any field of science,
- OR from the Polytech Montpellier engineering school.
Beneficiary selection process
Students must send their completed application by February 25, 2020 to the following e-mail address: fds.boursejiyuu@umontpellier.fr
The application must include:
=> a cover letter explaining:
- why this internship
- why Japan
- how this internship fits in with the student's training
- the student's career plans.
This letter will be decisive in selecting the winner of the Jiyuu - Hugo Sarrade Scholarship.
=> a letter of recommendation from a teacher - optional and recommended -.
Please note: incomplete or incorrectly completed applications will not be processed.
Candidates will be selected in mid-March 2020 by a jury made up of:
- Stéphane Sarrade, Hugo's father, himself an alumnus of Polytech Montpellier and the Faculty of Sciences
- The Director of the Faculty of Sciences
- The Director of Polytech Montpellier
- The Vice-President of the University of Montpellier, in charge of training and university life
- A representative of Fondation ParisTech.
Towards the end of March 2020, candidates will be informed of the jury's conclusions:
- the student whose application has been accepted, subject to providing proof of his/her internship in Japan;
- those whose application has not been accepted.
Portrait of Hugo Sarrade :
Hugo Sarrade was a Master's student in Computer Science at the Montpellier Faculty of Science, and was destined to do research in the field of artificial intelligence. He was particularly fond of Japan, a country he knew well and where he planned to write his thesis. Hugo Sarrade was fascinated by this country, which favors the natural coexistence of technological and cultural spheres, with respect for others and the community. Hugo Sarrade believed that innovation is born of confrontation with other knowledge and different technological approaches.