General information on the 2024/2025 scholarship campaign [fr]
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Means-tested scholarships are available to help families fund their children’s tuition. French schoolchildren aged 3 or more enrolled on the Register of French Nationals Living Abroad and attending a School which is part of the French educational network abroad are entitled to this financial assistance.
Principles
The scholarships are directly allocated to the school and cover all or a part of the annual fee, the first time registration fee, the school canteen or transportation fees and exam fees.
Award criteria
The award criteria and method for calculating scholarships are set by the AEFE (Agency for French Education Abroad).
Download the AEFE information brochure (in french) for more details on the award criteria and ways of proceeding:
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A child of French nationality, registered in the registry of French people living outside France, must reside in the consular jurisdiction (NY, NJ and CT) with one or both parent(s) and attend in a French establishment. Children attending a kindergarten must be at least 3 years old in the calendar year being considered to be eligible.
Download the application form and the list of supporting documents :
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Calendar
The scholarship campaign begins in January each year. It applies to all children to be enrolled at the start of the September school year of the current calendar year. The duly completed files accompanied by all supporting documents must be submitted by appointment to the consulate.
The consular scholarship council usually meets for the first time in the Spring. It issues an opinion and makes proposals, which are submitted to the "commission Nationale des Bourses" (National Scholarship Committee), which meets in Paris in June and makes a decision. The families are then notified individually of the decision taken by this committee.
Make an appointment now with the social service department to submit your application for scholarships for the year 2024/2025. Applications slots are available from January 2nd until February 16th, 2024.
The consular scholarship council meets a second time in early November. It only considers the requests of families that came to settle in the New York district after the deadline for submitting files for the first meeting had passed or that had already settled in the district but whose financial situation has changed significantly since the closing of the first scholarship campaign, or again, that are requesting a review of the decision that was taken at the end of the first scholarship campaign.
The National Scholarship Commission meets in December. Families are notified at the end of December.
Following the National Commission in December, an appeal can be lodged with the consulate. For the 2023/2024 school year, requests for appeal the Commission’s decision can be filed until February 2024, duly completed and accompanied by all supporting documents, by contacting the social service of the consulate. The Agency for French Education Abroad (AEFE) will then investigate the appeal.
In all cases, applications for school grants must be renewed each year for each child that is concerned.
For more information on scholarships, visit our frequently asked questions.
Social Department - (+1) 212-606-3600 - social.new-york-cslt@diplomatie.gouv.fr