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Fundraising Campaign

The Results

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    Allocations



    Allocations of donations to projects are proposed by the École Polytechnique Steering Committee to the Board of Directors of the three legal structures running the Campaign. The Boards make their decisions every half-year according to progress with projects. In 2008 and for the first half-year 2009, the Board of Directors of the Foundation approved a total of 347 k€, the Board of the British trust a total of 460 k€ and the Board of the American "Friends of" a total of 418 k€.

    Action taken in 2008 as a result of the Campaign:

    Theme 1 - Research
    • Attractiveness Fund: recruitment of Luca Perfetti, professor of physics.
    • Strengthening of the I.T. laboratory research team with post-doctoral students.
    • Creation of an Innovation Prize to encourage researchers at the École to develop their research into industrial applications. The first prize-winners are Samir Zard (chemistry), winner of the Patent category, and Albert Meige (Physics), winner of the Start-up category.
    • Support for the maturation of patents, also out of a concern to develop research (3 projects supported in 2008).

    Theme 2 - Graduate School
    • Masters: Allocation of 3 excellence scholarships (10,000 €) and 5 Social Fund grants (6,000 € a year) to 8 students from the following countries: Algeria, Bolivia, France, Senegal, Portugal, Rumania and Taiwan.
    • Doctorates: Allocation of 3 doctoral student excellence scholarships for theses in the following disciplines: micro and nanotechnology; molecular chemistry; fusion.
    • Establishment of a fund to support the international mobility of doctoral students.

    Theme 3 - International
    • Creation of 2 excellence scholarships to attract brilliant foreign students to the Polytechnique course. These scholarships were not allocated in 2008 and were carried forward into 2009.
    • Allocation of 17 excellence scholarships to brilliant foreign students (from undergraduate level to Master's and Doctorate level) spending a few months of the summer and autumn 2008 in the École's research laboratories.
    • Annual Fund support of 800,000 € for international Voie 2 students. This support allows them to receive a grant for their living expenses in the same way as French students.
    • Annual Fund support of 200,000 € to help French students who wish to spend their 4th year abroad.

    Theme 4 - Equal Opportunities
    • Allocation of 13 grants to students from social openness programs who are entering higher scientific education courses.