Situation of the beneficiary

You may be eligible for a Talent Award if you are preparing one or more Category A or B Public Service competitions and you are:

• Student, notably enrolled in a general administration preparation institute (Ipag), an administration preparation center (Cpag)

• Student enrolled in distance education in an organization offering courses in preparation for administrative competitions of category A or B. These may be public or private competition preparation bodies.
• Private employee or public official on full-time fixed-term contracts of up to 1 year, on fixed-term contracts or part-time fixed-term contracts, or in retraining and without a job, whether or not registered with France Travail (formerly Pôle emploi). You must be registered with a public or private competition preparation organization.

Conditions of nationality

You must be a national of a member country of the European Union, of the European Economic Area or of Swiss nationality to be entitled to the scholarship.

Diploma condition

You must be in one of the following situations:

• Have a diploma that allows you to enter a public service competition of category A (minimum Bac + 3) or B (minimum Bac)
• Waiting for the results of your exams when submitting the scholarship application

Conditions of merit and motivation

Grants are awarded on the basis of the results of previous studies.

Your motivation to join the public service is also taken into account. It is assessed in your CV and cover letter.

Resource Condition

Your resources must not exceed certain limits. These ceilings differ according to of load points, determined according to the family responsibilities and the distance between your home and the place of study.

The tax home of reference is your parents', except in the following cases:

• You are married, have passed away or live in a common-law relationship and you have a joint tax return with your spouse separate from your parents
• You have one or more dependent children and no longer appear on your parents' tax return

For 2024-25, the revenues taken into account are those received in 2022. Such income shall be included in the line "total gross income" or "total gross deficit" of the notice of taxation or non-taxation 2023.

For 2024-2025, the funding limit for a candidate with 0 load point is €35,086.

Requests must be made via an online procedure. No paper files can be accepted.

Prepara Talents scholarship application

For the 2024-2025 year, the scholarship must be applied for between June 17 and the 20th september 2024.

The scholarships are awarded by the prefects. Each region awards a limited number of grants per year.

You will receive a response to your request before the end of November. This response is sent to you by registered letter with notice of receipt or via the messaging of the platform where you made your request.

The amount of the grant is €2,000.

It is paid in 2 installments:

• €1000 between the start of the school year and the end of november
• €1000 between March and May

The grant is awarded for a maximum duration of 1 year.

Exceptionally, it may be renewed once, under conditions, in particular depending on the results obtained in the competition prepared.

Each payment depends on your attendance at tutoring preparations and exercises.

The stock exchange may be combined with the scholarships based on social criteria of higher education.

The obligations differ depending on whether you are preparing competitions via remote preparation or not.