The Fondation Le Corbusier announces a research grant of €15,000, aimed at funding new research on Le Corbusier's work.

Regulations
One of the fundamental missions of the Fondation, as defined in its statutes, is “to encourage research in the spirit defined by the written and constructed work of Le Corbusier”. To this end, the Fondation Le Corbusier offers an annual grant of up to €15,000.

The call for applications is aimed primarily at young researchers in the history of architecture, art or landscape, in heritage conservation and restoration, as well as architects, designers, artists and writers, French or foreign, wishing to deepen their knowledge of Le Corbusier’s work on the basis of the documentation held in the archives of the Fondation Le Corbusier.

Applicants must submit a research project demonstrating the originality of the proposed subject as well as its relevance to Corbusier studies (ten pages maximum). Each application must be accompanied by a CV, letters of recommendation from one or two university referees, and a work schedule indicating the months planned in the Archives and the Resource and Research Centre of the Fondation Le Corbusier and in other archive collections required for the research.

The Fondation Le Corbusier reserves the right to propose a general research theme which will form part of the subjects it intends to address in its next Annual Meetings, and in which the candidate must include the proposed project.

The jury responsible for examining the applications is made up of three members of the Board of Directors of the Fondation Le Corbusier, three academic or professional experts appointed by the Director of the Fondation Le Corbusier and the Head of the Foundation’s Resource and Research Centre.

A meeting is scheduled in March, during which the winner will discuss the progress of the research with the members of the Research Committee.

At the end of the research (within a maximum of 12 months after the award of the grant), the prize-winner will be required to submit a dissertation describing the work accomplished. It is also agreed that the winner will participate in a conference or workshop organised by the Fondation Le Corbusier. They will be given the opportunity to publish an article in the journal LC. Revue des recherches sur Le Corbusier.

Any subsequent presentation or publication of the results of the prize-winner’s work must mention the Fondation Le Corbusier competition.

The application must be sent as a digital file by 15 September 2025, to the following e-mail address: communicationfondationlecorbusier.fr