The agreement with the French Committee for the Evaluation of University Cooperation with Brazil - COFECUB, aimed at creating a joint scholarship program for young French doctors, in order to encourage the academic and scientific exchange between Brazil and France and to deepen their cooperation. It provided the opportunity to participate in a research project at a university or research institute in the State of São Paulo. On the other hand, students and alumni of the ENS Group who have a doctoral thesis project may request to do it, in whole or in part, within a PhD program at the State of São Paulo.