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iaelyon Graduate+ IEIS: the six winners of the 2025-2026 scholarships start the new academic year
Published on November 5, 2025 – Updated on November 5, 2025
iaelyon's Graduate+ International Entrepreneurship and Innovation for Society (IEIS) program welcomes four students who have been awarded Master's scholarships for excellence and two recipients of doctoral scholarships. This program of excellence is supervised by Marie-Christine Chalus and Romain Lesage.
A selective program dedicated to training through research in entrepreneurship and innovation with a societal impact.
Four Master's 2 scholarships of excellence
Open exclusively to foreign students who are new to iaelyon and residing outside France at the time of application, the excellence scholarships, worth 10,000 euros, allow recipients to follow the IEIS Honors Program alongside a research-oriented Master's 2.Two students join the M.A. Year 2 Management Studies & Research (ERM)
- Josie Pelamaro Velo (Madagascar)
- Salma Laabidi (Tunisia)
And two others are joining the M.Sc. Year 2 Sustainable Management for International Business (SMIB)
- Christian Nahano Balemba (RDC)
- Sarra Zhioua (Tunisia)
2 doctoral scholarships
The doctoral scolarships cover a three-year doctoral contract carried out at the Magellan @iaelyon Laboratory. his year, they were awarded to:- Aina Rasoamiaramanana (Madagascar), who is working on resource mobilization by impact entrepreneurs in constrained contexts. She is beginning her thesis under the supervision of Marie-Christine Chalus and Romain Lesage.
- Justine Durochat (France), who is working on the support provided by the entrepreneurial ecosystem to the mental health of social entrepreneurs. She is supervised by Marie-Christine Chalus and Didier Vinot.
Finally, Aroua Znazen (Tunisia) is continuing her second year of PhD thesis under the supervision of Marie-Christine Chalus.
iaelyon Graduate+ IEIS
The Graduate+ International Entrepreneurship and Innovation for Society is aimed at Master's and PhD students, as well as teachers, researchers, and academic or socio-economic partners. Its objectives are to:- Train through research: transform talented individuals into entrepreneurial researchers capable of producing innovations that benefit society.
- Funding excellence: offering Master's and PhD scholarships and a recognized academic label to support the best international students.
- Connect research and practice: combine immersion in innovation ecosystems, mentoring by professionals, and applied projects.
- Develop an international network: promote mobility, academic partnerships, and scientific co-publication.
- Be a European center of excellence in research-based training in entrepreneurship and societal innovation.
Last updated: November 5, 2025
