The Research Center HiSoMA, History and Sources of the Ancient Worlds (UMR 5189) is one of the research centers federated within the Maison de l'Orient et de la Méditerranée-Jean Pouilloux (MOM). Its activity focuses on the study of ancient worlds, covering a wide geographical area (from Gaul to the Indian subcontinent, via Egypt and the Levant) as well as a large chronology (from the Old Pharaonic Empire to the Late Antiquity, even to the High Middle Ages) and encompassing all disciplines of Classics (archaeology, history, literature, linguistics, philology, patristics, epigraphy, numismatics, iconography). The center gathers close to 80 full time researchers, as many doctoral students, and about 90 associate researchers, all supported by administrative and technical staff. 

With its dynamic scientific activity, its precious library and its strong anchoring in Lyon, one of Europe's major cities, HiSoMA offers a stimulating environment for scholars in Classics. The center wishes to make these resources available to junior international researchers by creating the HiSoMA grant. 

Created in 2019, the HiSoMA grant is open to international doctoral and post-doctoral students (up to 5 years after PhD), who have never been attached to a French institution nor have any present affiliation or link to a French institution or university. A mandatory condition to apply is to propose a research project in line with HiSoMA's programs.

The HiSoMA Fellowship is intended to finance a one‐month research stay in Lyon for the elected student. The stay is fixed in March of each year.