Know-How Transmission Award
The Savoir-faire en transmission awards enable young adults or adults undergoing retraining to perfect their craft training during a full-time, one-year internship in an artisan's workshop.
Awarded annually by the City of Paris, the prizes are worth €12,000 each.
Presentation of the scheme
Nicolas Brulez
Felix Marye
Aimed at graduate and undergraduate students, as well as adults undergoing retraining, the Savoir-faire en transmission awards offer significant professional experience with concrete projects, the chance to perfect a skill and observe the day-to-day running of a company.
Each candidate must first make arrangements with an experienced craftsman or craftswoman, whose workshop is located in Paris or one of the other departments of the Ile-de-France region, where they can gain a better understanding of the specificities of the trade for which they are destined, and of the realities of company life. In the case of rare professions, the host company may be located outside the Paris region. The 12-month internships start in January or April, depending on the winner's choice.
For the 2024 edition, 22 prizes were awarded by the City of Paris and its sponsors: the Rémy Cointreau Foundation, the Michelle and Antoine Riboud Foundation, 19M and L'Alliance pour le Lin et le Chanvre Européens via the Fonds de dotation pour les Ateliers de Paris.
Call for applications
The next call for applications will open on May 4, 2026.
NB: Please note that your application is considered to have been submitted as soon as you receive a receipt by e-mail.
If you do not receive a receipt, we strongly advise you to start the procedure again.
You can also find out more about our activities and ask any questions you may have at the Bureau's breakfast meetings held on the second Tuesday of each month at 9:30 am.
Conditions of participation
The art trades from which candidates can apply come under the list of art trades, set by the ministerial decree of December 24, 2015. This list comprises 198 trades and 83 specialties divided into 16 fields.
Winners are selected primarily on the coherence of their career path, their motivation and the quality of their professional project, with no specific age or diploma requirements.
Applications are examined jointly by the Bureau du Design, de la Mode et des Métiers d'Art, the Institut pour les Savoir-Faire Français, the Chambre de Métiers et de l'Artisanat Ile-de-France Paris and the sponsors.
File creation
Each applicant must attach the following documents in PDF format:
- A document to be completed explaining the reasons for applying, the candidate's background and career plans. Download here
- A CV, including details of initial training and professional experience;
- A letter from the craftsman accepting the internship, along with a few details about his company (business description, clientele, number of employees, sales, awards, etc.).
- A presentation of the internship project, outlining how the intern will work with the craftsman during the year in question. This document (two to three pages maximum) should set out the detailed program for each period or quarter of technical and cross-disciplinary teaching (techniques taught, knowledge of the company, how it operates, etc.).
- A presentation of the candidate's personal achievements, with photos if possible (10 pages maximum).
Need more information?
Contacts:
Margaret Babara-Touré
margaret.babara-toure@paris.fr
01 71 18 75 73
Pierre Sliosberg
pierre.sliosberg@paris.fr
01 71 18 75 48
Reports from the winners' workshops
Patrons
The City of Paris
The City of Paris awards 7 prizes which must take place on Parisian territory.
The Rémy Cointreau Foundation
The Rémy Cointreau Foundation, whose mission is to promote and support the transmission of excellent know-how, has joined forces with the City of Paris to create three prizes.
Drawing on its heritage and its roots in the New Aquitaine region, the Foundation offers Parisian candidates the opportunity to perfect their skills in the workshop of a New Aquitaine craftsman, or conversely for candidates from New Aquitaine to perfect their skills with a Parisian craftsman.
The Michelle and Antoine Riboud Foundation
Since 2020, the Michelle and Antoine Riboud Foundation, which promotes the start-up of young entrepreneurs, has partnered with the City of Paris to create eight prizes.
The 19M
Since 2021, the 19M, whose vocation is to host the Chanel group's know-how, has joined the City of Paris in the creation of two prizes.
Signature Foundation
In 2025, the Signature Foundation supports the creation of a prize.
The alliance of European flax and hemp
The European Flax and Hemp Alliance is the only agro-industrial organization for flax and hemp. It has supported the Prix Savoir-faire en transmission since 2022.
