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SANS FORTUNE, SANS FRONTIÈRES

Your current means will not choose your destination.

After secondary school, before a PhD or after the thesis, those who leave with funding are not necessarily richer or more brilliant. They have the strategy for their stage. Choose yours.

Choose my book

Three French-language books available now in PDF + EPUB. Each volume stands alone.

01

Your level was never the real problem

The internet tells you to adapt your CV, find scholarships or contact professors. Then it leaves you alone when the decisive questions begin: what to target, which evidence to show, whom to contact and in what order to act. Each volume closes that gap for one stage.

Choose the stage that matches your current decision

VOLUME 1 | AFTER SECONDARY SCHOOL

Après le bac, cap sur le monde

Choosing a path, finding funding and preparing a first move abroad

4,900 CFA francs

You have graduated and keep hearing that your family cannot afford it. This book replaces that sentence with a plan: a chosen path, the real cost of one year, what each funding route covers and a calendar your family can approve.

What changes for you

  • Identify routes available now and those that need twelve months of preparation.
  • Separate admission, funding and visa decisions.
  • Build a credible first application even without prior experience.
  • Know what to do with an admission, waiting list or rejection.

The method in action: The Grace case studies show the move from a scattered search to structured choices and a prepared application.

For whom
Final-year pupils, new graduates, early undergraduates and parents.
In practice
Diagnosis, route matrix, annual budget, tracker and Grace case studies.

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Après le bac, cap sur le monde

VOLUME 2 | MASTER'S OR PHD

Financez votre Master ou votre doctorat

Targeting the right programmes, building strong evidence and managing several applications

5,900 CFA francs

You have applied before and know the silence that follows. This book replaces application lottery with a campaign: chosen targets, adapted evidence and management through to the decision.

What changes for you

  • Build a tiered portfolio of ten to fifteen targets.
  • Turn your experience into evidence understood in three minutes.
  • Write to supervisors as a proposal rather than a request.
  • Equip referees and control every deadline.

The method in action: The Aïssatou case studies show targeting, evidence transformation and a message designed to obtain a decision.

For whom
Bachelor's and Master's students, graduates and PhD applicants.
In practice
Funding map, eligibility grid, evidence bank, templates and Aïssatou case studies.

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Financez votre Master ou votre doctorat

VOLUME 3 | AFTER THE PHD

Chercheur sans frontières

Winning a postdoc, funding projects and building an international research career

12,500 CFA francs

You completed the difficult part: the thesis and publications. This book helps you move from a candidate who applies to a researcher who positions a contribution in the real research market.

What changes for you

  • Choose a direction: postdoc, fellowship, position or funding from your institution.
  • Map teams and funders, then read a potential host before writing.
  • Make your scientific contribution immediately legible.
  • Build a concept note that opens conversations and negotiate an offer.

The method in action: The Mireille case studies show how to build a team pipeline, prepare an approach and compare several offers.

For whom
Late-stage PhD candidates, PhD holders, postdocs and researchers.
In practice
Status map, team tracker, concept note, negotiation and Mireille case studies.

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Chercheur sans frontières

02

Why these books work where advice stops

Every concept combines four layers so that nothing remains theoretical. You do not finish with inspiration. You finish with documents.

  1. 01

    Understand the logic

    Identify what actually influences the decision.

  2. 02

    Observe a case study

    See the method applied in a concrete context.

  3. 03

    Complete the workshop

    Apply the reasoning to your own situation.

  4. 04

    Keep the tool

    Turn the result into a matrix, tracker, template or checklist.

03

Why now

Academic calendars do not negotiate: undergraduate admissions and scholarships often run from October to January, graduate targeting from September to December, and fellowships follow fixed calls. Delaying one month can cost a year.

04

A method built from a lived international trajectory

Dr Konoutan Médard Kafoutchoni is a quantitative genetics researcher, author or co-author of more than 25 scientific publications, including a Nature Communications paper, and founder of Unlock It Now. He has personally secured more than 20 scholarships, fellowships and international opportunities, starting without wealth or an established network.

Frequently asked questions

Must I buy all three books?

No. Each book stands alone. Choose the one that matches the decision you need to make now.

Are these books only general advice?

No. Each volume combines explanations, case studies, workshops and practical tools.

Are the books available?

Yes. All three French-language digital books are finalized and available in PDF and EPUB.

Will the opportunities mentioned expire?

The method remains valid from cycle to cycle. Updated opportunities are available through the QR code included in each book.

SANS FORTUNE, SANS FRONTIÈRES

One year from now, you will be one year from today.

The question is what that year will have produced: another cycle spent watching others leave, or a campaign run with method.

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