Grants and tuition fees for Ph.D. candidates are covered by the national grant-awarding authority for Austria , Belgium , Cyprus , Denmark , Estonia , Finland , France , Germany , Greece , Ireland , Italy , Luxembourg , The Netherlands , Poland , Portugal , Slovenia , Spain , Sweden , United Kingdom .
Bulgaria, the Czech Republic, Hungary, Latvia(*), Lithuania, Malta, Romania (*) and Slovakia are EU Members States, but have not yet signed the EUI Convention. Consequently, there are currently no grants available for Ph.D. candidates from these countries.
Applicants from these countries can be admitted on condition they are able to secure an external sponsorship , or under the special EUI-Funded grant programme .
Successful candidates from these countries do not pay the €12,000 yearly tuition fee.
(*) It is expected that Latvia and Romania will become members of the EUI in 2012, and that there might be grants available for nationals of these two states from September 2012. As soon as any further news is available regarding such grants, it will be posted here.
Nationals of Norway and Switzerland and may be admitted to the EUI under the Association Agreements.
Grants and tuition fees for doctoral candidates are covered by the national grant-awarding authority.
The Italian Ministry of Foreign Affairs awards grants to candidates from: Croatia, Georgia and the CIS (Armenia, Azerbaijan, Belarus, Kazakhstan, Kyrgzystan, Moldova, Russian Federation, Tajikstan, Turkmenistan, Ukraine, and Uzbekistan).
Tuition fees are also covered by the Ministry.
The Spanish Ministry of Foreign Affairs awards grants to candidates from Latin American Countries: Honduras, Nicaragua, El Salvador, Guatemala, Haití, Republica Dominicana, Paraguay, Bolivia, Perú, Ecuador, Cuba, Colombia, Costa Rica, Brasil, México, Chile, Venezuela, Panamá, Argentina, Uruguay .
Tuition fees are also covered by the Ministry.
Applicants from other countries who do not fit in with any of the above-mentioned grant programmes may be admitted on condition they are able to secure an external sponsorship or under the special EUI-funded grant programme .