Programme Start Date
01/09/2025
Methodology
Residential
Location
Badia Fiesolana
Applications are closed, stay tuned for updates.
Candidates are reviewed by the Director and the faculty of the relevant academic unit (the departments, Robert Schuman Centre for Advanced Studies or Florence School of Transnational Governance) and selected by the Max Weber Programme Steering Committee based on the following criteria:
Additional consideration is given to country of origin and of doctoral studies, gender and the candidate’s background. Members of underrepresented and disadvantaged groups are strongly encouraged to apply.
Note: To ensure fairness in the selection process, EUI faculty do not offer individual guidance on proposals. Applicants should consult the webpages of the EUIs academic units on the profiles of potential mentors.
Selection Procedure
Applications are reviewed by the academic units (the four departments, Robert Schuman Centre for Advanced Studies or Florence School of Transnational Governance) and the prospective mentors named by the candidate. We take mentoring very seriously and a fit between the candidate and mentor is among the selection criteria. Only one Fellow is typically assigned to each mentor. Please consult closely the faculty pages of the academic unit that you want to be affiliated with. Note that EUI faculty change regularly meaning that candidates who are not selected in one year may very well be successful the following year.
Academic units may choose to interview some candidates online.
Once the academic units have produced their ranking of the candidates, these rankings are discussed with the Director and, finally, the MWP Steering Committee, which agrees upon the selected candidates and the reserve list. Diversity in terms of gender and background, as well as synergies between the academic units, are considered in the selection process.
Approximately 4-5% of the applicants are offered a Fellowship and another 5-10% are typically placed on the reserve list.
Decisions will be made by mid-December and the recruitment process is typically concluded by the end of January.