No separate funding application is required.
The application for admission to the EUI doctoral programme is automatically an application for a national scholarship. The funding authority requires candidates to submit a mandatory statement together with their EUI online application.
Mandatory Statement
The Estonian Funding Authority, Education and Youth Board, requires candidates to complete and sign this statement and motivation letter [download template]. A scanned PDF copy of the duly completed and signed statement must be attached to the EUI Online Application Form: Please use the CV field to upload the PDF document, as a separate file in addition to your CV.
Eligibility Criteria
The scholarship can be awarded to the citizens of Estonia, citizens of the European Union member states staying in Estonia with permanent residence and persons staying in Estonia with long-term residence permit, who have been accepted to the doctoral studies of the Institute within the framework of the quota allocated to Estonia
PhD Information Session and Q&A: Estonia
Video recording of the PhD Information Session and Q&A held on 22 November 2022
Grants and Allowances
Monthly grant: 1.080 €* under renewal
Travel allowance: 360 € per trip, maximum 2 trips per year
Family allowance: monthly child support for under-age children and child’s travel costs are remunerated (maximum 2 trips per year)
Insurance: no
The funding authority provides a monthly grant for the first three years of EUI Ph.D. Programme. The fourth year is covered by the EUI (2024 EUI fourth-year grant is 1,505 € per month, in addition to other allowances).
Funding Authority
Education and Youth Board
Department of Internationalisation
Ms. Carmen Raudsepp
Tõnismägi, 11 EE-Tallinn
10119 Estonia
Contacts
Education and Youth Board
Department of Internationalisation
Ms. Carmen Raudsepp
Tel: +372 6996 496
Email: [email protected]