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EUI Special Doctoral Fellowships

In order to ensure equity and inclusiveness within its PhD Programme and community, the EUI earmarks special scholarships for candidates who are from the countries listed below and who are not eligible for any other funding programme.

  • the Adam Smith doctoral fellowship in Economics
  • the Jacob Burckhardt doctoral fellowship in History and Civilization
  • the Hans Kelsen doctoral fellowship in Law
  • the Hannah Arendt doctoral fellowship in Political and Social Sciences

Eligibility Criteria

Candidates may apply for the EUI Special Doctoral Scholarships if they hold the nationality of one of the following countries.

All other candidates who are not eligible for this or any other funding programme may be admitted on condition they are able to secure an external scholarship.

  • Afghanistan
  • Algeria
  • Angola
  • Armenia
  • Azerbaijan
  • Bangladesh
  • Belize
  • Benin
  • Bolivia (Plurinational State of)
  • Brazil
  • Bhutan
  • Botswana
  • Burkina Faso
  • Burundi
  • Cabo Verde
  • Cambodia
  • Cameroon
  • Central African Republic
  • Chad
  • Comoros
  • Congo
  • Congo (Democratic Rep. of the)
  • Colombia
  • Côte d’Ivoire
  • Cuba
  • Djibouti
  • Dominica
  • Dominican Republic
  • Ecuador
  • Egypt
  • El Salvador
  • Equatorial Guinea
  • Eritrea
  • Eswatini (Kingdom of)
  • Ethiopia
  • Fiji
  • Gabon
  • Gambia
  • Georgia
  • Ghana
  • Guatemala
  • Guinea
  • Guinea-Bissau
  • Guyana
  • Haiti
  • Honduras
  • India
  • Indonesia
  • Iran (Islamic Rep. of)
  • Iraq
  • Jamaica
  • Jordan
  • Kenya
  • Kiribati
  • Korea (Democratic People’s Rep. of)
  • Kyrgyzstan
  • Lao People’s Democratic Republic
  • Lebanon
  • Lesotho
  • Liberia
  • Libya
  • Madagascar
  • Malawi
  • Maldives
  • Mali
  • Marshall Islands
  • Mauritania
  • Mexico
  • Micronesia (Federated States of)
  • Mongolia
  • Morocco
  • Mozambique
  • Myanmar
  • Namibia
  • Nauru
  • Nepal
  • Nicaragua
  • Niger
 
  • Nigeria
  • Pakistan
  • Palau
  • Palestine, State of
  • Papua New Guinea
  • Paraguay
  • Peru
  • Philippines
  • Rwanda
  • Saint Lucia
  • Saint Vincent and the Grenadines
  • Samoa
  • Sao Tome and Principe
  • Senegal
  • Sierra Leone
  • Solomon Islands
  • Somalia
  • South Africa
  • South Sudan
  • Sri Lanka
  • Sudan
  • Suriname
  • Syrian Arab Republic
  • Tajikistan
  • Tanzania (United Rep. of)
  • Timor-Leste
  • Togo
  • Tonga
  • Trinidad and Tobago
  • Tunisia
  • Turkmenistan
  • Tuvalu
  • Uganda
  • Uzbekistan
  • Vanuatu
  • Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of)
  • Viet Nam
  • Yemen
  • Zambia
  • Zimbabwe

 

Degree Requirements

To be eligible for an EUI Special Doctoral Fellowship, candidates must have successfully completed a Master or equivalent degree in an academic discipline relevant to the doctoral programme of the department and the research proposal. The degree must be awarded before 31 August.

Application Procedure

There is no separate grant application procedure to follow. The application for admission to the EUI doctoral programme is automatically an application for an EUI Doctoral Fellowship:

Candidates wishing to apply for the fellowship should choose “EUI Special Doctoral Fellowship Programme" option in the Grant authority section of the online application form and indicate their nationality in the “Justification” field of the form.

Grants and Allowances

Monthly grant: 1.440 EUR from 1st September to 31st December 2023, 1,505 EUR as of 1st January 2024

Family allowance: Yes

Travel allowance: Yes

Insurance: Yes 

Funding Authority

European University Institute

Contacts

EUI Admissions Office

Academic Service

E: [email protected]

T: [+39] 055 4685 373

European University Institute

Via dei Roccettini 9, San Domenico di Fiesole (FI), Italy


Page last updated on 21/06/2023

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