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Overview
Scholarship type
Merit based
Number of scholarships to award
Multiple
Grant
1,620 EUR per month + other benefits
Scholarship coverage
- tuition fee reduction
- spouse child care
- travel expenses
- health
Description
To ensure equity and inclusiveness within its PhD Programme and community, the EUI earmarks special scholarships for candidates from the countries listed below 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
The Departments will consider academic merit as the primary criterion for awarding the fellowships. In the academic year 2025-26, the Departments of Economics, History, and Political and Social Sciences, will give special consideration to candidates who can demonstrate that their academic progress has been impeded by an ongoing war or other armed conflicts, e.g. the war in the Middle East.
Benefits
Monthly grant: 1,620 EUR as of 1st January 2025
Family allowance
Travel allowance:
Insurance
Eligibility
- To be eligible for an EUI Special Doctoral Fellowship, candidates must have completed a Master's 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.
- Candidates may apply for the EUI Special Doctoral Scholarships if they hold the nationality of one of the following countries.
- Candidates who do not hold the nationality of a country listed below may exceptionally apply if their academic progress has been impeded by an ongoing war or other armed conflicts, e.g. the war in the Middle East.
Scholarship requirements
Disciplines
Multiple disciplines
Locations
Italy
Nationality
115 nationalities
Study experience required
Master
Age
Unknown
Application
Application deadline
Anytime
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 the “EUI Special Doctoral Fellowship Programme" option in the Funding Authorities section of the online application form and indicate their nationality in the “Justification” field.
PhD candidates affected by an ongoing war or by other armed conflicts should include a statement (up to 700 words) detailing their circumstances following the conflict and how it is disrupting their academic path.
No separate funding application is required.
The application for admission to the EUI doctoral programme is automatically an application for a national scholarship.