The EUI Widening Europe Programme invites PhD researchers from targeted Widening countries to apply for a funded research visit at the European University Institute (EUI).
This special call will provide the opportunity to spend the fall term 2025-2026 at the Department of Political and Social Sciences (SPS), contributing to work with faculty members, enrich their research, and participate in the Institute's activities.
Furthermore, the call includes visiting opportunities at the Department of History for the term October-December 2025.
Candidates must be enrolled in a PhD programme in one of the targeted Widening countries and hold nationality from of one of the countries listed below:
Inside the European Union: Bulgaria, Croatia, Cyprus, Czechia, Estonia, Greece, Hungary, Latvia, Lithuania, Malta, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Slovakia, and Slovenia.
Outside the European Union: Albania, Bosnia & Herzegovina, Georgia, Kosovo1, Montenegro, North Macedonia, Serbia, Moldova, and Ukraine.
Find more information on the call and eligibility criteria for the Political and Social Sciences Department here. The deadline to apply is 31 March 2025.
Further details on visits to the Department of History are available here. The application deadlines is 30 April 2025.
1 This designation is without prejudice to positions on status, and is in line with UNSCR 1244 (1999) and the ICJ Opinion on the Kosovo declaration of independence.
This initiative is funded by the EUI Widening Europe Programme. With contributions from the European Union and EUI Contracting States, the programme is designed to strengthen internationalisation, competitiveness, and quality in research in targeted Widening countries, and thus foster more cohesive European Higher Education and Research Areas.