EUI Fellowship

The European University Institute (EUI) in Florence is a renowned institute that offers junior researchers the unique opportunity to carry out their doctoral research in an international and outstanding scientific context with a European focus on Social Sciences: History and Civilization, Law, Economics, Political and Social Sciences. For the academic year 2026-2027 the FWO will finance max. two EUI-fellowships for PhD students complying with the eligibility criteria as set out by the FWO. In addition, the FWO will perform the first evaluation round. The EUI is responsible for the final selection of the candidates.

• 1 November 2025: opening call
• 15 January 2026: deadline (i.e. final submission date via the EUI portal directly by the applicant, the submission does not take place via FWO)
• January-February 2026: eligibility check and first evaluation round by the EUI Advisory Committee (FWO)
• March 2026: EUI interviews
• April 2026: announcement of results by the EUI
• 1 September 2026: start of fellowship

• Duration of the fellowship: 4 years
• Monthly grant: € 2,050 (the fellowship grant in the 4^th year, that is paid by the EUI, will be added by a top-up from FWO, so the grant will remain the same over the four fellowship years)
• Travel allowance paid by FWO (in first three fellowship years): € 270/year

• In addition, EUI fellows financed by FWO are eligible to apply for an FWO travel grant (i.e. grant for participation in a conference abroad, grant for participation in a workshop or course abroad, grant for a short study visit abroad and grant for a long stay abroad). Applications for one of these channels need to be submitted no later than 3 months prior to the departure date.

• Health insurance paid by FWO (in first three fellowship years): CIGNA Health Insurance premium (subscription and more information, also regarding social security, to be obtained through the EUI)
• Submission: at the EUI (more details, see below: Procedure); the complete application is submitted in English

• At the start of the fellowship (1^st of September 2026), you must hold a Master's degree awarded by a Flemish university institute. It is possible to exceptionally deviate from this requirement in case you have AND the Belgian nationality, AND you have obtained your Master’s degree in one of the countries of the European Economic Area or Switzerland AND you are sufficiently anchored in Flanders.
• The Master's degree, on the basis of which the application is submitted, must have been obtained not earlier than three years before the deadline of the call.
• On the submission deadline of the call, you have 18 months scientific seniority at most.
• You can apply maximum two times for an EUI fellowship. These applications are not taken into in the framework of the maximally allowed number of times to apply for a regular FWO PhD fellowship (fundamental/strategic).
• You are allowed to apply for an EUI fellowship and a regular FWO PhD fellowship (fundamental/strategic) at the same time.
• You have not previously received an EUI fellowship or an FWO fellowship, not even in partly.
• You agree with the Research Integrity Clause.