Call for Studentships PhD at the European University Institute with funding from FCT

Applications are now open for the Studentships doctoral courses at the European University Institute (EUI) for the 2025-26 academic year, in the areas of Law, Economics, History and Civilization and Political and Social Sciences. The deadline is 23:59 (Florence time) on January 31, 2025 and citizens (Portuguese, from other member states of the European Union, from third countries, stateless or beneficiaries of political refugee status) can apply, as long as they can prove that they are permanently and habitually resident in Portugal.

For the current academic year, four Studentships doctoral research grants will be awarded by the FCT, with a maximum duration of four years (the 1st, 2nd and 3rd years will be funded by the FCT, with the 4th year funded by the IUE).

The IUE is a unique international institute for advanced academic training, which promotes research at the level of excellence. Geared towards doctorates and post-doctorates and recruiting students from all Member States as well as from other parts of the world, it aims to develop studies and research projects on topics with a European dimension in the areas of Political and Social Sciences, Law, Economics and History.

The FCT has already awarded a total of 41 Studentships doctorates to the IUE, under a protocol signed between the FCT and the Directorate General for European Affairs of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, which has been in force since 2012.

The European University Institute was created in 1972 and has 23 members, including Portugal, which joined the EUI in 1989 with the signing of the Convention that created the Institute. Portugal will assume its (rotating) presidency in 2025.

For more information see the IUE website.