EUI Policy Leader Fellowship (PLF) at the Florence School of Transnational Governance 2025-2026 (Fully-funded)

Deadline: January 24, 2025

Applications are open for the European University Institute (EUI) Policy Leader Fellowship (PLF) 2025-2026. The Policy Leader Fellowship (PLF) is a residential programme for mid-career coverage professionals from a variety of coverage fields: politics, civil service, media, non-governmental organisations and others.

This distinctive programme is hosted at one of the most famed tutorial establishments in Europe and gives the fellows with an insider view into the EU coverage making processes. However, the programme doesn’t require tutorial coaching background and as an alternative seeks to draw people with numerous hands-on experiences in policy-making throughout the world. Besides having direct entry to the EUI and the School of Transnational Governance (STG) school in addition to the researchers neighborhood, the fellows study from one another and type lasting skilled and private connections.

The fellows spend 5 or ten months at the STG creating coverage suggestions and sensible options for urgent points of transnational relevance impressed and knowledgeable by their work expertise. In addition, the fellows attend skilled expertise trainings and might freely take part in the tutorial life and actions of the EUI to boost their fellowship challenge. At the similar time, the fellows enrich the STG neighborhood by bringing their first hand experiences to instructing, coaching and networking at the School.

Upon the completion of the programme, the fellows be a part of a worldwide alumni community of coverage professionals and have entry to lifelong coaching alternatives at the EUI.

Programme Duration

The fellowships are supplied for a length of 5 or ten months. Candidates ought to point out their desire from the following choices:

• Five months: September 2025 – January 2026 or February 2026 – June 2026
• Ten months: September 2025 – June 2026

Benefits

• The primary grant is €2,500 per 30 days. Successful candidates who obtain different grants or salaries should disclose this to the EUI. The quantity of the Fellowship will likely be fastened at a decrease fee (minimal €1,750 per 30 days) relying on the quantity of the extra revenue (upon manufacturing of related supporting paperwork). If relevant, household allowances will likely be added to the primary grant.
• A family allowance of as much as €300 per 30 days is paid to a Fellow with a associate if the associate lives with them in Florence and on the situation that the associate’s revenue is lower than €2,000 per 30 days. The sum of revenue and allowance can not exceed €2,000 per 30 days (i.e. if the revenue is greater than €1,700, the allowance will likely be paid solely to high as much as €2,000).
• An allowance of €200 per 30 days is paid for every dependent youngster. Fellows are entitled to those allowances if they will declare that they aren’t receiving any related allowance from one other supply, and upon submission of related supporting paperwork (i.e. marriage or associate certificates, or proof of cohabitation in Florence; beginning certificates).
  • For dependent kids in full-time training and over the age of 18, a faculty or college certificates is required. No allowance is paid for dependent kids over the age of 26.
• Fellows (however not their households) obtain reimbursement for the incoming journey from their place of origin to Florence, and for the outgoing journey to their vacation spot at the finish of their fellowship.
  • First-class rail (journey by automobile can be reimbursed on this foundation)
  • Economy class air fare
  • The most quantity for journey reimbursement quantities to €1,200 together with each incoming and outgoing journey. Taxi bills will not be reimbursed.

Eligibility

• Open to mid-career professionals capable of display stable skilled expertise (minimal 10 years) and potential for future excellence in a given coverage space; candidates with strictly tutorial profile usually is not going to be thought-about.
• Self-motivated and pushed, capable of autonomously accomplish the actions introduced beneath the fellowship work plan.
• Open-minded and curious people prepared to have interaction in peer discussions on subjects which can transcend their space of experience.

Evaluation Criteria

• Accomplishments and potential: Professional excellence is assessed on the foundation of the candidate’s contributions to a given coverage discipline based mostly on the CV and every other supporting proof of the utility. Minimum Bachelor’s diploma or equal is required.
• Focus space: The candidate’s discipline of work ought to be broadly aligned with the STG’s focus areas or hosted initiatives and programmes. Other themes will be additionally thought-about however desire will likely be given to candidates that cowl coverage areas of the STG school and programmes.
• Fellowship work plan: Applicants are assessed on the skilled substance of their work plan in addition to its feasibility, applicability in a transnational coverage context and potential impression.
• Motivation: Applicants ought to be capable of articulate what distinction the fellowship expertise will make to their skilled journey in addition to what they will provide to the STG. Preference is given to candidates who can each contribute to the STG programmes and actions in addition to profit from their keep at the STG and the EUI.
• Diversity: The programme strives for thematic and geographic variety in addition to gender steadiness amongst the fellows.

Application

Applications need to be submitted by way of the on-line utility portal. Paper or electronic mail functions is not going to be thought-about. The utility deadline for the 2025-2026 name is January 24, 2025 (14:00 CET).

• Register your utility as quickly as doable with a view to give your referees adequate time to submit the reference letters.
• Submit your utility by the deadline.

Once you could have registered your utility chances are you’ll proceed to work on the utility particulars and attachments till the deadline. After submission, it is not going to be doable to replace or modify your utility.

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For extra info, go to Policy Leader Fellowship.