UNU-WIDER Visiting PhD Fellowship 2026 (Funded) – YOA

Deadline: March 31, 2026

Applications are open for the UNU-WIDER Visiting PhD Fellowship 2026. The Visiting PhD Fellowship Programme provides registered doctoral college students an OPPORTUNITY to make the most of the assets and services at UNU-WIDER for his or her PhD dissertation or thesis analysis on creating economies, and to work with our researchers in areas of mutual curiosity.

Visiting PhD fellows usually spend three consecutive months at UNU-WIDER earlier than returning to their home establishment. During the programme, fellows put together a number of analysis papers and current a seminar on their analysis findings. They may additionally have the chance to publish their analysis within the WIDER Working Paper Series.

Funding

• UNU-WIDER offers a journey grant to cowl the prices of journey to and from the situation of your PhD granting establishment or nation of residence, medical insurance coverage (for medical and hospital companies ensuing from illness and accident throughout your keep at UNU-WIDER), and a month-to-month stipend of EUR 2,070 to cowl dwelling bills in Helsinki through the interval of their fellowship. The programme doesn’t cowl bills associated to dependents.

Eligibility

• Applicants have to be enrolled in a PhD programme and have proven skill to conduct analysis on creating economies.
• Candidates working in different social sciences could apply however ought to needless to say UNU-WIDER is an economics-targeted institute.
• Candidates must be fluent in oral and written English and possess good quantitative and/or qualitative analytical abilities. 
• Applications from suitably certified early-profession, feminine, and creating nation researchers are notably inspired. The programme is very addressed at researchers at later levels of their PhD.

Application

As part of your application, you’ll be requested to add your curriculum vitae. Your PhD supervisor will want to supply UNU-WIDER with a letter of reference, which must be emailed (by your supervisor) to the next deal with: [email protected]. The reference letter may even be used to certify that you’re enrolled in a PhD programme at your college.

Click here to apply

For extra info, go to UNU-WIDER Visiting PhD Fellowship.