The IOC Olympic Studies Centre (OSC) 2027 PhD Students and Early Career Academics Research Grant Programme (Fully Funded)

Application Deadline:  22 September 2026

Applications are actually open for the 2027 OSC PhD Students and Early Career Academics Research Grant Programme. rch Grant Programme. The IOC Olympic Studies Centre (OSC) has launched a brand new version of the grant programme for PhD Students and Early Career Academics engaged in scholarly analysis on the Olympic Movement, its historical past and beliefs, the athletes, the Olympic Games and their influence on the assorted features of up to date society and tradition.

Objectives
The targets of the programme are as follows:

1. Support PhD Students and Early Career Academics and foster excellence in Olympicrelated analysis with a humanities and/or social sciences perspective.
2. Facilitate a analysis and study go to on the Olympic Studies Centre in Lausanne,
   Switzerland (the Olympic Capital), and the session of the OSC’s collections
   (together with major sources and the IOC historic archives).
3. Support the subsequent technology of students within the subject of Olympic research.

Requirements

• All present postgraduate college students enrolled in a PhD diploma programme inside the human and/or social sciences encompassing Olympism, the Olympic Movement or the Olympic Games as, at the least, one among their analysis foci.
• All educational workers members and postdoctoral fellows who’ve accomplished their doctorate or equal highest diploma (together with masters, relying on the sector) in or after 2024, are additionally eligible.

Benefits

Successful candidates will obtain a analysis grant of a most of USD 6,000. The complete quantity to be awarded can be determined by the Grant Programme Selection Committee after full consideration of all components of the application.
EXPENSES COVERED
Research bills immediately associated and important to the undertaking as follows:

• Travel (economic system class) and dwelling bills, the place immediately linked to the undertaking and/or required for session of the IOC Historical Archives and / or OSC’s collections in Lausanne;
• Translation of important analysis supplies;
• Web internet hosting and content material improvement;
• Software not supplied by the applicant’s college;
• Data assortment prices (e.g. workshops and/or focus teams);
• Other related and justified analysis expenditure.

• Research help and transcription prices will usually not be lined except sound justification is supplied.
• Expenses contributing to information mobilisation of the candidates’ analysis outcomes (e.g. publication charges, participation at conferences, podcasts, blogs, and so forth.) are accepted, with an
  higher restrict of USD 1,500 for all actions mixed.

Application Procedure:

Applications and all supporting documentation have to be submitted in both French or
English, the 2 official languages of the Olympic Movement.
Completed application information should embody the next paperwork:

1. Official application type duly accomplished (see “Instructions and tips for completing the Research Grant Programmes application forms”).
2. Proof of registration overlaying the interval of the grant (from submission of the application to supply of the ultimate report), issued by the college administration on institutional letterhead (Appendix 1):
   o for PhD college students: present proof of doctoral enrolment;
   o for ECA: present proof of a college appointment, together with educational/analysis standing.
3. Letter of advice written on institutional letterhead, signed and despatched by the
   applicant’s supervisor (for PhD college students) or mentor (for ECA).

For More Information:

Visit the Official Webpage of the OSC PhD Students and Early Career Academics Research Grant Programme