IOC Olympic Studies Centre (OSC) PhD Students and Early Career Academics Research Grant Programme 2027 ($6,000 grant) – YOA

Deadline: September 22, 2026

Applications are open for the IOC Olympic Studies Centre (OSC) PhD Students and Early Career Academics Research Grant Programme 2027. 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 impression on the assorted facets of latest society and tradition.

Since the creation of this programme in 1999, greater than 148 researchers from everywhere in the world have benefited from this programme and obtained a grant, permitting them to conduct their analysis and, the place related, to go to the IOC Olympic Studies Centre in Lausanne, Switzerland to seek the advice of its collections (together with major sources and the IOC’s historic archives).

Grant

• Successful candidates will obtain a analysis grant of a most of USD $6,000. The complete quantity to be awarded shall be determined by the Grant Programme Selection Committee after full consideration of all components of the application.

Eligibility

• 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 very least, one in every of their analysis foci.
• All educational employees members and postdoctoral fellows who’ve accomplished their doctorate or equal highest diploma (together with masters, relying on the sphere) in or after 2024, are additionally eligible.

Application

Download the application form

For extra data, go to IOC OSC Grant.