EDUFI Fellowships Programmes of Finnish Government for Doctoral Programs in Finland 2020

About the Scholarship/ and University
The Finnish National Agency for Education, EDUFI Fellowships programme is open to young Doctoral level students and researchers from all countries and from all academic fields. Master’s level studies or post-doctoral studies/ research are not supported in the programme. The applicants are open for doctoral students or young researcher from outside Finland to study at Finnish university department.

Requirements
You can apply for the fellowship grant if:

• You work as a researcher or a teacher in a Finnish university department
• You will be hosting the research fellow
• You will commit to common objectives with the research fellow
• You will offer facilities and equipment for the use of the research fellow
• You will supervise the research

You can also apply for a fellowship for a non-Finnish post-graduate (post Master’s degree) student or a young researcher that you will invite to Finland or who has been in Finland for a maximum of one year before applying for the fellowship. The EDUFI Fellowship is available to all foreign nationals and all field of study.

Awards/ Grants
The fellowship grant is intended for post-graduate studies as well as research and teaching cooperation in Finish universities in all fields of study. We will award the grant:

• For starting work on a doctoral research project if the whole doctoral thesis will be completed in a Finnish university. You cannot apply for the grant at the end of a research project or for post-doctoral research.
• For completing a double degree in Finland.
• For a study visit for post-graduate students working on a doctoral thesis in a university outside Finland, if there are particularly compelling reasons for the cooperation.

The fellow must work in Finland, but it is allowed to make conference visits abroad. If the fellowship period is longer than six months, it can conclude short visits abroad to gather research material, if needed, in addition to conference trips. These visits in total cannot exceed one month. If more time will be needed for gathering material during the EDUFI Fellowship, the fellowship grant can be applied only for those periods during which the fellow will be working in Finland.

The fellows cannot apply for the EDUFI Fellowship themselves, because the grant will be awarded only to a Finnish university department. The university will first pay the grant to the fellow as a personal grant and will then invoice it to EDUFI after the end of the fellowship. The grant can be split over several periods, and it is intended to cover the living costs of the fellow in Finland.

Application Process
You can apply for the fellowship grant at any time. Please send the application to us at least five months before the planned start of the fellowship. The application process will take about three months. Decisions will be sent to the applicant university department. Fellows will need the following documents for their visa/ residence permit application.

1. A copy of the EDUFI fellowship decision
2. An invitation from the host university department

You can fill in the EDUFI Fellowship application form in Finnish, Swedish or English. The application form comes with instructions on how to fill it and a list of required annexes. Please post two copies of the form and annexes with the following address.
EDUFI
EDUFI Fellowship
P.O. BOX 380
00531 HELSINKI