Applications are invited for EDUFI Fellowship Scholarships in Finland 2025. This is a fully funded scholarship in Finland for international students. The EDUFI Fellowship is intended to provide initial funding to carry out research for a doctoral thesis in Finland.
EDUFI has attracted excellent young researchers to Finland with the fellowship, most of whom have also managed to secure further funding for their research. The fellowship grant is intended for post-graduate studies as well as research and teaching cooperation in Finnish universities in all fields of study.
EDUFI Fellowship 2025
- Applicant: a Finnish university department
- Who: a doctoral student or a young researcher from outside Finland
- Purpose: initial funding for completing a doctoral research project in Finland, completion of a double degree, or a study visit on exceptionally compelling reasons
- Application deadline: rolling deadline. You should apply for the grant five months before the start of the fellowship.
- Duration of fellowship: 3–12 months, visits: 3–6 months
- Size of grant: 1,500 euros/month
- For more information, please check the official source.
Who Can Apply for EDUFI Fellowship Scholarships in Finland?
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 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 in all fields of study.
Grant for
The fellows cannot apply for the EDUFI Fellowship themselves because the grant will be awarded only to a Finnish university department. The university will pay the grant to the fellow as a personal grant. The university will invoice EDUFI for the grant as a lump sum at the earliest when the scholarship holder’s arrival in Finland is confirmed but at the latest when the scholarship period begins.
The grant can be split over several periods.
The grant is intended to cover the living costs of the fellow in Finland. We will not pay separate accommodation costs or contribute to travel, visa, residence permit, or insurance costs.
How To Apply for EDUFI Fellowship Scholarships in Finland
You can fill out the EDUFI Fellowship application form in Finnish, Swedish, or English. The application form comes with instructions on how to fill it out and a list of required annexes.
Please post the signed form and annexes by e-mail to: Kirjaamo@oph.fi, and write “EDUFI Fellowship” in the subject line of the e-mail.
NB! EDUFI will not process applications where the applicant is someone other than a Finnish university representative.
EDUFI Fellowships_Application_form_and_instructions_22062022.doc