Doctoral Research Fellowships
Fellowships for students from Central Europe
Competitions for the Academic Year 2025-26 are NOW OPEN! Deadline is 1 April 2025.
Please note that the fellowship period for the Croatian, Czech, Hungarian, and Polish fellowships is now tenable a period of eight (8) months, commencing 1 October 2025 through to 31 May 2026.
Since 1998, Central European doctoral students have travelled to Edmonton for year-long research stays as part of the various fellowship programs sponsored by the Institute. Participants can take advantage of the resources of one of Canada's largest research libraries and benefit from the intellectual community of one of the country's leading research universities.
Students currently enrolled in doctoral programs in any field in Fine and Performing Arts, Humanities, and Social Sciences in universities in Austria, Croatia, Czech Republic, Hungary, or Poland and holding citizenship in those countries are invited to join the group of Wirth Fellows in the Faculty of Arts at the University of Alberta.*
*Note: Applicants interested in the Austrian Doctoral Researcher Fellowship do not require Austrian citizenship to apply but prospective candidates must be currently enrolled at an Austrian university or studying at one of the member universities of the Austrian Centres network outside of Austria. The Austrian Doctoral Researcher Fellowship is tenable for a 12 month period (commencing 1 October 2025 through to 30 September 2026).
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