Finnish National Agency for Education 2022 EDUFI Fellowship

Are you looking for a scholarship to help you recruit a foreign student to do doctoral research? The EDUFI Fellowship is intended, particularly, for providing initial funding to carry out research for a doctoral thesis in Finland.
We have attracted excellent young researches to Finland with the fellowship, the majority of whom have also managed to secure further funding for their research.

• Table of Content
• About Finnish National Agency for Education
• EDUFI Fellowship
• Aim and Benefits of EDUFI Fellowship
• Requirements for EDUFI Fellowship Qualification
• Application Deadline
• How to Apply

About Finnish National Agency for Education

In Finland, the national administration of education and training has a two-tier structure. The Ministry of Education and Culture is the highest authority and is responsible for all publicly funded education in Finland. The Ministry is responsible for preparing educational legislation, all necessary decisions and its share of the state budget for the Government. The Finnish National Agency for Education EDUFI is the national development agency responsible for early childhood education and care, pre-primary, basic, general and vocational upper secondary education as well as for adult educati... continue reading

EDUFI Fellowship

Aim and Benefits of EDUFI Fellowship

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.

Requirements for EDUFI Fellowship Qualification

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 and all fields of study.

Application Deadline

How to Apply

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 the signed form and annexes by e-mail to: Kirjaamo(at)oph.fi , and write “EDUFI Fellowship” in the subject line of the e-mail.

NB! EDUFI will not process applications where the applicant is some other than a Finnish university representative.

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