Fellowship Amounts

Category A and B fellowships are identical except that the first are eligible to receive €7500 for travel and the latter €0/3000. Each fellowship is made up of two more components: operational funds and salary/stipend. Operational funding ranges from €10,800 to €21,600 depending on type of study while salary (doctoral candidate employed) is €100,800 and stipends (doctoral candidate legally treated as a student) is €50,400.  

 

The 3 main components in EMJD fellowships

		Category A scholarships (36 months)	Category B scholarships               (36 months)
I	Fixed contribution to travel, installation and any other type of costs	€7500	€3000 - if mobility to associated partners
II	Operational funds (incl. participation costs, insurance coverage, etc.)	Non-laboratory based study: €10800 Laboratory based study: €21600	Non-laboratory based study: €10800 Laboratory based study: €21600
III	Salary/stipend	Salary: €100800 Stipend: €50400	Salary: €100800 Stipend: €50400

 

Lab or non-lab funds

Studies that include a significant laboratory component, e.g. large empirical data collection, are eligible for the laborary based operational funds.

 

Salary or stipend

Whether a doctoral candidate is employed (salary) or considered a student (stipend) is dependent upon national legislation in the country of the principal supervisor (each candidate signs a contract with the principal supervisor's institution for the entire duration of the studies).

 

In the following countries doctoral candidates are employed: Denmark, France, Sweden.

 

In the following countries doctoral candidates are considered students: Italy, United Kingdom.

 

In Germany doctoral candidates can be either employed or considered students.

 

Please note that the duration of doctoral candidate studies including Alnarp/Sweden in the mobility track will last four years (due to national legislation in Sweden). Funding for all four years is automatically available upon selection.