“EUGEN IONESCU” DOCTORAL AND POSTDOCTORAL RESEARCH FELLOWSHIPS 2025-2026

Closed Full funding Postgraduate Romania

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Opportunity details

Nonprofit organization
Romanian Ministry of Foreign Affairs
Area
Central and Eastern Europe
Host Country
Romania
Deadline
Study level
Postgraduate
Opportunity type
Scholarships , Bachelor , Master , PhD
Opportunity funding
Full funding
Eligible Countries
This opportunity is destined for all countries
Eligible Region
All Regions

Description

Funded by the Government of Romania, through the Romanian Ministry of Foreign Affairs and coordinated by the AUF, the “Eugen Ionescu” Fellowship Programme offers doctoral students and teacher-researchers from around the world the opportunity to carry out a three-month research stay within one of the partner higher education institutions in Romania.

 

Goals

The “Eugen Ionescu” mobilities allow French-speaking teachers and researchers to improve their skills in AUF member institutions in Romania.

They fall within areas deemed priorities for the development of the beneficiaries' country of origin and are consistent with the research priorities of the host institutions.

Eligibility

The program is aimed at doctoral students and teacher-researchers from higher education institutions that are members of the AUF, located in member and observer countries of the International Organisation of the Francophonie (OIF), as well as in Algeria.

Consult the list of member and observer states and governments of the OIF

Consult the list of AUF member institutions

Application deadline 

The deadline for submitting applications to the AUF is November 30, 2025, 11:59 PM (Bucharest, Romania time GMT+2) .

Mobility period: May 1 , 2026 – July 31, 2026

Application Submission Procedure

Submitting an application for the "Eugen Ionesco" scholarship program is a process that involves the following two steps:

  1. Obtaining a letter of acceptance from a partner institution of the program. The pre-selection procedure is detailed in the program regulations. The pre-registration application must be submitted well in advance to allow for processing within the allotted timeframe.
  2. The application to the AUF must be completed exclusively online before November 30, 2025 at 11:59 PM (Bucharest, Romania time GMT+2) , by clicking on:

Eugen Ionescu Doctoral Research Grant Application 2025-2026

Eugen Ionescu Postdoctoral Research Fellowship Application 2025-2026

No additional documents will be accepted after the online form has been submitted, even if the call for applications is still open. All application documents must be written in French. The absence of any document will automatically result in the application being rejected.

Reference documents for the call for applications:

  1. Presentation of the Eugen Ionescu Program
  2. List of host universities and their themes 2025-2026
  3. Heads of Romanian host universities 2025-2026
  4. Regulations for doctoral scholarships
  5. Regulations for postdoctoral fellowships

Document templates provided by the AUF:

  1. Model of a safety data sheet
  2. Research Project Model 2025-2026
  3. Model certificate of agreement origin
  4. Sample acceptance certificate

For further information: bourses-ei@auf.org

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