The Call for Applications 2027 is open now– opportunity to apply for Doctoroal Mobilities within the EUPeace Alliance!
The EUPeace Doctoral Mobility Grant provides mobility funding for doctoral candidates from all EUPeace Alliance member sites for completing an academic stay at another EUPeace Alliance member institution. The third Call for Applications for Doctoral Mobilities in 2027 has just been launched!
The European University for Peace, Justice, and Inclusive Societies, EUPeace, evolves out of nine core member universities that have committed their strategic international outlook in teaching, research and administration in higher education to foster a peaceful, just, and inclusive European landscape, at various levels. For this, we explicitly address all sciences and research fields, from the humanities and social sciences to the natural and life sciences as well as engineering.
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General Information
Who can apply: The Mobility Grant is open exclusively to doctoral candidates who are pursuing their doctorate, whether enrolled and/or employed, at one of the EUPeace Alliance member sites. Applicants are only eligible if the mobility period takes place before the completion of their doctoral studies and before the defence of their doctoral thesis.
Duration of the EUPeace Doctoral Mobility Grant: One, two or three months.
Purpose of the Mobility Grant: The mobilities are intended to advance joint and innovative forms of cooperation, explicitly considering the integration of academic findings in teaching activities within the Alliance.
Starting date: From February 15, 2027 to July 1, 2027. The mobility must be cuncluded by July 31, 2027.
Universities from the EUPeace Alliance participating in the Doctoral Mobility Grant: Germany: Marburg University (UMR); Germany: Justus Liebig University Giessen (JLU); France: University of Limoges (UNILIM); Italy: University of Calabria (UNICAL); Spain: Comillas Pontifical University (COMILLAS); Czechia: University of West Bohemia in Pilsen (UWB); Bosnia and Herzegovina: University of Mostar (SUM); Türkiye: Çukurova University (CU); Bosnia and Herzegovina: University of Sarajevo (UNSA).
Financial Arrangements: The mobility funding is granted from Erasmus+ funds of the EUPeace University Alliance and subject to the allocation of funds by the EU to the EUPeace work package 6. The mobility grant will be paid either in the form of a lump sum or in the form of an individual coverage which means that travel costs, accommodation costs and daily allowances will be paid according to the local regulations of the grantee’s home university. For all universities and payment schemes (lump sum or individual coverage), additional funds are available for applicants with familial obligations or special mobility needs. Detailed information on the mobility funding can be found in the Call for Application 2027.
Important Documents: The Call for Applications 2027 entails many details on the EUPeace Doctoral Mobility Grant, such as the financial regulations for all universities as well as regulations that are specific to some universities. In addition, the EUPeace Doctoral Mobility Grant Framework is the legal basis for doing an EUPeace Doctoral Mobility and you should engage with it when considering to apply for the Grant.
Application deadline: 15.10.2027
Background information: Are you searching for the EUPeace Fellowship Programme? It was transformed into the EUPeace Doctoral Mobility Grant. For all post-doctoral researchers, further information on mobility possibilities can be found in the EUPeace mobility portal.
In the following, you can find further information on:
- The organisation of the Doctoral Mobilities in the framework of the EUPeace Research Hubs
- Information on how to apply
- A detailed list of the Overall Selection Criteria
- A description of the Application and Selection Process
- A list of Contact Persons
The EUPeace Reseach Hubs
The Doctoral Mobility Grant is organised in the framework of the EUPeace Research Hubs. The endorsement of applications takes place directly within the Research Hubs. Five Research Hubs have been established within the EUPeace Alliance:
The Research Hubs mobilise existing academic strengths of the EUPeace Alliance and foster collaboration in all subject areas in order to create excellent inter- and transdisciplinary research and academic capacity for curriculum development and academic advancement in peace, justice, and inclusive societies. This also includes the natural sciences as well as engineering. The Research Hub members come from all Alliance member sites and from various research disciplines. The Research Hub‘s profiles and member lists can be accessed by clicking on the links to their respective websites.
The Artificial Intelligence and Societal Transformation Research Hub brings together researchers from across the Alliance to investigate artificial intelligence as a socio technical system and its impact on society through interdisciplinary collaboration. The Hub combines technical research on AI development, robustness, explainability, and system performance with social, ethical, and institutional analysis to address the opportunities and challenges associated with AI in areas such as education, the economy, work, public administration, health, security, and civic participation. Particular attention is paid to the implementation of principles such as transparency, accountability, fairness, and human oversight, thereby contributing to EUPeace’s mission of shaping technological change in ways that support peaceful, just, and inclusive societies.
Please note: Some partner universities offer Doctoral Mobility Grants exclusively within the Artificial Intelligence and Societal Transformation Research Hub. (For deatils, please see the Call.)
The EUPeace Doctoral Mobility Grant serves to promote cooperation and mobility between the EUPeace Research Hubs and the doctoral network associated with the Hubs. Consequently, all successful applicants will directly become a member of the EUPeace Doctoral Network.
How to apply
To apply for a Doctoral Mobility Grant, you need to supply the below listed documents to eupeace-wp6@uni-marburg.de (the coordinator of the EUPeace Work Package 6 team) on or before the application deadline. After the deadline, applications will be reviewed by the Research Hubs and decisions on funding will be communicated to the applicants within 5 weeks.
Application documents
- CV
- Application Form
- Letter of Invitation
- Proof of Enrolment as Doctoral Candidate
All documents must be provided in English, except for the proof of enrolment. Please note that the Letter of Invitation must be signed by the applicant as well as the host/hosting institution.
Further documents that will inform your application: The Call for Application 2027 as well as the Framework for the EUPeace Doctoral Mobility Grant.
Overall Selection Criteria
- Motivation for applying for a Doctoral Mobility Grant within the framework of EUPeace and contribution to foster research and teaching in relation to peace, justice and inclusive societies
- Contribution of the mobility to the integration of academic findings in innovative, topic-related teaching activities3 to be documented at the end of the mobility period.
- Contribution to academic and/or societal outreach
- Personal, structural or academic circumstances which foster the Grantee’s contribution to diversity in the field (e.g., countering personal barriers in the research trajectory, countering structural discrimination/under-representation within the field, contributing academically to an under-represented topic) and/or to the advancement of pressing societal topics within the Alliance
- Relevance of the mobility for the Alliance member institutions’ long-term cooperation (especially within the framework of Research Hubs)
Application and Selection Process
- Applicants actively seek a possible host within a Research Hub. This can be done via the Research Hubs‘ websites. Applicants contact a possible host and share their ideas for the mobility. If the Research Hub member is interested in hosting the applicant, the subject and purpose of the mobility (as stated in the Application Form) can be co-determined. Also the timeline of the mobility can be determined together by the applicant and the host. Please, be aware that for some universities, you might need 3 to 6 preparatory months before starting a mobility (e.g. if you need a visa or if access to specific facilities is required). Finally, both parties have to sign the Letter of Invitation that the applicant will submit together with the other application documents.
- The EUPeace work package 6 team clusters the applications for the Research Hubs.
- The Research Hubs select which applications will be endorsed on the basis of the selection criteria listed above.
- The EUPeace work package 6 team will get in contact with the selected grantees and the hosts and proceed with ensuring the payment of the grant, in accordance with local regulations.
Contact persons
For further questions, please please refer to the Call for Applications or contact your local Coordinator for the EUPeace Doctoral Mobility Grant:
- Marburg University (UMR): Hannes Kaufmann
- Justus Liebig University Giessen (JLU): Verena Graulich
- University of Limoges (UNILIM): Alice Brites Osorio
- University of Calabria (UNICAL): Lorena Pochini
- Comillas Pontifical University (COMILLAS): Marta Molina Urosa
- University of West Bohemia in Pilsen (UWB): Petra Sebastian
- University of Mostar (SUM): Jelena Jurić
- Çukurova University (CU): Bengisu Görgün Özgüven
- University of Sarajevo (UNSA): Ehlimana Spahić
