Scholarships Merit-based
Central European University (CEU)

Presidential Awards for PhD Students

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Any
Disciplines
1000 EUR
Grant
Austria
Location
15 Jun 2024
Application deadline

About

Central European University is an undergraduate- and graduate-level “crossroads” university where faculty and students from more than 100 countries come to engage in interdisciplinary education, pursue advanced scholarship, and address some of society’s most vexing problems. 

Overview

Scholarship type

Merit based

Number of scholarships to award

Multiple

Grant

€1,000

Scholarship coverage

  • tuition fee reduction

Description

These awards are intended to recognize the achievements of exceptional doctoral students enrolled in the second year of a PhD program, encourage their academic excellence, and foster their leadership potential and community-oriented activities in line with the CEU mission. 

Applicable programmes

Benefits

Two awards of €1,000 each will be given annually. 

Recipients of the award will become part of the community of Presidential Scholars and are expected to regularly interact with fellow awardees at the Bachelor’s, Master’s, and Doctoral levels in order to share experience, and attend Presidential Scholar gatherings hosted by CEU’s President and Rector. 

Eligibility

  • GPA within the top 20 percent of doctoral students in the same cohort in the department. 
  • Exceptional leadership activity.

Scholarship requirements

Disciplines

Any

Locations

Austria

Nationality

Any

Study experience required

Master

Age

Unknown

Application

Application deadline

15 Jun 2024

Students may apply for the award or be nominated by faculty, staff, or peers. The application/nomination package includes:

a copy of the transcript;

a CV;

a motivation/nomination letter that details the nature and merit of the applicant’s/nominee’s leadership activity;

proof of leadership activity, e.g. volunteer certificate, reference letter;

a support letter by the supervisor.

Nominations are to be submitted electronically by June 15.

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