{"id":4214,"date":"2018-03-03T11:40:19","date_gmt":"2018-03-03T10:40:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.humanrightscareers.com\/?p=4214"},"modified":"2024-10-07T17:03:22","modified_gmt":"2024-10-07T15:03:22","slug":"un-visiting-phd-fellowship-programme","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.humanrightscareers.com\/magazine\/un-visiting-phd-fellowship-programme\/","title":{"rendered":"Apply now: UN Visiting PhD Fellowship Programme"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Deadline: <b>31 March \/ 30 September (each year)<\/b><br \/>\n<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The United Nations University (UNU-WIDER) UN Visiting PhD Fellowship Programme is inviting doctoral students around the world to apply for a funded opportunity to utilize the resources and facilities at UNU-WIDER for their PhD dissertation or thesis research, and to work with UNU-WIDER researchers in areas of mutual interest.<\/p>\n<p>PhD fellows typically spend 3 consecutive months at UNU-WIDER and are expected to return to their home institution afterwards. During their time in Helsinki, PhD interns prepare one or more research papers and present a seminar on their research findings. PhD interns may also have the opportunity to publish their research in the WIDER Working Paper Series.<\/p>\n<h4>Selection criteria<\/h4>\n<ul>\n<li>Applicants have to be currently enrolled in a PhD programme<\/li>\n<li>Applicants must have demonstrated the ability to conduct research on developing economies<\/li>\n<li>Fluency in oral and written English is necessary<\/li>\n<li>Good quantitative and\/or qualitative analytical skills<\/li>\n<li>Candidates working in developing countries and those who are at later stages of the PhD will be preferred<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h4>Financial assistance<\/h4>\n<ul>\n<li>Travel Grant (from and to the location)<\/li>\n<li>Medical insurance<\/li>\n<li>Monthly stipend: EUR 1,600<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h4>Application procedure<\/h4>\n<p>UNU-WIDER only receives online applications for the UN Visiting PhD Fellowship Programme twice each year. Deadlines for submission of applications are <b>31 March and 30 September 23:59 UTC+3 each year<\/b>. When applying in September, you would be visiting UNU-WIDER in the period February-June of the following year and when applying in March, you would be visiting UNU-WIDER in the period August-November of the same year.<\/p>\n<p><a title=\"\" href=\"https:\/\/www.wider.unu.edu\/internships\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Find out more on the official website <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":5461,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[203,202,201],"class_list":["post-4214","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-magazine","tag-helsinki","tag-phd-internship","tag-unu-wider","generate-columns","tablet-grid-50","mobile-grid-100","grid-parent","grid-50"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v25.3 (Yoast SEO v26.0) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Apply now: UN Visiting PhD Fellowship Programme | Human Rights Careers<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Apply now for the fully funded UN Visiting PhD Fellowship Programme. 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