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Visiting PhD Fellowship Programme - March 2025

Deadline for applications is 31 March 2025 (UTC +3).

Please answer each question clearly and completely, in English. You will be required to upload in PDF format 1) your Research Proposal at the end of section D and 2) your Curriculum Vitae - CV (add list of principal publications, if applicable (please include co-authors, year, title and publisher)) in section F.

Kindly note that your supervisor must provide UNU-WIDER with a letter of reference, which should be emailed (by your supervisor) to the following address: phdreference@wider.unu.edu. For more information, see the Visiting PhD Fellowship Programme Q&A.

For any technical problems with this application form, please take a screenshot of the error message and send it by email to webinfo@wider.unu.edu

Eligibility questions

Are you currently enrolled in a PhD programme at an accredited university? *

Are you available to spend three consecutive months (September to November) at UNU-WIDER for the duration of your visit? *

English language proficiency (use the options below to indicate your level of English) *

Read	Write	Speak	Understand
Read *	Write *	Speak *	Understand *

A. Contact details

Title

First name (Given name as in passport) *

Last name (Family name as in passport) *

Email *

Gender *

Date of birth *

Day *

Month *

Year *

Nationality *

Other nationality (Dual)

used if contact has more than one nationality

Country of birth *

Country of residence *

Mailing address *

City *

Your current employer / Affiliation (also current institution) *

Enter the full name of your employer/affiliation, and select it from the list, e.g UNU-WIDER should be entered as United Nations University World Institute .......

Organization name

this employer/affiliation will be added to your profile

Phone number

Phone number should start with a plus sign, followed by the country code and national number, no spaces or dash, eg +35896159911

B. PhD degree

Name of the university where you are registered for your PhD *

Name of your academic department or school (e.g., Department of Economics) *

In which country is the above university located? *

Name of your chief PhD supervisor *

Title of your PhD thesis or dissertation *

Which of the following best describes your academic discipline? *

Other deciplines

please specify other discipline here

Which best describes the stage you are at in your thesis or dissertation? *

Please sepcify other field of study *

(e.g., poverty and inequality; trade and industry; labor markets; gender; political economy; agriculture; natural resources)

When did you register to begin your PhD?*

Month	Year
Month *	Year *

When do you expect to submit your thesis?*

Month	Year
Month *	Year *

When do you expect to complete your PhD?*

Month	Year
Month *	Year *

Mentors

Please select one or two mentors you would like to work with. (It's important to note that we can not guarantee that you will be allocated to the preferred mentors) *

C. Education and language skills

Please provide details of your academic degrees or certificates, the name of the awarding institution and the years of study (e.g., Master of Science (Economics), Makerere University, Uganda (2009-2011)), the title of your thesis or dissertation should be included in your cv.

Highest degree or qualification *

Other language skills

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Language	Read	Write	Speak	Understand
Language	Read	Write	Speak	Understand
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Language	Read	Write	Speak	Understand

D. Research proposal

Please refer to this template How to write a successful proposal to help you structure your proposal according to the required format. This template will guide you in answering questions a-g.

a. Title of your research *

b. General description of your proposed research (max 500 words)

c. Briefly state your main research questions or hypotheses (max 300 words)

d. Describe the methods or approaches you will use to answer your research questions (max 500 words)

e. Describe your main data and information sources (max 300 words)

f. How does the research proposed above relate to your PhD thesis or dissertation? (max 200 words)

g. How would a UNU-WIDER visiting PhD fellowship programme contribute to your research? (max 200 words)

h. Please upload your answers to questions a - g here. You may include formulas and mathematical expressions in this file *

Upload your answers to questions b - g. Your answers should be in the same order as the questions
Files must be less than 1 MB.
Allowed file types: pdf.

Do you have access to the data necessary for your research? *

other software *

Please specify other software

I will return to my registered university after my visiting PhD fellowship programme at UNU-WIDER if my application is successful *

Please clarify why you are unable to return to your registered university after your visit at UNU-WIDER *

E. File upload

Curriculum vitae (add list of principal publications, if applicable (please include co-authors, year, title and publisher)) *

Add list of principal publications, if applicable (please include co-authors, year, title and publisher)
Files must be less than 1 MB.
Allowed file types: pdf.

Remarks / other comments

maximum of 50 words

Please do not forget that your supervisor must provide UNU-WIDER with a letter of reference, which should be emailed (by your supervisor) to the following address: phdreference@wider.unu.edu. The reference letter will also be used to certify that you are enrolled for a PhD at your university.

This is the final step in the application process. After pressing the “Submit” button you will receive an automatic email from UNU-WIDER confirming that your application has been received.

How did you hear about this opportunity?

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