To be eligible for this scholarship you must meet the following requirements:

• Applicants must be enrolled in a PhD programme and have shown the ability to conduct research on developing economies. The programme is especially addressed to researchers at later stages of their PhD Candidates working in other social sciences than economics may apply but should keep in mind that UNU-WIDER is an economics-focused institute. Candidates should be fluent in both oral and written English and possess good quantitative and/or qualitative analytical skills.
• While the programme is open to everyone who is enrolled in a Ph.D., we particularly encourage applications from female and developing country researchers.
English Language Requirements: Candidates should be fluent in both oral and written English and possess good quantitative and/or qualitative analytical skills.
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UNU-WIDER only receives online applications for the Visiting Ph.D. Fellowship Programme twice each year. Deadlines for submission of applications are 31 March and 30 September 23:59 UTC+3 each year. When applying in September, you would be visiting UNU-WIDER in the period of February-June of the following year and when applying in March, you would be visiting UNU-WIDER in the period of August-November of the same year.

You are required to upload the following documents in PDF:

• Your research proposal and
• Your Curriculum Vitae (CV), including a list of your principal publications, if applicable (co-authors, year, title and publisher).

Selected applicants will be informed by email of the final decision within four weeks of the closing deadline. The selected applicants must confirm their decision to take up UNU-WIDER's offer two weeks after being contacted.

As part of your application, you will be asked to upload your curriculum vitae. Your PhD supervisor will need to provide UNU-WIDER with a letter of reference, which should be emailed (by your supervisor) to the following address: phdreference(at)wider.unu.edu. The reference letter will also be used to certify that you are enrolled in a PhD programme at your university.