The Policy Leader Fellowship is a global programme for early and mid-career policy practitioners from around the world to enhance their work and professional skills, whilst participating in workshops, trainings, skills development sessions, conferences and other events. In addition, they get the chance to interact with other fellows, policy-makers and the academic community at the EUI.
The fellowships last for five (fixed term in the first or second semester) or ten months (fixed term from September to the end of June). The candidates can indicate their preference when applying, but once selected for a specific start date and period, no changes or extensions can be granted.
Requested Document
- Prepare your CV in PDF. Additionally, a short biography is requested in the application form. The bio serves the purpose of the selection process and will also be used for communications purposes if the applicant is accepted for the fellowship. It should be written in third person singular and be around 100-120 words (around 800 characters with spaces).
- Prepare a letter of motivation (max 1000 words) in PDF, describing your interests and/or links with transnational policy issues, your future professional ambitions and the reasons to apply for the fellowship (a short summary of this document of max. 1000 characters is requested in the application form).
- Prepare a work-plan with title (max. 1500 words) in PDF, describing what you hope to achieve during the fellowship, and the detailed plan of the steps necessary to achieve that goal (a short summary of this document of max. 1000 characters is requested in the application form). The work-plan should include a portfolio of activities that will mark the progress during the fellowship, in particular: milestones of the work to be carried out, potential partners, foreseeable funding partnerships, the type of contributions to be made to the STG and EUI community, the outputs, the communications and dissemination of the results (media and social). Applicants may also wish to detail how the work plan will extend beyond the fellowship; how this work will have a ‘multiplier’ effect after the fellowship and plans to contribute to and commitment to their policy topic or sector beyond the duration of the fellowship. As all plans are different, there is no template we can provide. The plan must be clear and structured, with well-defined and realistic goals that can be achieved within the duration of the fellowship.
- A copy of the highest educational certificate, in PDF.
Work sample
Candidates should submit 1-3 sample/s of their work (e.g. a policy paper/report/brief, an article, an op-ed, a weblink, interview, social media piece, blogpost etc.) to help demonstrate the interest and ambition of the candidate. Please use standard international fonts, do not use macros, special characters, password-protection, electronic signatures or logos. Documents should be submitted in English.
Letters of References
Applicants should provide the name of one referee, preferably a person who has worked with the applicant. Preference should be given to non-academic referees. Applicants must ensure that the reference is submitted online directly by the referee, by the deadline 25 January. References will not be accepted after the deadline. References from current full-time or part-time EUI professors or staff members will not be accepted.
The referee whom you have nominated as the one submitting the letter by the deadline will be contacted and will be allowed to submit the reference only after you have completed and registered the first step of the online application form including the name and contact details of the referee. In order to receive the reference in time by the deadline, you should register the referee details as soon as possible. This is possible any time and you will not be asked to submit the final version of your application at that time.
Duration
The fellowships are for a duration of five or ten months between September 2022 and June 2023. Candidates should indicate their choices from the following options:
- Five months: September 2022 - January 2023; February 2023 - June 2023.
- Ten months: September 2022 - June 2023.
Grant
- The basic grant is € 2,500 per month.
Family Allowances
- A household allowance of up to € 300 per month.
- An allowance of € 200 per month is paid for each dependent child
Travel Expenses
- Economy class air fare
Deadline - 25 January 2022
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