Estonian Government Scholarships 2025/2026
Type of Scholarships:
Short-term (1-4 weeks) study scholarships, short-term (1-9 days) and long-term (10 days - 10 calender months) research grants
Programs for: All levels
Fields:
Summer and winter schools: Estonian language and culture, various fields such as IT, media, international relations etc. related to degree programmes taught in English
Research: All fields of study
The Estonian Ministry of Education and Research and Education and Youth Board offer scholarships to foreign nationals in the framework of the Estonian Scholarship Programme for international students, researchers and academic staff.
Scholarships for summer and winter schools
The purpose of the scholarship is to support foreign students participation in short summer or winter school courses of Estonian language and culture courses organized by the Estonian institutions of higher education as well as in summer and winter schools related to the degree programmes taught in English. The scholarship can be awarded to the BA, MA and PhD students who are enrolled to the higher education institution abroad at least one year by the time of application. The candidate should pre-register to the course for applying for the scholarship.
The scholarship includes a course fee in the amount of up to 700 EUR and the cost of accommodation in the amount of up to 25 EUR per night for a maximum period of 4 weeks. The board concludes a contract and makes the transfer directly to the university organizing the course. The Estonian university organizing the summer school offers accommodation or makes the scholarship payment to the student. Course fee is also paid to the university.
In the application round of the 2025 summer school, students can also apply for a scholarship to cover the participation fee for online courses.
Grants for researchers and academic staff
Grants for researchers can be awarded to the researchers and academic staff of higher education institutions abroad for their activity at Estonian institutions of higher education. The person using the grant shall hold an academic position at her/his home institutions. For example, the following are considered academic positions: professor, associate professor, teacher, reader, research fellow, lecturer, assistant. PhD students can apply for the scholarship for students only. Under this program, grants for postdoctoral studies are not offered.
The grant can be used for research, teaching, collaboration with colleagues etc. Grants for researchers are divided into short-term (1-9 days) and long-term (10 days – 10 calendar months) grants. The subsistence rates are 45 EUR per day and 660 EUR per month respectively.
Application Deadline
16.04.2025
Place of Submission
The application with required documents must be submitted via email to rvo.dokumendid@harno.ee.
Remarks
The decision to award a scholarship/grant to the applicant does not guarantee his/her admittance to the institution of interest. The applicant should submit the necessary documents directly to the host institution. The decision on admission shall be taken before the scholarship/grant decision.
More information: Website of the Education and Youth Board