University of Iceland Doctoral Grants

The University of Iceland Doctoral Grants provide funded support for researchers pursuing a doctoral degree at the University of Iceland. Grants include a monthly salary and multi-year financial support for a duration of one to three years. The programme is open across all disciplines and is backed by the University of Iceland Research Fund and the Eimskip University Fund. Recipients are expected to be full-time doctoral candidates and submit regular progress reports.

Monthly salary; multi-year financial support for doctoral research (1–3 years); December supplementary payment in the first year.

Applicants must be enrolled or applying for admission to a doctoral programme at the University of Iceland, have the support of a proposed or appointed PhD supervisor at the institution, commit to full‑time doctoral study for the duration of the grant, and submit annual progress reports.

Applications are submitted via the University of Iceland's official platform. Three application routes exist: (A) already-registered doctoral students, (B) sponsoring faculty, and (C) simultaneous admission application and scholarship request; a complete dossier including research proposal, transcripts, CV and supervisor agreement must be provided.