Numerous scholarships and grants for students and researchers.
Thanks to our generous contributors, over the years we have been able to grant more than 3,000 scholarships and recognise the accomplishments of students and researchers with more than 4.9 million euros.
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Scholarship competitions for the autumn semester are open!
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The 2025 Wise scholarship (autumn semester)
The aim of the scholarship is to support female students studying at the Institute of Computer Science of the University of Tartu.
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Starts:14.08.2025Deadline:10.10.2025
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The 2025 professor Olevi Kull Memorial Fund Scholarship
The aim of the scholarship is to support the participation of final-year undergraduate students, master's students, doctoral students and young researchers studying postdoctoral studies in the field of plant ecophysiology, forest ecology and ecosystem ecology with travel scholarships in international scientific conferences and work at foreign research institutions related to the field.
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Starts:14.08.2025Deadline:01.11.2025
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The 2025 Estonian Maritime Museum Scholarship
The aim of the scholarship is to support future scholars in the research fields of the Estonian Maritime Museum, to promote the study of Estonian maritime history and maritime heritage, to encourage the production of high-quality original research, and to foster the next generation of researchers in maritime history and maritime archaeology.
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Starts:15.09.2025Deadline:20.11.2025
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The 2025 Anni Jürine Scholarship
The aim of the scholarship is to support the research and popularization of Anni's research topics – academic text writing and the development of grammatical units – at the University of Tartu.
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Starts:08.09.2025Deadline:15.01.2026
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The 2026 Professor Peeter Tulviste prize
The aim of the Memorial Fund is to support and recognise students and young researchers who are socially active and who contribute to the advancement of Estonian society through their outstanding academic and research work.
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Starts:23.07.2025Deadline:15.01.2026
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Support campaign marking the 80th anniversary of the birth of Professor Peeter Tulviste
The campaign collects donations for the Professor Peeter Tulviste Memorial Fund, which offers scholarships for individuals studying or working at the University of Tartu, who have master's or doctoral degree and who have made a significant contribution to the understanding of the cultural nature of people through their research.
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University of Tartu Ukraine Scholarship Fund
On February 28, 2022, the University of Tartu established a scholarship fund to collect and distribute donations for supporting the studies of Ukrainian students at the University of Tartu. Both companies and private individuals can contribute to the fund. The scholarships are available to Ukrainian nationals pursuing bachelor's or master's degree studies.
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University of Tartu Seventh Pillar Fund
The Seventh Pillar Fund was named in 1998 by Lennart Meri, the then patron of the University of Tartu Foundation, referring to the seventh pillar as the pillar of wisdom, which symbolizes the supporting role of knowledge and education in society.
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goal130000€
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