Guillaume Dupaix PhD Scholarship 2026 Offers €1,150 Monthly Funding for Luxembourg Research Visits
The Guillaume Dupaix International PhD Scholarship is open to selected international doctoral candidates who want to complete part of their existing PhD research at the University of Luxembourg. However, applicants should understand one crucial fact before approaching their university: this is not a scholarship for starting or completing an entire PhD degree in Luxembourg.
It is a short-term mobility award for PhD students already enrolled at an eligible home university. The research visit must last at least one month, and applications remain open on a rolling basis until December 31, 2026.
What Does the Scholarship Pay?
Selected doctoral candidates receive approximately €1,150 per month during their approved research stay. An additional travel grant of €1,500 is available to help with international transportation.
The number of recipients is not fixed and may change each year. Funding may also be withdrawn because of academic misconduct, unsatisfactory research performance or withdrawal from the approved programme.
Applicants should not assume that the scholarship separately guarantees tuition, health insurance or free accommodation. Luxembourg is an expensive destination, and the university warns that student housing is limited and cannot be guaranteed. University accommodation may start at around €450 per month, meaning the stipend may be manageable for a short visit but should not be treated as generous full-degree funding.
Who Can Apply?
The scholarship is currently restricted to applicants connected with selected partner countries: Canada, China, the United States, South Korea, Japan, Australia, Morocco, South Africa, Brazil, Chile, Colombia, Mexico, Uruguay, Thailand, Singapore, Vietnam and the United Kingdom.
Applicants must:
- already be pursuing a PhD;
- secure acceptance for their proposed research visit at the University of Luxembourg;
- be nominated by their home university;
- demonstrate strong academic performance; and
- not receive Luxembourg’s State Financial Aid for Higher Education.
The scholarship supports visiting PhD candidates from partner universities rather than unrestricted applications from every nationality. The Luxembourg government also describes this funding route specifically as support for PhD exchange visits.
Can Applicants From Pakistan, India, Bangladesh or Nigeria Apply?
Not under the current published country list. Citizenship alone may not be the only issue—the applicant’s home university normally also needs an eligible institutional relationship through which the nomination can be submitted.
Applicants from unlisted countries should not send an unsupported individual application expecting an exception. They should instead ask their international relations office whether another University of Luxembourg mobility agreement, visiting-research fund or externally financed scholarship is available.
Can You Apply Directly Without University Nomination?
No. This is one of the most important conditions frequently overlooked in social-media scholarship posts.
Applicants are nominated by their home university. Eligible nominees are then considered competitively by the University of Luxembourg’s International Relations Office. A student cannot normally bypass the home institution and convert the programme into an independent online scholarship application.
Your first practical step should therefore be contacting the international office, doctoral school or mobility coordinator at your current university. Ask whether it participates in the Guillaume Dupaix programme and what internal documents or nomination deadline it uses.
Is an Acceptance Letter Required for this Phd Scholarship?
Applicants must be accepted for the proposed programme or research mobility before receiving the award. In practice, a convincing application should identify a University of Luxembourg professor, laboratory, centre or research group whose work directly matches the candidate’s thesis.
A generic request to “visit Luxembourg for research” will be weaker than a proposal explaining the research task, intended supervisor, planned dates, expected output and relevance to the applicant’s existing PhD.
Does the Scholarship Automatically Provide a Visa?
No. Scholarship selection and immigration permission are separate processes.
Depending on nationality, residence status and length of stay, a non-EU candidate may need a visa, student-mobility notification or authorisation to stay. Applicants may also be required to show admission, sufficient funds, health insurance and accommodation arrangements.
Should You Apply or Skip It?
Apply if you are already enrolled in a PhD, belong to an eligible partner country, can obtain home-university nomination and have a research reason to work with a University of Luxembourg academic team.
Skip this opportunity if you are searching for a fully funded three- or four-year PhD, your country is not currently eligible, or your university cannot nominate you.
Application Deadline
The last date to be considered for the Guillaume Dupaix International PhD Scholarship is December 31, 2026. Although nominations are accepted continuously during the year, applicants should begin several months earlier because securing a Luxembourg host, institutional approval and home-university nomination can take time.