Introducing the EF Educational Secretariat 2026 PhD Fellowship

The EF’s Educational Secretariat workforce is proud to announce the launch of the inaugural PhD Fellowship Program, a pioneering initiative aimed toward empowering and increasing the frontiers of Ethereum-related educational analysis, by supporting Ethereum-related educational work led by PhD college students.

Spherical Scope

The scope of this spherical consists of work that’s broadly related to college students desirous about pursuing analysis which can be on the intersection of Institutional Design, Company Governance, Political Financial, Decentralized AI, and Ethereum. We’re looking for proposals that align with the RFP matters listed on our webpage.

We encourage researchers to make use of these RFPs as a place to begin, and to assume creatively about how their work can generate significant insights and contributions to the Ethereum ecosystem.

Software Necessities

• This system will award 7-8 Fellowships, every with a $24,000 USD stipend over one 12 months.
• Proposals are due 23:59 AoE April 1st, 2026.
• All candidates have to be actively enrolled right into a PhD Program from a college or educational institute.
• Initiatives should produce formal educational analysis revealed in venues comparable to conferences or journals.
• Analysis output have to be open-access with a free and permissive license.
• All purposes will need to have a written proposal in PDF format:
• Proposals have to be in English.
• Proposals adhere to this template.
• Proposals should embody an applicant profile.
• Proposals should embody a public repository or hyperlink to revealed work.
• Purposes are chosen for funding on a case-by-case foundation. It’s possible you’ll submit multiple utility so long as every proposal is exclusive and meets the necessities of the RFP merchandise that they’re linked to.
• Selections will likely be emailed 6 weeks after the applying deadline.
• For extra help or inquiries in regards to the submission course of, please attain out to academic-grants@ethereum.org. For additional data, go to our web site.