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World Federation of Sciences (WFS)
ANNOUNCE
WFS National Scholarship Programme Competition for 2026
Young researchers from the Republic of Moldova can benefit from scholarships awarded by the World Federation of Scientists following the WFS Rules and Guidelines of the National Scholarship Program (Annex 1, Annex 2). Scholarships are proposed for 15 priority areas WFS research program:
1. Water
2. Soil
3. Food and Agriculture
4. Energy
5. Pollution
6. Limits of Development
7. Climatic Changes
8. Global Monitoring of the Planet and Artificial Intelligence
9. Missile Proliferation and Defence
10. Substituirea organelor (Organ Substitution)
11. Medicine and Biotechnology
12. Cultural Pollution
13. Defence Against Cosmic Objects
14. Conversion of Military Resources
15. Science and Technology for Developing Countries
The competition is meant for PhD students and young researchers up to 40 years old. The value of a scholarship is about 150 Swiss francs per month.
The documents will be in English and will be presented in electronic format ([email protected]) and personally by the scholarship applicant until March 11, 2026; at the address: Chisinau, str. Academiei, 3, office 308.
Deadline for submition: March 11, 2026, 4:00 p.m.
The documents will be evaluated by a commission of experts composed of scientists from different fields in the Republic of Moldova and abroad.
The competition dossier will contain:
- Research project presented on 4-5 pages in one of the 15 priority areas of the WFS (Annex 3), which will contain:
The research project proposal form; DOWNLOAD HERE
The project must be signed by the applicant and the scientific supervisor and stamped.
2. The Application Form (Annex 4).
3. List of publications (Web of Science and SCOPUS) of the last three years.
4. EuroPAS CV of the applicant with full address data.
5. EuroPAS CV of the scientific supervisor with full address data.
6. A letter of recommendation from the scientific supervisor with the agreement to be the scientific supervisor of the applicant for the WFS scholarship, and one letter of recommendation from specialist in the field (signed and stamped), addressed to the President of the World Federation of Scientists, Prof. Antonino ZICHICHI.
NOTE: Previous recipients of WFS Excellence Scholarships are not eligible to participate in the competition.
Secretary of the WFS in Moldova
Lidia LUNGU
Email: [email protected]