Montenegro’s Ministry of Education, Science and Innovation has opened a call worth 1,000,000 euros for doctoral research scholarships, the ministry said. It is open to students who first enrolled in the first year of a doctoral programme at a licensed university in Montenegro in the 2026/2027 academic year.
The scholarships can run for up to three years. Each recipient is eligible for a net monthly stipend of 800 euros to cover living costs, alongside funding for research project expenses.
Project costs can receive up to 10,000 euros gross per year. Eligible expenses include tuition, research materials, data collection and analysis, ethical approval, dissemination, intellectual property protection and international or cross-sector mobility.
Mobility must last at least three months and take place at a research institution abroad or at a company in Montenegro or another country. The ministry said the programme is intended to strengthen Montenegro’s research capacity, develop new generations of researchers and promote scientific excellence and the internationalisation of research.
