Laura Bassi Scholarship for Postgraduate Students 2026

The Laura Bassi Scholarship was established in 2018 to provide editorial assistance to postgraduates and junior academics whose research focuses on neglected topics of study, broadly construed, within their disciplines. The scholarships are open to every discipline and are awarded three times per year. The value of the scholarship is remitted solely through editorial assistance, as follows:

Application Deadline

Deadline: 15 November 2026

Which Countries are Eligible?

Every nationality

How Many Awards?

Not specified

What is the Benefit of the Laura Bassi Scholarship?

This Laura Bassi scholarship offers editorial assistance valued as follows

Master’s candidates: $750

Doctoral candidates: $2,500

Junior academics: $500

Eligibility Criteria

To be eligible for the Laura Bassi Scholarship, you must

Be a currently enrolled master’s or doctoral candidate, or an academic in the first five years of full-time employment.

There are no restrictions based on institution, department, or nationality.

How to Apply for the Laura Bassi Scholarship

Applicants are required to submit a completed application form along with their CV using the portal prompted by the ‘Apply’ button below by the relevant deadline.

To help defray the scholarship’s administrative costs, applicants are subject to a voluntary USD 10.00 fee. All applicants who are unable to pay the application fee are welcome to take advantage of the fee waiver option on the application portal. If you wish to pay the application fee in a currency other than USD, please consult the FAQ below for instructions.

Answers to common questions about the application process are provided in the FAQ section. In order to avoid delays, applicants are encouraged to read the FAQ carefully before writing to us with their questions.

Please do not submit your application material by email, as this would breach our impartiality rules and potentially invalidate your application. If you wish to update your application material, please upload your documents again using the same email address as your initial submission. Your dossier will then be updated automatically. Please also note that your application documents need to be uploaded together rather than separately.

Visit the Application Webpage for Details

Applicants are required to submit a completed application form along with their CV using the portal prompted by the ‘Apply’ button below by the relevant deadline.

These three awards are open to all currently enrolled master’s and doctoral candidates and to academics in the first five years of full-time employment, with no institutional, departmental, or national restrictions.

Applicants are required to submit a completed application form along with their CV using the portal prompted by the ‘Apply’ button below by the relevant deadline.