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ITU Fellowships Portal

Welcome to the ITU Fellowships Portal!

How to apply for fellowships funded through the ITU regular budget:

Register for the ITU event offering fellowships and obtain approval from the corresponding registration focal point.
Fill out the ITU Fellowship application form available on the event website.
Submit, by the indicated deadline, your fellowship application form duly signed and authorized by the national designated focal point and/or a senior officer from the Administration/Member State. ITU will only consider applications that are complete, authorized, and submitted by the indicated deadline.

ITU offers two (2) types of fellowships. Please refer to the activity invitation letter/website for the fellowship type applicable.

Full fellowship: one (1) return economy class air ticket by the most direct/economical route from the country of origin to the activity venue, as well as a daily allowance to cover accommodation, meals and incidental expenses. Other costs will not be covered as part of the fellowship award.
Partial fellowship: one (1) return economy class ticket by the most direct/economical route from the country of origin to the activity venue OR daily allowance to cover accommodation, meals and incidental expenses. Other costs will not be covered as part of the fellowship award.
Please refer to the corresponding event invitation letter/website for the fellowship type applicable.

Selection criteria may vary from an ITU event to another, please refer to the corresponding event invitation letter/website for further information on selection criteria for ITU fellowship awards.
Per the Policy for awarding fellowships for events and activities funded through the ITU regular budget: "To ensure good governance in the use of fellowships, any one individual may not be awarded more than one full fellowship, or two partial fellowships in a financial year. In this respect, the amount granted to any one individual shall not exceed ten thousand (10 000) Swiss Francs in a financial year".