Details
- Status
- Closed
- Publication date
- 9 October 2025
- Opening date
- Deadline model
- Single-stage
- Deadline date
- 31 October 2025, 17:00 (CET)
- Funding programme
- Industrial Ecosystem
- Digital
- Level of funding
- EU level
Description
Overview
Objectives
The scholarships aim to promote diversity in terms of gender, age, and socio-economic background while ensuring access to high-quality education in digital fields.
Activities/actions supported
The DIGITWIN4CIUE Reduction-Fees Scholarships program provides financial support to eligible students to facilitate their participation in the Executive Master in Digital Twins for Infrastructures and Cities.
Anticipated outcomes
The DIGITWIN4CIUE scholarships will provide financial support to broaden access to the Executive Master in Digital Twins for Infrastructures and Cities, while promoting diversity and inclusion across Europe’s digital fields.
Institution providing the funding
Fundación Agustín de Betancourt and European Commission
Size of funding
EUR 100,000
Conditions
Overview of eligibility criteria
To qualify for a DIGITWIN4CIUE Reduction-Fees Scholarships, applicants must:
- Be a national of an eligible country, including:
- Listed EEA countries and countries associated with the Digital Europe Programme (or those engaged in ongoing association negotiations) at the time of the call (2021)
- Meet the following criteria:
- Have been officially accepted into the program
- Have paid the reservation fee
- Be enrolled as a full-time student in the master’s program for 2025–2026
- Commit to completing the Master's programme in the first academic year of the student's enrolment.
Overview of award criteria
DIGITWIN4CIUE Reduction-Fees Scholarships will be awarded based on a merit score (ranging from 1 to 5) and specific priority criteria The amount granted will vary between €1,500 and €3,000, depending on the score achieved. The merit score will be determined by: previous academic and professional experience; curriculum vitae; and letter of motivation, including the applicant’s justification for financial support. To enhance diversity and inclusion, the DIGITWIN4CIUE program prioritizes:
- Female applicants from any EU or EU-associated country to promote gender balance
- Applicants from Regional Innovation Scheme (RIS) countries, which are part of the EIT Regional Innovation Scheme (supporting students from countries with moderate or modest innovation scores and lower GDP).
- Students affiliated with the organizing Higher Education Institutions (HEIs), such as alumni, professors, employees, and PhD researchers from: Universidad Politécnica de Madrid; ENPC; ITU; BME; and other partner institutions.
- Students self-financed AND without employer or working in a SME (up to 50 employees).