TIPCS Fellowships
Six months of serious, multidisciplinary research and implementation, open all year to students, researchers, professionals and senior experts.
How the fellowship works
A research-to-practice model
Each fellow completes a six-month cycle in four stages: framing the question and the method (month 1), evidence gathering and analysis (months 2 to 4), an implementation step with a partner or community (month 5), and public output and review (month 6). The cycle follows the practice of leading policy institutes: a written research design, independent review, and open publication.
Supervision, ethics and quality
Every fellow has a TIPCS research mentor, joins a monthly cross-disciplinary seminar and signs a research-ethics undertaking before starting. Drafts are reviewed by two readers. Findings are published under the fellow’s name with TIPCS review. TIPCS does not direct the conclusions of the research.
University co-tutorship
Student fellows need a co-tutor at a university. For the other tracks it is optional but valued. In the application, choose your university from the list of well-known universities, or add another. TIPCS signs a short co-tutorship agreement with the university.
Choose your track
Every application starts from your TIPCS account: you create or open it first, then apply.
Students · 6 months
Tanit Student Fellowship
Master’s and doctoral students
For Master’s and doctoral students who want to turn a thesis question into a field-tested piece of applied research on peace, conflict, climate, youth, migration, culture or digital peace.
What you do · What you deliver · Who can apply
What you do
- Design and run a research plan with a named TIPCS department and an academic co-tutor.
- Collect and analyse data, with monthly methods clinics and a mid-term review.
- Test the findings in one practical implementation step with a partner or community.
What you deliver
- A peer-reviewed working paper or policy brief published by TIPCS.
- A public seminar presentation and a replication-ready data and methods note.
Who can apply
- Enrolled in a Master’s or doctoral programme (or finished within 12 months).
- A co-tutorship letter from a university supervisor.
- Working proficiency in Arabic, French or English; adults only (18+).
Researchers · 6 months
Ibn Khaldun Research Fellowship
Early-career and established researchers
For doctoral graduates and researchers who want to lead a rigorous, multidisciplinary study of social change, conflict transformation or peacebuilding in the Mediterranean region, and to see it implemented.
What you do · What you deliver · Who can apply
What you do
- Lead a research project from design to publication inside a TIPCS department.
- Mentor one or two student fellows and present results at a TIPCS seminar.
- Design the implementation step: a pilot, a training or a dialogue process based on the evidence.
What you deliver
- A research report or journal-ready article with a policy brief.
- An implementation note describing what was tested and what was learned.
Who can apply
- A doctorate or equivalent research record (publications, reports).
- Optional co-tutorship with a university research unit.
- Adults only (18+); research ethics undertaking signed before the start.
Professionals · 6 months
Mediterranean Practitioner Fellowship
Professionals and practitioners
For mediators, social workers, journalists, educators, engineers and other professionals who want to bring their field experience into a structured applied-research project on peace and social cohesion.
What you do · What you deliver · Who can apply
What you do
- Document a practice problem, review the evidence and design a tested solution.
- Work with a TIPCS research mentor and a peer cohort across disciplines.
- Implement the solution in your organisation or with a partner and measure the result.
What you deliver
- A practice guide or toolkit, reviewed and published by TIPCS.
- A short evaluation of what changed and what did not.
Who can apply
- At least three years of professional experience.
- A letter of support from your employer or partner organisation, if employed.
- University co-tutorship is welcome, not required. Adults only (18+).
Policy and public service · 6 months
Agora Policy and Public Service Fellowship
Public servants, policy analysts and civil-society leaders
For people working in or near public institutions who want to produce an evidence-based policy proposal on governance, democracy, youth participation or mobility, and test it with decision-makers.
What you do · What you deliver · Who can apply
What you do
- Map the policy problem and the actors involved; run a structured consultation.
- Draft options with costs, risks and trade-offs stated openly.
- Brief decision-makers and record the response.
What you deliver
- A policy brief and a consultation report published on tipcs.org.
Who can apply
- Experience in public administration, a policy institute or a civil-society organisation.
- Political neutrality undertaking signed before the start. Adults only (18+).
Senior experts · 6 months
Carthage Senior Fellowship
Senior experts, former diplomats and professors
For senior experts who will lead a multidisciplinary study, mentor the other fellows and help TIPCS set its research standards.
What you do · What you deliver · Who can apply
What you do
- Direct a flagship multidisciplinary study with at least two departments.
- Chair the monthly fellows’ seminar and review the other fellows’ drafts.
What you deliver
- A flagship report with an executive summary in Arabic, French and English.
Who can apply
- At least ten years of senior experience in research, diplomacy, teaching or practice.
- University co-tutorship is optional. Adults only (18+).
Leaders from developing countries · 6 months
Habib Bourguiba Global Leaders Fellowship
Emerging leaders from all developing countries
The flagship of the Habib Bourguiba Programme, open to emerging and mid-career leaders from every developing country who want to lead change at home: in public service, civil society, academia, enterprise or the media.
What you do · What you deliver · Who can apply
What you do
- Research a development challenge of your country with a TIPCS mentor and an international peer cohort.
- Spend the core of the fellowship in Tunisia (Monastir and Tunis), between a remote preparation phase and a home-country follow-up.
- Design and start an implementation project in your own country.
What you deliver
- A research and policy paper and a leadership portfolio.
- A home-country implementation plan, followed over the next months.
Who can apply
- A national of a developing country (list to be fixed by the Board from recognised international classifications).
- Proven leadership potential and at least three years of experience; adults only (18+).
Tunisian youth · 6 months
Hannibal Op.
Opportunities for Tunisian youth
A serious, demanding fellowship open to Tunisian youth only: young Tunisians who want to build a career and real impact at home through research and implementation.
What you do · What you deliver · Who can apply
What you do
- Carry out a multidisciplinary research and implementation project inside Tunisia, with a research mentor.
- Work with a local partner (municipality, association, school, company or university) on a real problem.
What you deliver
- A published working paper or brief and a local-impact project with a short evaluation.
Who can apply
- Tunisian nationals aged 18 to 35 (age limit to be confirmed by the Board), living in Tunisia or abroad.
- Strong motivation; a university co-tutor is welcome, not required.
Programme dossier (PDF)
A demanding programme
- Hard and serious: expect a full workload and deadlines.
- A job-opening style call: a written application, a selection interview and references.
- Six months of research and implementation, multidisciplinary by design.
- The fellowship does not promise a job, a diploma, a visa or admission anywhere.
The open call: Read the call on the careers portal →
Universities you can choose from
The application lists well-known universities in every region. If yours is not there, you can type it.
Tunisia
- University of Tunis El Manar
- University of Tunis
- University of Carthage
- University of Manouba
- University of Sousse
- University of Monastir
- University of Sfax
- University of Gabès
- University of Gafsa
- University of Jendouba
- University of Kairouan
- University of Zitouna
- Virtual University of Tunis
- Tunis Business School
- Mediterranean School of Business (South Mediterranean University)
- Polytechnic School of Tunisia
- ESSEC Tunis
Maghreb, Middle East and Africa
- Al Akhawayn University (Morocco)
- Mohammed V University (Morocco)
- Hassan II University (Morocco)
- Cadi Ayyad University (Morocco)
- University of Algiers 1
- University of Science and Technology Houari Boumediene (Algeria)
- Cairo University
- American University in Cairo
- Ain Shams University
- Alexandria University
- American University of Beirut
- Saint Joseph University of Beirut
- University of Jordan
- Birzeit University
- King Saud University
- King Abdulaziz University
- Qatar University
- Khalifa University
- American University of Sharjah
- United Arab Emirates University
- Sultan Qaboos University
- University of Cape Town
- University of the Witwatersrand
- Stellenbosch University
- University of Ghana
- University of Nairobi
- Makerere University
- University of Dakar Cheikh Anta Diop
- University of Ibadan
France and francophone Europe
- Sorbonne University
- Paris Sciences et Lettres (PSL) University
- Sciences Po
- Paris-Saclay University
- Université Paris Cité
- University of Paris 1 Panthéon-Sorbonne
- École Normale Supérieure (Paris)
- École Polytechnique
- University of Strasbourg
- University of Lyon
- Aix-Marseille University
- University of Montpellier
- University of Bordeaux
- University of Toulouse
- Université libre de Bruxelles
- KU Leuven
- Ghent University
- University of Geneva
- University of Lausanne
- Graduate Institute Geneva
Italy, Spain and Mediterranean Europe
- University of Bologna
- Sapienza University of Rome
- University of Padua
- University of Milan
- Politecnico di Milano
- Bocconi University
- University of Turin
- University of Naples Federico II
- University of Florence
- University of Pisa
- University of Trento
- Scuola Normale Superiore
- University of Barcelona
- Autonomous University of Barcelona
- Pompeu Fabra University
- Complutense University of Madrid
- Autonomous University of Madrid
- University of Valencia
- University of Lisbon
- University of Coimbra
- National and Kapodistrian University of Athens
- Aristotle University of Thessaloniki
- University of Malta
United Kingdom and Ireland
- University of Oxford
- University of Cambridge
- Imperial College London
- University College London
- London School of Economics and Political Science
- King’s College London
- SOAS University of London
- University of Edinburgh
- University of Manchester
- University of Warwick
- University of Bristol
- Durham University
- University of St Andrews
- University of Glasgow
- University of Exeter
- Trinity College Dublin
- University College Dublin
Germany, Nordics and the Netherlands
- Heidelberg University
- Ludwig Maximilian University of Munich
- Technical University of Munich
- Humboldt University of Berlin
- Free University of Berlin
- University of Bonn
- University of Tübingen
- University of Freiburg
- University of Amsterdam
- Leiden University
- Utrecht University
- Erasmus University Rotterdam
- Delft University of Technology
- University of Groningen
- Uppsala University
- Lund University
- Stockholm University
- University of Copenhagen
- University of Oslo
- University of Helsinki
- Aarhus University
North America
- Harvard University
- Stanford University
- Massachusetts Institute of Technology
- Yale University
- Princeton University
- Columbia University
- University of Chicago
- University of Pennsylvania
- Cornell University
- Johns Hopkins University
- Georgetown University
- George Mason University
- University of California, Berkeley
- University of California, Los Angeles
- New York University
- Duke University
- Northwestern University
- University of Notre Dame
- Tufts University
- University of Toronto
- McGill University
- University of British Columbia
- University of Montreal
- Université Laval
- University of Ottawa
- University of Waterloo
Asia and Oceania
- National University of Singapore
- Nanyang Technological University
- University of Tokyo
- Kyoto University
- Seoul National University
- Peking University
- Tsinghua University
- University of Hong Kong
- Indian Institute of Technology Delhi
- Jawaharlal Nehru University
- University of Malaya
- Istanbul University
- Boğaziçi University
- Middle East Technical University
- Koç University
- University of Melbourne
- Australian National University
- University of Sydney
- University of Auckland
Latin America
- University of São Paulo
- National Autonomous University of Mexico
- University of Buenos Aires
- Pontifical Catholic University of Chile
- University of Chile
- University of the Andes (Colombia)
Other ways to take part
Related policy (draft for Board ratification)
TIPCS does not promise a job, a diploma, a visa or admission. Adults only (18+). Terms are set in an individual written agreement.