Romania National Program 2024-2025

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Romania National Program 2024-2025

2 endowments of 50,000 RON each, offered to female researchers in the areas of Life Sciences.
2 endowments of 50,000 RON each, offered to female researchers in the areas of Exact Sciences.
1 endowment of 50,000 RON offered to a female researcher in the area of Computer Science.

The L'Oréal Romania For Women In Science Endowments program was launched in 2009 and is run in partnership with the Romanian National Commission for UNESCO.

For the combined edition 2024-2025, 10 awards of 50,000 RON each are offered to support outstanding doctoral and postdoctoral female researchers under the age of 40, in the areas of Life Sciences, Phisical Sciences, and Computer Science.

The endowments are meant to support the winners in their research work conducted in Romania.

Calendar

Opening of the call for aplications: 07.07.2025

End date of the call for aplications: 31.08.2025

1st stage of evaluation: September 2025

2nd stage of evaluation: October 2025

Winners announcement: November 2025

  • March 8, 2024 Start of the call for application/nomination
  • August 23, 2025 Closing of the call for application/nomination
  • December 31, 2025 Candidates' final selection

Program Overview

Partners

The Romanian National Commission for UNESCO

The Executive Agency for Higher Education, Research, Development and Innovation Funding (UEFISCDI).

Amount per endowment

4 endowments of 50,000 RON each, offered to female researchers in the areas of Life Sciences.
4 endowments of 50,000 RON each, offered to female researchers in the areas of Physical Sciences.
2 endowment of 50,000 RON offered to a female researcher in the area of Computer Science.

Main eligibility criteria

For PHD participants:

  • Must be no older than 40 years old by the start date of the program: 07.07.2025
  • Must be enrolled in a doctoral school, research institute, or laboratory in Romania, and is undergoing her research on Romanian territory, in one of the domains listed in Annex 1 of the program's participation guidelines document
  • Minimum second PHD year
  • Must have no criminal record and is not currently undergoing criminal investigation

For post-PHD participants:

  • Must be no older than 40 years old by the start date of the program: 07.07.2025
  • Must have obtained the scientific title of "Doctor" in one of the scientific domains mentioned in Annex 1 of the program's participation guidelines document, and is part of a post-academic preparatory program within a research and development institution certified by the Romanian Government.
  • OR has obtained the scientific title of "Doctor" in one of the scientific domains mentioned in Annex 1 of the program's participation guidelines document, and is undergoing her research on Romanian territory, in one of the aforementioned domains.
  • Must have started her post-doctoral research before the start date of the program's call for applications, 07.07.2025
  • Must have no criminal record and is not currently undergoing criminal investigation

Candidates who have already obtained a bursary during previous editions of the program are automatically ineligible to participate.

Selection criteria
  • Quality of the aplication
  • Candidate's scientific excellence in research
  • Capacity of the project to bring important innovations in the respective fields

The detailed selection criteria can be found in the below-attached guidelines document

Initial launch date
2009
Total number of endowments awarded since launch
42

Information document(s)

Regulamentul Programului LOreal_Unesco_Pentru_Femeile_din_Stiinta_Romania_2024-2025