Topic: research

Nominations for the Estonian Science Communication Awards can be submitted to the Estonian Research Council (ETAG) until 15 September. The competition aims to recognise outstanding and active science communicators as well as innovative initiatives that promote science to wider audiences.

The Estonian Research Council (ETAG) invites students to participate in the 2026 National Contest for University Students. The last day for submissions is 15 September. This year, the total prize fund exceeds €200,000.

Registration is now open for the University of Tartu’s three-minute thesis competition for doctoral researchers, which will take place on 21 October at the University of Tartu Library. The deadline for registration is 12 October.

Djuddah Leijen, Associate Professor of English Language and Head of the Centre for Academic Writing at the University of Tartu, has been selected to participate in a three-year research seminar on rethinking engaged learning in the age of generative AI (GenAI), organised by the Center for Engaged Learning at Elon University. The first seminar meeting took place in July 2026. In an interview, Djuddah Leijen explains his role in the initiative and the benefits it could bring to the University of Tartu.

This autumn, doctoral researchers of the University of Tartu will again have the opportunity to participate in the three-minute thesis competition. The competition will be held on 21 October in the conference hall of the University of Tartu Library.

The call for applications for the Marie Skłodowska-Curie Actions (MSCA) Postdoctoral Fellowships is open until 9 September 2026. In April and May, the Estonian Research Council (ETAG) will host info sessions to help prospective applicants prepare their applications.

On May 6-8, the Center for Digital Text Studies (DigiTS), in cooperation with the Institute of Foreign Languages and Cultures, will organize a 3-day workshop on network analysis in the humanities.

The Juri Lotman Fund announces its scholarship contest for graduate students from the University of Tartu whose research continues the tradition of Lotman and his school in semiotics and Slavic philology. Application deadline is 30 January 2026, and the grantees of the scholarships will be announced on 28 February 2026.

28. novembril 2025 kell 12.15 kaitseb Kaspar Kolk klassikalise filoloogia erialal doktoritööd „Trükitud raamatu esimene aastasada Eestis: raamatud, raamatukogud ja lugejad 15. sajandi teisest poolest 16. sajandi keskpaigani“.