GET READY TO APPLY: Open Doors Russian Scholarship Project 2026/27, Doctoral track
Global Universities Association, with Russia's Ministry of Science and Higher Education
Apply on their own site: https://od.globaluni.ru/
This checklist: https://qualifyafrica.com/o/open-doors-russia-doctoral-track-2026
Built only from what the listing states. Lines marked (our advice) are ours.
A long application, by our reading.

1. CHECK YOURSELF AGAINST WHAT THEY ASK
[ ] aged 22 to 35 when registration opened
[ ] a Specialist or Master's degree, held or being completed
[ ] open to foreign citizens and stateless persons, including compatriots residing abroad, so every African nationality qualifies
[ ] you need Russian or English at the level of the programme you pick
[ ] you would move to Russia, and pay your own travel, food, accommodation, communications and medical insurance

2. WHAT TO GET READY
[ ] Portfolio or work samples (A few of your best pieces, with a line on what you did in each.)
In their words: "Registration and a portfolio on the Open Doors site, then the online competition stages."

3. DATES
- Closes 13 November 2026, in 22 days.
- On the date, the listing says: Registration opened 20 August 2026 and closes 1 November 2026. Doctoral and postdoctoral winners are announced 26 February 2027.
- Aim to send it by 10 November 2026. Websites slow down near a deadline, and data runs out. (our advice)

4. WHAT IT COSTS YOU
- Study in Russia. Transportation is explicitly not covered.

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