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4th Special ERG Call for PhD Students, Deadline: June 30, 2019 - CLOSED

The Fourth Special Round of the Exploratory Research Grants for PhD students under the PEDL initiative is now closed. Proposals submitted by 11:59pm GMT on June 30, 2019 will be considered for funding.

 

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