Article 2

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Students enrolled in DIGISOC are eligible to apply for a scholarship only if they meet all of the following criteria:

1. DIGISOC Students with EU Citizenship or Citizenship from one of the DEP Associates Countries

2. Students who are enrolled in the second year of the DIGISOC programme for academic year 2026/2027.

3. DIGISOC Students who have received at least 60 credits for DIGISOC programme courses and completed all courses in which they were enrolled.

Article 3

Application process and period for the academic year 2026/2027

The deadline to submit the applications for the DIGISOC scholarship is 14^th December 2026 at 23.59 pm (CET – Central Europe Time).

Applicants are required to upload the necessary documents as listed below on the DIGISOC OpenOlat platform at the following link:

https://lms.uibk.ac.at/auth/RepositoryEntry/5831590270/CourseNode/113899331829124

Applicants are required to upload the following materials in a single folder labeled with the applicant name:

1) The signed Application Letter (Annex 1);

2) The matriculation number at the University which is issuing this call;

3) The supporting documentation for all eligibility criteria.

The application must be in English. Supporting documents may be submitted in English, Italian, German, or Czech; all other languages require certified translations. If the documentation is not sufficient, the Evaluation Committee mayrequest additional information or reject the application.

Article 4

Evaluation Committee

A joint Evaluation Committee, appointed by the Dean of the Faculty of Law of the Palacký University, reviews all applications and consists of:

· One representative from each of the three DIGISOC degree awarding universities;

· At least one DIGISOC student representative;

The Committee is appointed after the deadline for the application submission and terminates the evaluation process no later than 15 days after the deadline.

Article 5

Awarding Criteria and Evaluation Procedure

The joint Evaluation Committee will check eligibility criteria and evaluate each application.

The candidate academic excellence will be evaluated based on the weighted average of grades achieved during academic year 2025/2026 in all DIGISOC courses, calculated and rounded to hundredths (e.g. 28,77) on a 30 points scale according to the DIGISOC grade conversion table. Based on averages, students who have submitted their application will be put in descending order. In case of tie, they will be put on shared place, awarding the higher award.

To determine the exact amount of the scholarship allocated to each applicant, the joint Evaluation Committee will use the following model:

· the Student with highest average will be awarded a 2000 EUR scholarship.

· the Student with second highest average will be awarded a 1750 EUR scholarship.

· the Student with third highest average will receive a 1500 EUR scholarship.

· All other students with average above 26,99 will receive a scholarship which corresponds to the result of dividing the call's remaining budget by the number of applications fulfilling the award criteria, but not exceeding 1000 EUR per applicant.

The joint Evaluation Committee’s judgement is unquestionable.

The rankings and the exact amount of funding received by each applicant will be published on the DIGISOC website (https://digitalsociety4innovation.eu/costs-and-scholarships/) and the DIGISOC Awarding Universities Websites. This publication has the value of notification.

Article 6 Acceptance and Appeals

Applicants are notified of decisions within 15 days after the end of the submission period via e-mail. Rejected applications include a short justification.

Applicants who are not admitted to the scholarship have the right to appeal.

Appeals may be submitted by e-mail to programme coordinator and will be reviewed by the joint Evaluation Committee.

Within the mandatory deadline of 5 days from the date of receipt of the notice of the award of the scholarship, the applicant must send by e-mail to programme coordinator the declaration of acceptance (see Article 10) without reservation and under the conditions of the notice of competition, under penalty of forfeiture.

With said declaration, the scholarship assignee must also give explicit assurance to communicate any variation, which may occur during the year with respect to what has been declared.

Article 7

What to do to receive the scholarship

In order to administer the awarding of the scholarship, the scholarships assignee must provide Palacký University, Faculty of Law with the following documentation:

· Enrollment certificate (complete with enrollment number);

· Tax code;

· Bank details (IBAN number, swift code, etc.);

· Copy of passport.

Article 8

Financial and Disbursement Procedures

Scholarships are paid in one instalment per academic year.

Disbursement is handled by the DIGISOC Degree Awarding University which is issuing this Call for Application. Payment of the scholarships will be made by bank transfer to a current account with IBAN in the name of the recipient student.

Article 9 Renunciation

In the event of withdrawal from the scholarship, following acceptance, scholarship winners must give written notice by e-mail to programme coordinator, to allow for any further sliding of the ranking list.

In case of transfer to another degree course during the 2026/2027 academic year, the scholarship holder will be considered a renouncee and must return the full amount of the scholarship.

The renouncing scholarship holder will always be required to return any amounts received, except for special cases duly motivated, which will be assessed by the joint Evaluation Committee.

Article 10 Final provisions

All resources and updates will be made available via the DIGISOC website - Costs and Scholaships page - https://digitalsociety4innovation.eu/costs-and-scholarships/ .

In the same page of the website the following templates and tools will be published:

· Application and documentation guidelines;

· Acceptance letter template.

For further question please contact:

· Università degli Studi di Napoli Federico II: digisoc@unina.it

· Univerzita Palackého v Olomouci, Czechia: digisoc@upol.cz

· Universität Innsbruck, Austria: digisoc@uibk.ac.at

Disclaimer

This call (as well as the financial support that will be provided through it) is NOT an EU action. This call is launched solely by the Palacký University.

The financial support to the selected successful applicants will be provided directly by Palacký University in its own name and under its own responsibility.

Palacký University own responsibility includes the preparation and drafting of this call as well as the selection of successful applicants that will receive the said financial support.

The publication of this call in the EU Funding & Tenders Portal is made solely for information purposes with the aim toincrease the visibility of this call to the general public, including to potential applicants (i.e. students). The saidpublication shall not be construed as direct or indirect approval of the content and conditions of this call by the relevant EU authorities or as any form of waiver from the above-described responsibility of Palacký University.