Launch of the 2024 PhD Students and Early Career Academics Research Grant Programme

The main objectives of this programme are to encourage research with a humanities or social sciences perspective on any Olympic-related aspect and to promote the consultation of the IOC historical archives and the OSC’s collections.

Who is eligible to apply?

All current postgraduate students enrolled in a PhD programme within the human and social sciences encompassing Olympism, the Olympic Movement or the Olympic Games as, one of their research foci.

All academic staff members and postdoctoral fellows who have completed their doctorate or equivalent terminal degree (including masters, depending on the field) in or after 2021 are also eligible.

Rules, application form and deadline for submission

Application files and any related correspondence should be sent to the OSC before 25 September 2023. The complete explanatory document and the application form are available on our website.

Selection Committee

The Grant Programme Selection Committee is composed of academic experts who are world-renowned for their involvement in Olympic studies and of OSC representatives.

Other research opportunities

University professors, lecturers and research fellows who have completed their doctorate and who hold an academic/research appointment are eligible to apply to the Advanced Olympic Research Grant Programme. This programme aims to promote advanced research by established researchers with a humanities or social sciences perspective in priority fields of research, which are identified every two years by the IOC. See here for additional information.

Our unique collection of resources to assist your research

We invite you to discover the Olympic World Library (OWL), a library catalogue entirely dedicated to Olympic knowledge, giving access to over 38,000 titles, of which over 11,500 documents are accessible in digital format. 

Don’t miss the key collections of Olympic Games Official reports, the Candidature Files of all candidate cities in Olympic history, the collection of the Olympic Review, Olympic Charters, the OSC Reference Documents and our thematic ZOOM IN pages on important topics of research.

You will find as well an overview of the IOC historical archives to which you can get access via the OSC.

For more information on the IOC Olympic Studies Centre, its resources, services and programmes, visit our website or contact studies.centre@olympic.org.