PEPP 2025/26

Information for Participants


PEPP aims to promote and bring together doctoral students who are researching in the field of private law and whose work has a connection to Europe. For more information and impressions about the programme in general, its contents, and the partner universities, please visit http://www.pepp-home.eu/.

I. Dates and places of meetings

Münster: 26th October to 1st November 2025
Zagreb: 25th to 31st January 2026
Cambridge: 20th to 25th (!) April 2026
Valencia: 14th to 20th June 2026

II. Costs, funding and organisation

Participants of PEPP do not only get the chance to take part in the scientific programme, but also are awarded a scholarship for the travelling and accommodation costs. As the organisers of PEPP, we are aiming at supporting the participants as much as possible and basically provide cost-free participation. However, as all publicly funded programmes, PEPP is notoriously short of money and we cannot cover everything. In order to avoid disappointment, and to give you the chance to plan ahead, we would like to inform you about your estimated costs and about some other administrative necessities.

1. PEPP does not charge any admission fees or any other programme fees.
2. PEPP provides you with free accommodation on the weeks abroad, but

  • we can only pay for a fixed number of nights, according to the length of the programme. If you wish to stay longer, you must cover the costs for the extra nights.
  • PEPP books budget hotels or student halls. You should be prepared to share twin rooms (with bathrooms) during some of the PEPP meetings (e.g. Münster). If you wish to stay in a single room, PEPP will try to make this possible. However, you will need to cover the extra costs yourself.


Normally, accommodation is provided from Sunday to Saturday. However, this year, there is an exception for Cambridge (see above). Please always wait for further information before booking your flights.

3. PEPP has no uniform system for covering your travelling costs.

Please ask your local coordinator for options of reimbursement or support.

4. Remaining costs and Visa

PEPP does not cover subsistence or costs related to activities/excursions at the various destinations (e.g. local travel costs) – with the exception of a train trip from Münster to Hamburg (probably on the 29th October). If you need a Visa, please make the necessary applications long in advance. Any costs incurred for the visa or any extra costs incurred for the failure to obtain a visa in good time (including costs for cancellation of accommodation or flights) will have to be borne by you.

5. Contact dates etc.

Please note that your email addresses will be passed on to all members of PEPP. Your personal data will be passed on to all local coordinators.
After you have been selected for PEPP (by the national coordinator at your institution), we will need some additional information from you in order to prepare the accommodation and the content of the programme. Please make sure that you can be reached by email during the summer.

6. It is mandatory to attend to all four PEPP weeks.

Barring exceptional circumstances, failure to attend a PEPP week will mean that you will have to cover any costs incurred for cancellation of flights/accommodation etc. If you have any questions, please don’t hesitate to ask.