Deadline-5 February 2013
Dutch Ministry of Foreign Affairs under the budget for development cooperation is seeking applications for Netherlands Fellowship Programmes (NFP) to pursue master’s and PhD programmes and also short courses at Dutch institutions in Netherlands.
The overall aim of the NFP is to help alleviate qualitative and quantitative shortages of skilled manpower within a wide range of governmental, private and non-governmental organizations. This is achieved by offering fellowships to professionals to improve the capacity of their employing organizations. The need for training has to be evident within the context of an organization. This implicates that applicants have to be nominated by their employers. Applications without employer support are considered not eligible.
An NFP fellowship is intended to supplement the salary that applicant should continue to receive during the study period. The allowance is a contribution towards their costs of living, the costs of tuition fees, visas, travel, insurance and thesis research, as specified in the NFP Rules and Regulations for fellowship holders.
Eligibility–
- be a professional with at least three years work experience;
- be a national of, and working and living in one of the countries on the NFP country list valid at the time of application. If for whatever reason a candidate stays in another country than his or her home country for more than 90 days before the start of the course and/ or programme, he or she is not considered to be living and working in his or her home country;
- be nominated by his or her employer, who pledges to continue paying the candidate’s salary and guarantees the candidate will be able to return to an equivalent position after the termination of the fellowship period;
- have been unconditionally admitted to a Dutch institution for the course or programme for which the candidate applies for an NFP fellowship. This means that the candidate must have met all the academic and administrative requirements set by the Dutch institution;
- not be employed by-
- a multinational corporation
- a bilateral donor organisation;
- a multilateral donor organisation;
- a large national and/or large commercial organisation;
- an international NGO.
- have submitted a complete application with all the required documentation before the appropriate fellowship application deadline
- be employed in a subject area to which the study will make a relevant contribution
- have a clear-cut, functional relationship with a relevant employing organization and be in a position to introduce the newly acquired skills and knowledge to that employing organization
- be available full-time to pursue the course or programme without interruption, and be physically and mentally able to participate in the entire programme
- endorse the objectives and aims of the NFP. The aims of the NFP cannot be achieved if the fellowship holder does not return his or her home country
- A candidate applying for an NFP-PhD fellowship must-
- not have accepted an NFP-PhD fellowship in the past
- pursue the PhD study following a ‘sandwich’ or ‘picnic’ model, which means that at least a quarter of the PhD study activities in the context of field research must take place in the candidate’s home country and/or region. A quarter of the PhD study is calculated from the start date of the PhD-study (research) until the end of the NFP-PhD fellowship.
- candidate applying for an NFP-SC fellowship must-
- not have accepted more than one NFP-SC fellowship in the past
- not have accepted an NFP-SC fellowship in the year prior to the fellowship application
- A candidate applying for an NFP-MA fellowship must not have accepted an NFP-MA fellowship in the past
- A candidate participating in an NFP-RC fellowship must:
- be an NFP, MENA, NPT or MENA alumni, having completed
- not have accepted more than one NFP-RC fellowship in the past
- not have accepted an NFP-RC fellowship in the year prior to the fellowship application
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