Deadline- January 31, 2013
The International Visegrad Fund is seeking applications for Master’s and Post-Master’s scholarships to facilitate academic exchanges by providing financial support to students or researchers who are citizens of the V4 countries: the Czech Republic, Hungary, Poland and Slovakia (hereinafter the “Member States”) and for foreign citizens to study in the Member States. All Higher Education Institutions accredited by the governments (ministries responsible for higher education) and Institutes of Academies of Sciences (hereinafter only “University/Institution”) are eligible to be host as well as home institutions. The aim of the VSP is to support the mobility of students and researchers among the specified countries.
Each scholar receives his/her scholarship funding at the beginning of each five-month period upon a written confirmation from the host university/institution. Applicants whose university or employer (i.e., at the time of applying) is further than 1,500 km from the selected host university/institute (at the time of applying) are eligible for a lump-sum travel grant.
Eligibility & Criteria-
The applicant must either have completed a Bachelor’s program or—in specific cases (if the study program is not divided into distinct Bachelor’s and Master’s study programs)—completed at least 3 years before starting the scholarship. The applicant’s home and host university must be different, i.e., the previous level of university studies (last obtained academic diploma before starting the scholarship) must be completed in a country other than where the applicant applies for studies.
Required documents-
- All compulsory annexes must be prepared in English delivered to the Fund along with the application form; uncertified copies of the original documents (faxed or scanned documents, print-outs) or documents sent separately cannot be accepted.
- Copy of the certified translation of a diploma (Master’s or the highest obtained)
- Acceptance letter from the host university/institution- The letter of acceptance cannot be older than 3 months when submitting the application and needs to include the following-
- name of the applicant
- working title of the project/study program
- language of instruction/communication
- type of study/research (full-time)
- planned dates of the project/study
- signature and a stamp of the statutory representative (or of the statutory representative of the international studies department of the host institution)
- Working plan of the study/research period
- Recommendation letter (only for Post-Master’s level)
How to apply?
Applying for the Visegrad Scholarship Program is possible only through the on-line application system. The system opens approximately 2 months prior to the deadline, usually at the beginning of December. Once applicants register on-line, they are kindly asked to remember the ID (the application number) since it will be used in all future communication with them, and a password which will enable them to access their application form in the future.
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