Eurasian University Network for International Cooperation in Earthquakes (EU-NICE) seeks applications for 2011-14 scholarships from candidates from Afghanistan, Bangladesh, China, Nepal, Pakistan, Thailand, Bhutan, India, Indonesia, Malaysia, Maldives, North Korea, Philippines, and Sri Lanka who want to study or work at one of the European partner universities in Italy, Greece and Portugal.
EU-NICE is a scholarship and academic mobility project aimed at fostering scientific cooperation in the field of earthquake mitigation between European and Asian universities. The project is funded by the European Commission under the Erasmus Mundus programme and is coordinated by the Sapienza University of Rome.
EU-NICE is also supported by a number of associate organizations active in earthquake risk mitigation and international development such as GeoHazards and Rotary International Districts and Clubs.
Around 100 scholarships are offered each year to students and scholars involved in scientific activities at the undergraduate, masters, PhD, postdoctoral and academic-staff level. A quota of scholarships is reserved for refugees and vulnerable groups.
EU-NICE scholarships cover tuition fees, travel expenses to and from the selected country and insurance costs (travel, health, accidents).
TARGETGROUPS
TG1: students registered at one of the current 8 Asian partner institutions. Undergraduate students must have successfully completed at least one year of studies at home.
TG2: students need either to be registered in any other institution (not included in the partnership) of the Asian country concerned by the lot or having obtained a university degree or equivalent by an institution of these Asian countries. They will need to justify how this study period abroad will benefit them (and their direct socio-economical environment) and include letters of support in their individual application
TG3: Students need to be nationals of one of the third countries concerned by the lot and be part of the vulnerable target groups.
Deadline for submitting the application is July 15, 2011
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