Sida’s scholarships - SWEDEN

Sida finances three kinds of scholarships; Sida’s travel grant for internships, Minor Field Studies (MFS) and Linnaeus-Palme. Although all of these scholarships are funded by Sida, they are administrated by the International Programme Office, where you also find more information about the application process.

Sida's travel grant for internships

Sida's Travel Grant is aimed at increasing the number of young Swedes holding international positions in development work promoted by Sweden, for example, through the United Nations. This scholarship provide funding for un-paid work practice in international organisations.

Minor Field Studies

MFS (Minor Field Studies) is a Sida funded scholarship programme for field studies in developing countries. It is intended for students at universities and university colleges with an international interest wishing to gather material for their Bachelor or Master dissertations for periods of between 8 to 10 weeks. It aims at providing Swedish students with the opportunity of building up their knowledge of developing countries and development issues.

Linnaeus-Palme

Linnaeus-Palme is an exchange programme financed by Sida for university teachers and students. The first part, Linnaeus, enables Swedish teachers and students to study in the third world. The second part, Palme, offers teachers and students in developing countries the chance to come to Sweden. The purpose is to strengthen Swedish teaching institutions' co-operation with universities in developing countries in order to further global contacts in the university world.

Updated 26 Jun 2008

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STINT Scholarship for Academic Excellence - SWEDEN

STINT Scholarship for Academic Excellence
The Swedish Foundation for International Cooperation in Research and Higher Education - STINT - has initiated a new scholarship programme for foreign students at international master programmes in Sweden. STINT has invited a number of foreign universities to nominate candidates to the programme.SSAE is a scholarship programme for students attending two-year international master’s programmes at Swedish universities. The purpose of the program is to attract excellent students from eminent universities in Asia, Latin America and Africa. STINT has the long-term ambition of increasing the cooperation in research and higher education between Sweden and these regions. The foreign partner universities have been selected in collaboration with Swedish universities.
Students must apply themselves to the international master programmes at a Swedish university. The foreign partner universities then have the opportunity of nominating candidates to the programme. Students can not apply for scholarships on their own.
The universities who are invited to nominate students for the academic year 2008/09 are Tecnológico de Monterrey ITESM in Mexico, KNUST in Ghana, KAIST and POSTECH in South Korea, Peking University and Tsinghua University, both in China.

More info: http://www.stint.se

A mbassadorial Scholarships fromThe Rotary Foundation

A mbassadorial Scholarships, The Rotary Foundation's oldest and best-known program, was founded in 1947. Since then, nearly 38,000 men and women from about 100 nations have studied abroad under its auspices. Today it is the world's largest privately funded international scholarships program. Nearly 800 scholarships were awarded for study in 2005-06. Through grants totaling approximately US$500 million, recipients from about 70 countries studied in more than 70 nations.

"The Rotary Foundation does some terrific things, not the least of which is the Ambassadorial Scholarships program." — Michael R. Whiteman, international programs director, University of Idaho

The purpose of the Ambassadorial Scholarships program is to further international understanding and friendly relations among people of different countries and geographical areas. The program sponsors several types of scholarships for undergraduate and graduate students as well as for qualified professionals pursuing vocational studies. While abroad, scholars serve as goodwill ambassadors to the host country and give presentations about their homelands to Rotary clubs and other groups. Upon returning home, scholars share with Rotarians and others the experiences that led to a greater understanding of their host country.

Generous contributions from Rotarians worldwide represent a continued faith that today’s Ambassadorial Scholars will be tomorrow's community and world leaders.

Apply for a chance to make a difference .

Scholarships for Ph.D. at a Flemish university, Belgium

The ICP Ph.D. programme aims to institutionally strengthen universities or research institutions in the South through capacity building, by upgrading local academic personnel by offering Ph.D. scholarships.

To enable promising graduates of the International Courses (ICPs – ICPs are Master programmes that receive institutional support from VLIR-UOS) to make a Ph.D. at a Flemish university, VLIR-UOS launched its ICP Ph.D. programme in 2003.

Starting from the academic year 2002-2003, a maximum of ten Ph.D. scholarships can be granted every academic year to excellent ICP graduates from a developing country. The ICP Ph.D. programme is also incorporated in the five-year plan for 2008-2012.

Target group

Only ICP graduates that are nationals from a developing country are eligible for an ICP Ph.D. scholarship. See the call for all criteria.

Funding

Funding is provided both on the level of the scholar as well as on the level of the local resp. the Flemish supervisor’s unit. See the call for more details.

Duration

An ICP Ph.D. scholarship consists of two two-year terms, and cannot be extended.

It is a 'sandwich' scholarship, which means that in principle two-thirds of the research is conducted at the local institution and one-third at the Flemish university.

The scholar is free to choose the periods of his/her stays in Belgium and his/her home country, albeit in agreement with both supervisors. However, for practical reasons, the scholar is obliged to come to Belgium at the start of the scholarship, i.e. on 1 October of the reference year.

Call

A call is launched in November. Deadline for applications is February (varies per Flemish university – see the call). Selection takes place in May. Selected Ph.D. researchers start in October of that year.


More info at: http://www.vliruos.be/index.php?language=EN&navid;=527&direct;_to=ICP_PhD_scholarships

Swiss government grants and scholarships for foreign students and artists

Government grants and scholarships for foreign students and artists

For foreign students wishing to study in Bern:

A complete dossier requires a tutoring agreement signed by a professor from the University of Bern. To obtain this, candidates are required to present their study programme or research project to a suitable professor at their host university (i.e., the University of Bern), together with their application for the above-mentioned agreement. The professor is free to accept or refuse candidates.

Applications submitted in the context of existing cooperation agreements will receive somewhat preferential treatment.

Candidates are pre-selected by their country’s relevant institution(s) as well as Switzerland’s diplomatic representative.

The Federal Commission for Scholarships for Foreign Students is in charge of the final selection.

For further information and a list of countries please contact the Federal Commission for Foreign Students (FCS) or the Swiss Embassy in your home country.

Contact Grants:
Jasmin Fallahi, Tel. +41 (0)31 631 80 49

State Secretariat for Education and Research SER
Federal Commission for Scholarships for Foreign Students (FCS)
Hallwylstrasse 4, CH-3003 Bern, Switzerland
Tel. +41 (0)31 323 26 76, Fax +41 (0)31 323 30 20

Prof. Philipp Renaud is the delegate of the University of Bern.
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