Catholic University of Leuven (KU Leuven) annually
invites applications for IRO doctoral scholarship programme available for
students from Developing
Countries. The IRO Doctoral Scholarships are only granted for doctoral
programmes for a maximum period of 48 months and eventually for one
pre-doctoral year as preparation period for the doctoral
programme. Applicants may choose a research topic proposed by one of
the KU Leuven Doctoral Schools: Humanities and Social Sciences Science,
Engineering and Technology Biomedical Sciences or applicants may propose their
own research topic. The application deadline is November 9th 2015.
Study Subject(s): Applicants for the IRO Doctoral
Scholarship Programme may choose a research topic proposed by one of the KU
Leuven Doctoral Schools: Humanities and Social Sciences, Science, Engineering
and Technology Biomedical Sciences or applicants may propose their own
research topic.
Course Level: Scholarships are available for pursuing PhD program at KU Leuven.
Scholarship Provider: Catholic University of Leuven’s Interfaculty Council for Development Cooperation, Belgium
Scholarship can be taken at: Belgium
Course Level: Scholarships are available for pursuing PhD program at KU Leuven.
Scholarship Provider: Catholic University of Leuven’s Interfaculty Council for Development Cooperation, Belgium
Scholarship can be taken at: Belgium
Eligibility:
-The applicant must be a citizen of one of the countries on the OECD DAC table that are listed under the following categories: Least Developed Countries, Low Income Countries or Low Middle Income Countries.
-The applicant may not possess dual citizenship, where the second citizenship is from an EU country.
-The candidate must have been awarded his master’s degree or an immediately contiguous master’s degree no more than ten years prior to the 1st of October 2016 (including the ongoing calendar year).
The candidate must hold an academic qualification at least equivalent to a high distinction. Degrees obtained with a final score equivalent to second class second/lower division will not be taken into consideration.
-Excellent academic quality of the research project, focusing on the development relevance of the proposal.
-The candidate must demonstrate a development-oriented motivation.
-The candidate must be supported by a local co-promoter at the candidate’s home country to ensure embeddedness of the research within the country’s context.
-The candidate must be supported by excellent recommendations from relevant referees.
-The applicant must be a citizen of one of the countries on the OECD DAC table that are listed under the following categories: Least Developed Countries, Low Income Countries or Low Middle Income Countries.
-The applicant may not possess dual citizenship, where the second citizenship is from an EU country.
-The candidate must have been awarded his master’s degree or an immediately contiguous master’s degree no more than ten years prior to the 1st of October 2016 (including the ongoing calendar year).
The candidate must hold an academic qualification at least equivalent to a high distinction. Degrees obtained with a final score equivalent to second class second/lower division will not be taken into consideration.
-Excellent academic quality of the research project, focusing on the development relevance of the proposal.
-The candidate must demonstrate a development-oriented motivation.
-The candidate must be supported by a local co-promoter at the candidate’s home country to ensure embeddedness of the research within the country’s context.
-The candidate must be supported by excellent recommendations from relevant referees.
Scholarship Open for International Students: Students from
one of the countries on the OECD DAC table that are listed under the following
categories: Least Developed Countries, Low Income Countries or Low Middle
Income Countries (Afghanistan, Kenya, Armenia, Angola, Korea, Dem. Rep.,
Belize, Bangladesh, Kyrgyz Rep., Bolivia, Benin, Tajikistan, Cameroon, Bhutan,
Zimbabwe, Cape Verde, Burkina Faso, Congo, Rep., Burundi, Côte d’Ivoire,
Cambodia, Egypt, Central African Rep., El Salvador, Chad, Fiji, Comoros,
Georgia, Congo, Dem. Rep., Ghana, Djibouti, Guatemala, Equatorial
Guinea, Guyana, Eritrea, Honduras, Ethiopia, India, Cuba, Gambia,
Indonesia, Guinea, Iraq, Guinea-Bissau, Kosovo1, Haiti, Marshall Islands,
Kiribati, Micronesia, Federated States, Laos, Moldova, Lesotho, Mongolia,
Liberia, Morocco, Madagascar, Nicaragua, Malawi, Nigeria, Mali, Pakistan,
Mauritania, Papua New Guinea, Mozambique, Paraguay, Myanmar, Philippines,
Nepal, Sri Lanka, Niger, Swaziland, Rwanda, Syria, Samoa, Tokelau, São Tomé and
Príncipe, Tonga, Senegal, Turkmenistan, Sierra Leone, Ukraine, Solomon Islands,
Uzbekistan, Somalia, Vietnam, South Sudan, West Bank and Gaza Strip, Sudan,
Tanzania, Timor-Leste, Togo, Tuvalu, Uganda, Vanuatu, Yemen and
Zambia) can apply for this IRO Doctoral Scholarship Programme.
Scholarship Description: As one of its contributions to
development cooperation, KU Leuven offers each academic year scholarships to
deserving students from developing countries to do their PhD in the largest
university of Flanders, Belgium. The programme is organized and managed by the
Interfaculty Council for Development Cooperation. The IRO Doctoral Scholarship
Programme has supported more than a hundred PhD graduates over the past ten
years. After obtaining their doctorates at KU Leuven, these PhD holders are now
valorizing their degrees in their home countries either in university academic
research or in various sectors of industry. KU Leuven, which is situated at
about 20 kilometers from Brussels, the capital of both Belgium and Europe, is
the oldest university of the Low Countries. As such, it has a long-standing
tradition of hospitality towards students and scholars from abroad. At present,
almost 7,000 international students (about 15% of the total number of students
at KU Leuven) have found their home away from home in Leuven.
Duration of award(s): The IRO Doctoral Scholarships are
only granted for doctoral programmes for a maximum period of 48 months and
eventually for one pre-doctoral year as preparation period for the doctoral
programme. Applicants who have already been enrolled as self-supporting
doctoral students at KU Leuven can only be granted the IRO doctoral scholarship
for 4 years minus the number of years enrolled as doctoral student. The
scholarship is renewed on a yearly basis in order to ensure progress from the
doctoral student. The annual renewal of the scholarship depends on the annual
evaluation of your doctoral progress by your promoter (supervisor) and by the
Doctoral Commission of your Faculty. Further extensions are not possible under
any circumstance.
What does it cover? The scholarship includes monthly
basic amount € 1,415 (75% of the net salary of an assistant) paid at the
end of each month for doctoral students and €1000 paid at the
beginning of each month for Pre-doctoral students, Housing allowance
of € 200/month with accompanying partner (and children), Social
security covering health insurance, child allowance, occupational hazard and
occupational illness, Tuition fee, Affiliation with a Belgian Health Insurance
company, Third-party liability insurance (private life), Professional and
accident insurance coverage; third party liability insurance (study related
matters and for professional liability) and Return flight tickets for the whole
family after completion of the doctorate.
Notification: Selection of the candidates will be
in November 2015 – February 2016 and results will be announced
in April 2016.
How to Apply: Applications may be submitted via online
or post.
Scholarship Application Deadline: The deadline for
applications is November 9th 2015.
Read more: IRO Doctoral Scholarship for Developing Countries, Belgium
http://scholarship-positions.com
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