Deadline: 16 January 2016
Open to: PhD students, Postdoctoral researcher and Senior scientist from Belarus, Estonia, Georgia, Latvia, Lithuania, Moldova, Poland, Russia and Ukraine
Scholarship: PhD students SEK 15,000 monthly, Researchers and scientists SEK 18,000 monthly, Insurance
Open to: PhD students, Postdoctoral researcher and Senior scientist from Belarus, Estonia, Georgia, Latvia, Lithuania, Moldova, Poland, Russia and Ukraine
Scholarship: PhD students SEK 15,000 monthly, Researchers and scientists SEK 18,000 monthly, Insurance
Description
Swedish
institute offers about 40 scholarships through its Visby
Programme. The aim of the Visby Programme is to build an integrated,
knowledge-based and research-intense region, centered on the Baltic Sea while
also including EU Eastern Partnership countries and Russia. The objective is to
strengthen co-operation and network-building between below mentioned countries
and Sweden in fields such as higher education and research.
Eligibility
The Visby Programme is open to citizens of the following
countries: Belarus, Estonia, Georgia, Latvia, Lithuania, Moldova, Poland,
Russia and Ukraine.
The programme provides PhD students and postdoctoral researchers with an opportunity to conduct research at Swedish universities within all fields of study. Candidates belonging to any of the following categories may apply:
The programme provides PhD students and postdoctoral researchers with an opportunity to conduct research at Swedish universities within all fields of study. Candidates belonging to any of the following categories may apply:
PhD student, applying for a part of his/her ongoing PhD
studies to be carried out in Sweden (12 months maximum);
Postdoctoral researcher, with priority given to holders of a
PhD degree from 2011 or later (12 months maximum);
Senior scientist holding PhD degree obtained before 2011
(6 months maximum).
Scholarship
The scholarship is free of tax and amounts to SEK
15,000 per month for PhD students and SEK 18,000 per month for
postdoctoral researchers and senior scientists. The scholarship cannot be
prolonged or extended. Scholarship holders are insured by the Swedish State
Group Insurance against illness and accident during the scholarship
period.
How to apply?
Please read the instructions and complete the application enclosures,
before entering the online application form. The scholarship application call for the
academic year 2016/2017 is open till 16 January 2016.
For more information, please check the official web-page.
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