TEMPUS PUBLIC FOUNDATION SCHOLARSHIPS IN HUNGARY

Deadline: 30 January 2018
Open to: foreign students
Scholarships: master: around EUR 255/month; PhD: around EUR 383 /month

Description

The Tempus Public Foundation is calling applications for foreigners to apply for Hungarian State Scholarships to conduct research in the academic year 2018/2019.

The Tempus Public Foundation offers scholarships for foreign higher education graduates, lecturers and researchers who would like to gain further knowledge in Hungarian higher education institutions, research or art institute.

Tempus Public Foundation (TPF) is a non-profit organization established in 1996 by the Hungarian Government, with the task of managing international cooperation programmes and special projects in the field of education, training, and EU-related issues.

Eligibility

Scholarships are available to foreign students. Thus, applications may be submitted in the following two ways:

1) As a nominee of the sending country’s national scholarship organisation, based on the bilateral agreement of the two countries (independently from the applicant’s nationality): Argentina, Belgium, Bulgaria, Cambodia, Republic of China, Croatia, Czech Republic, France, India, Latvia, Lebanon, Mexico, Mongolia, Morocco, Poland, Romania, Russia, Slovakia, Slovenia, Ukraine, Vietnam;

2) Independently from the sending country’s national scholarship organisation, the citizens of the following countries may apply: Albania, Argentina, Austria, Belgium, Bulgaria, Canada, Chile, Croatia, , Cyprus Czech Republic, Denmark, Egypt, Estonia, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Iceland, India, Indonesia, Ireland, Israel, Italy, Japan, Korean Republic, Kuwait, Lebanon, Latvia, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Malaysia, Mexico, Mongolia, The Netherlands, Norway, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Russia, Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, , Taiwan, Thailand, Turkey, Ukraine, UK, USA, Vietnam;

Entrance Requirements:

For short-term research (3-29 days) applicants holding at least a master’s degree may apply;

For long-term research (1-10 months) applicants holding at least a master’s degree may apply. (Doctoral students may not apply; they may apply for Partial studies.)

Cases of Non-Eligibility

Foreign citizens with an immigration/ settlement permit or in the course of applying for such a permit in Hungary, or dual citizens;

Foreign citizens with permanent residence in Hungary;

Foreign citizens employed on a permanent basis as defined by the Hungarian Labour Law;

Students in employment applying for part-time or correspondence study programmes.

Age Limit for Applicants

For all types of state scholarships, applicants must be over 18 at the time of submitting the application. There is no age limit.

Scholarships

Scholarships are paid by Tempus Public Foundation to the scholarship holders

Postgraduate applicants: stipend: EUR 255 /month, accommodation allowance: around EUR 223/month

Postdoctoral applicants: stipend: EUR 383 /month, accommodation allowance: EUR 255/month

How to Apply?

Applicants should submit their applications in the online application system of Tempus Public Foundation. It can be reached and filled in Hungarian and in English. The language of the documents (e.g., highest degree, language exam, certificate of student status) to be uploaded in the online system can be Hungarian, English, French or German. If they are not written in either of these four languages, their official Hungarian or English translations must also be attached. Documents with the stamp and signature of the issuing institution on letterhead can be considered as official, there is no need to have it translated by a translator office.

Application form of Tempus Public Foundation (downloadable from the online system). After signing and dating the document, it shall be uploaded scanned;

No more than a 3-month-old medical certificate issued by a GP of satisfactory health condition for studies (no contagious disease) (original copy and its certified Hungarian or English translation). No template available;

Copy of the picture page of ID card or passport;

Precise and detailed work plan – minimum 1- maximum 5-pages long (according to the work plan template);

Complete professional CV in Hungarian or English – attached as a file;

Copy of highest degree/diploma (original copy and its certified Hungarian or English translation);

Proof of proficiency in the language that is required for the research programme (at least a B2-level language exam certificate, or a certificate (in Hungarian or English) issued by the sending workplace/institution, Lectorate, or an official certificate by the Hungarian host institution on the basis of previous cooperation). In case the working language is not Hungarian, the host institution should declare it in writing (in the Invitation Letter);

Publication list;

Letter of Invitation issued by the representative of a Hungarian higher education institution, research or art institute. The document must be with original signature, date, and stamp and/or on institutional letterhead;

Two Letters of Recommendation from two recognized experts in the relevant discipline with original signature, date, stamp and/or on institutional letterhead. The signers of the Letters of Recommendations cannot be the same as of the Letter of Invitation.

For more information please visit the official call.

Read more: http://www.mladiinfo.eu/2017/11/21/tempus-public-foundation-scholarships-hungary/#ixzz4zAoLiqDo