Deadline: 21 September 2012
Open to: students,nationals of one of the Western Balkan States
Scholarship: living costs: in the total amount of EUR 8.400,00 for each study year; and tuition fee: the maximum granted amount of yearly scholarship for tuition fee for an individual year of study according to this call for applications shall amount to 100% of tuition fee, but not more than EUR 3,000.00 for individual study year.
Description
Scholarships for postgraduate studies in the field of natural sciences, technology or medicine are available for nationals of Western Balkans. They are awarded from academic year 2012/2013 onwards till the end of the individual study programme.
The subject-matter of the call for applications is the award of scholarship to the nationals of Western Balkans for postgraduate studies in natural science, technology or medicine at educational institutions in the Republic of Slovenia for individual level of education, more precisely for:
– Master studies (second level),
– Doctoral studies.
The following categories fall into fields of natural sciences, technology and medicine:
- Natural Sciences, Mathematics and Computer Science
- Engineering, Production Technologies and Civil Engineering
- Agriculture, Forestry, Fishery and Veterinary Science
- Health
- Transportation Services
- Environmental Studies
Eligibility
Applicants must meet the following conditions:
– They are not nationals of the Republic of Slovenia, and will not obtain citizenship of the Republic of Slovenia throughout the duration of the studies subject to scholarship under the present call for applications,
– They are nationals of one of the Western Balkan States ,
– Their permanent residence is outside the territory of the Republic of Slovenia,
– They are about to finish or already finished their undergraduate studies in the country of which they are nationals,
– They are not accepted or enrolled in uniform master’s study programme,
– They are accepted or enrolled for master studies of second level or doctoral studies in natural sciences, technology or medicine in the academic year 2012/2013,
– The study referred to in the previous point shall take place under a publicly valid (accredited) study programme at a publicly valid (accredited) educational institution in Republic of Slovenia and they will be awarded a publicly valid education upon completion of their studies,
– The level of education obtained by the study will be higher from the highest level they have already obtained at any previously finished studies or they will obtain at any studies they are about to finish,
– They will have a valid permit for temporary residence in the Republic of Slovenia
– Their studies in Slovenia are not part of an academic exchange programme,
– They will have student status in the Republic of Slovenia
– They will reside in the Republic of Slovenia throughout the duration of the studies, however exchanges abroad, if they are part of the study programme are allowed on the basis of prior consent of the Fund provided that they are not carried out in the student´s home country,
– The study concerned is not organised in the form of distance learning or conducted only trough occasional consultations in the Republic of Slovenia,
– They will not be receiving any scholarship awarded under the Scholarship Act or any other scholarships or any other grants or similar funding for studies awarded under other regulations in Republic of Slovenia throughout the duration of the studies subject to scholarship under the present call for applications,
– They will not be employed or self‐employed in the Republic of Slovenia or abroad throughout the duration of the studies subject to scholarship under the present call for applications,
– They will not be registered as an unemployed person with the Employment Service of Slovenia or with the relevant institution of this type abroad throughout the duration of the studies subject to scholarship under the present call for applications,
– They will not obtain the status of early stage researcher throughout the duration of the studies subject to scholarship under the present call for applications.
If the applicants will be granted scholarship under this call for proposal, they will have to meet the above mentioned conditions throughout the duration of the studies subject to scholarship under the present call for applications.
Scholarship
The scholarship is granted for:
– living costs; in the total amount of EUR 8.400,00 for each study year;
and
– tuition fee; the maximum granted amount of yearly scholarship for tuition fee for an individual year of study according to this call for applications shall amount to 100% of tuition fee, but not more than EUR 3,000.00 for individual study year.
Tuition is considered to be the amount paid annually by an individual to an educational institution for participation in the educational programme. Tuition does not comprise any other payments, mandatory or not, made to an educational institution, such as costs of registration, study materials, memberships in organisations or clubs, contributions for the use of laboratory, health or other insurance and other costs.
Application
The applicant must submit duly completed and signed application form and statement that allows to the Fund to exchange information and inquire at the educational institution in Republic of Slovenia about the studies subject to scholarship under the present call for applications.
The applicant who still resides abroad during the procedure related to this call for applications must, when applying for scholarship, give the power of attorney to a person with residence in the Republic of Slovenia for all the actions in the procedure of awarding scholarships, in accordance with point 7. of the present call for applications.
A duly completed and signed application form, statement and power of attorney must be submitted together with the documentation proving the fulfilment of the conditions and selection criteria.
