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Sunday, December 19, 2010

EXPERTS Scholarships - Erasmus Mundus Partnership in South and South-East Asia

Overview

EXPERTS is a scholarship project targeted to citizens of Bangladesh, Bhutan, China, India, Indonesia, Nepal, Pakistan, the Philippines, Sri Lanka and Thailand.

In accordance with the EMA2 call, the objective of the EXPERTS project is to facilitate collaborations between Higher Education Institutions (HEIs) from South and Southeast Asia (SSEA) and EU through the exchange of information in science and policy issues while sharing key issues of sustainable development in academic cooperation.

EXPERTS is funded by

The project provides the following mobility scholarships from South and South-East Asia to European partner universities (Please note- there are no scholarships from EU to SSEA)-

- Undergraduate and graduate students
- PhD students
- PostDocs
- Staff (both academic and administrative staff)

The EXPERTS aims to establish an innovative framework for capacity development of junior faculty staff, undergraduates, postgraduates, and postdoc researchers through training and upgrading their skills in specified fields of study through a scheme of structured mobility.

Partner universities

The EXPERTS consortium consists of 20 partner universities, 7 European and 13 South and Southeast Asian (from Bangladesh, Bhutan, China, India, Indonesia, Nepal, Pakistan, the Philippines, Sri Lanka and Thailand) higher education institutions.


There are four associate partners in EXPERTS consortium, who provide their professional collaboration in EXPERTS namely-

The Southeast Asian Regional Center for Graduate Study and Research in Agriculture (SEARCA), The Philippines (SSEA Network)
AGRINATURA, Czech Republic (Global Network)
COIMBRA Group Belgium (EU Network)
Tata Institute of Social Sciences India, India

Thematic fields

- Agricultural Sciences
- Business Studies and Management Sciences
- Engineering, Technology
- Geography, Geology,
- Natural Sciences
- Law
- Social Sciences

Target group

The EXPERTS scholarship offers a unique opportunity for full-financed mobility for individuals from the partner countries. EXPERTS is part of the large-scale, EU-funded programme- Erasmus Mundus Action 2.

Before you apply, carefully read the requirements below:

Target Group 1:

Undergraduate, master and doctorate students, post-doctorates, and academic and administrative staff that contribute to the overall topics of the EXPERTS project in research and cooperation from the partner universities that are participating from SSEA region. The candidate must be registered at the home university at the time of application and in case of undergraduate students- they must have successfully completed at least one year of studies in their home institution.

Targeted mobilities→ undergraduate, master, doctorate, post-doctorate and staff (academic & administrative)


Target Group 2:

Master and doctorate students, and post-doctorates of non partner universities from SSEA region (concerned by lot 11), oriented to the topic of the EXPERTS project in research and cooperation. Graduates from the partner universities.

Targeted mobilities → master, doctorate and post-doctorate


Target Group 3:

Undergraduate and doctoral students belonging to minority groups that provide proposals that increase cooperation and research through innovation in their regions will be sought in this category.

Some of the examples may include-
having a refugee status or asylum beneficiaries (international or according to the national legislation of one of the European recipient countries);

it can be proved that they have been the object of unjustified expulsion from university on racial, ethnic, religious, political, gender or sexual inclination, and

they belong to an indigenous population targeted by a specific national policy or IDPs (Internally Displaced Persons).
Targeted mobilities→ undergraduate, master, and doctorate


Allowances

Undergraduates and Masters 1.000 EUR / month
Doctorates 1.500 EUR / month
Post-doctorates 1.800 EUR / month
Academic staff 2.500 EUR / month

Apply online at scholarization

Application deadline: January 15

EXPERTS

Göttingen International
Georg-August University of Göttingen
von-Siebold-Str. 4
37075 Göttingen - Germany

Email: experts@uni-goettingen.de
Web: www.expertsasia.eu


Please kindly mention Scholarization.blogspot.com when applying for this scholarship


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