VLIR-UOS ICP PhD Scholarships 2011

VLIR-UOS ICP PhD Scholarships 2011
Overview

Every academic year, we grant ten PhD scholarships to excellent Master graduates from a developing country who have studied in a VLIR-UOS funded Master programme (ICP) in Flanders and wish to make a PhD at a Flemish university.

The number of available scholarships will however be subject to the approval of the government of the budget of the Scholarships Programme of VLIR-UOS.

As an ICP PhD student, you can institutionally strengthen your university or research institution in your home country by upgrading your academic capacities. Hence every year we provide 10 scholarships to people who wish to carry out research on a development topic, in a so-called sandwich programme.

The research and doctoral programme are geographically spread over two locations, namely the academic home institution and a Flemish university. In this way both local and Flemish expertise are combined to offer you and both research groups a win-win effect. The selection committee assesses and ranks all proposals according to quality and relevance for the South.

Nationality

You should be a national ánd resident of a developing country of the VLIR-UOS-country list that was applicable in the year you started your ICP studies (see VLIR-UOS website).

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Funding

The following financial guidelines are applicable. All allowances and payments mentioned below are to be accounted for on the budget of the Scholarships Programme (BTP) of the Flemish host university.

Allowances paid to the scholars

The scholarship payment is related to the country where you conduct the research: in Belgium or at the foreign institution. All these allowances are subject to changes by the Belgian government. We provide the exact financial information and guidelines together with the contract.

When residing in Belgium, you receive the following allowances by the Flemish university:

1. A monthly allowance covering room and board, individual transport and personal expenses;
2. A monthly allowance for the spouse/official partner and per dependent child, whether they stay in Belgium or not;
3. An installation fee at the start of the PhD research in Belgium (non-recurrent payment);
4. A yearly fee for didactic materials and costs for conducting PhD research (per academic year);
5. A fee for covering mailing costs of educational materials (non-recurrent payment).

When residing in your home country, you receive the following allowances by the Flemish university:

1. A monthly allowance (50 % of the allowance when residing in Belgium) covering room and board, individual transport and personal expenses;
2. A family allowance (50 % of the allowance when residing in Belgium) for the spouse/official partner and per dependent child, whether they stay in Belgium or not.

Detailed information per component

- Application form
- Research proposal
- Letters of recommendation
- Curriculum vitae
- Document showing your subscription history
- Official admittance to the doctoral training programme, issued by the Flemish university’s doctoral committee
- Certificate by the foreign institution, relating to the institutional commitment

Important date:

February 2011 (see internal deadline Flemish university)
Deadline for submission of the application file by the applicants to the ICOS

17 March 2011
Deadline for submission of all PhD application files for the respective university to VLIR-UOS

Further information

Should you have any questions, please contact the ICOS of your university. The responsible contact person at VLIR-UOS is:
Sam Geerts
VLIR-UOS secretariat
Tel.: 02/289.05.70
Fax: 02/514.72.77
sam.geerts@vliruos.be
www.vliruos.be