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

We are delighted to announce that EXPERTS III project has now been granted by the European Commission. EXPERTS I  and its successors, EXPERTS  II  and EXPERTS III  are scholarship projects funded by the European Commission targeted at citizens of Bangladesh, Bhutan, China, India, Indonesia, Nepal, Pakistan, the Philippines, Sri Lanka and Thailand.

The project provides scholarship opportunities for students and Staff from South and South-East Asia to European partner universities (Please note- there are no scholarships from EU to SSEA). The types of mobility to be funded are:

• Mobility of Undergraduate and graduate students
• Mobility of PhD students
• Mobility of PostDocs
• Mobility of Academic and Administrative Staff

To be eligible to apply, SSEAN undergraduate, Master students and Doctorate and Post-Doctorate Candidates must:

• be a national of one of the following countries; Bangladesh – Bhutan – China – India – Indonesia – Nepal – Pakistan – Sri Lanka – the Philippines – Thailand
• have not resided nor have carried out your main activity (studies, work, etc.) for more than a total of 12 months over the last five years in one of the European countries. Please note that this rule does not apply to TG3 Candidates.
• have a sufficient knowledge of the language of courses or of one of the languages currently spoken in the hosting country.

To be eligible to apply, SSEAN Administrative and Academic Staff Candidates must: 

• be a national of one of the following countries; Bangladesh – Bhutan – China – India – Indonesia – Nepal – Pakistan – Sri Lanka – the Philippines – Thailand
• For TG1 Staff Applicants – Staff must work in or be associated to one of the third-country HEIs participating in the EXPERTS III Partnership.
• For TG2 Staff Applicants – Staff must work in or be associated to a HEI (not from the EXPERTS III Partnerhsip) from the region concerned by EXPERTS III as inidcated above.

Aditionally, 

• No student, and no academic staff member can benefit from the second scholarship for the same type of mobility from another EMA2 Strand 1 project and cannot benefit from more that one mobility activity within the same project.
• There are no mobility flows for student and academic staff between institutions in SSEA countries of the partnership. Mobility is only from SSEA countries to Europe.

 

Deadline: 15 Jan 2014

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