Provider:
Government of Netherlands
Handler:
Netherlands
Ministry of Foreign Affairs
Study Level:
Masters
Degree
Deadline:
February – May every
year.
Summary:
The
Netherlands Fellowship Programmes (NFP) are demand-driven fellowship programmes
designed to promote capacity building within organizations in 61 developing
countries by providing training and education to their mid-career staff
members. The NFP is funded by the Netherlands Ministry of Foreign Affairs under
the development cooperation budget.
The
scholarships allow candidates to receive a postgraduate education and to earn a
Dutch Master of Arts degree, a Master of Science degree, or a Professional
Master’s degree.
Field of Study:
The
scholarship covers many fields of study including:
Agriculture,
Forestry & Fisheries; Architecture and Town
Planning,
Arts and Humanities; Business Administration and
Management;
Education; Engineering; Environmental Science;
Fine and
Applied Arts; Law; Mass Communication and Information Science; Mathematics and
Computer Science;
Medical
and Health Science; Natural Science; Tourism and Leisure; Social and Behavioral
Science; and Transport and Communications.
Nations Covered:
Students
from 61 developing countries in Africa, Asia, Latin America
and Eastern Europe:
Half of
the available fellowships should be awarded to female candidates and the other
half should be spent on candidates from sub-Saharan Africa. Apart from this,
priority is given to candidates from priority groups and/or from marginalized
regions to be defined by the embassies.
Type of Scholarship:
An NFP
fellowship is intended to supplement the salary that the fellowship holder
should continue to receive (at least partially) during the study period. The
allowance is considered to be a contribution towards the cost of living for one
person, whether in the Netherlands or in another country. The fellowship can
also cover the costs of tuition fees, visas, travel costs, insurance and thesis
research.
Eligibility:
A
candidate applying for an NFP fellowship for a master’s degree programme must:
• be a
mid-career professional with at least three years’ relevant work experience;
• be a
national of, and working and living in one of the developing countries on the
NFP country list valid at the time of application;
• be
nominated by his or her employer, who pledges to continue paying the
candidate’s salary and guarantees the candidate will be able to return to the
same or an equivalent position at the end of the fellowship period;
• have
been unconditionally admitted by a Dutch institution to one of the master’s
degree programmes on the course list. This means that the candidate must have
met all the requirements set by the Dutch institution;
• not
already have received an NFP master’s degree fellowship;
• not be
employed by:
• a
multinational corporation (for instance Shell, Unilever etc.) or
• a large
national and/-or commercial organisation or
• a
bilateral donor organisation (for instance USAID, DFID, Danida, Sida, FinAid,
AusAid, ADC, SwissAid etc.) or
•
multilateral donor organisation, (for instance a UN organisation, the World
Bank, the IMF, Asian Development Bank, African Development Bank, IADB, etc.) or
•
international NGO’s (for instance Oxfam, Plan, Care, etc.)
• have
completed and submitted an NFP master’s degree programme fellowship application
including all the required documentation before the applicable NFP fellowship
application deadline;
• be
employed in an area to which the study will make a relevant contribution;
• have a
clear-cut, functional relationship with a relevant organisation and be in a
position to introduce the newly acquired skills and knowledge into that organisation;
• be
available for the entire period of the programme and be physically and mentally
able to take part in the entire programme;
• endorse
the objective and the aim of the NFP. The aim of the NFP cannot be reached if
the fellowship holder does not return to his or her own country. Nuffic would
like to urge fellowship holders to return to their home country upon finishing
the course or programme to meet the NFP aim in the most effective way.
As stated
above, to be eligible for an NFP fellowship, candidates need to be admitted to
the master’s degree programme for which they would like an NFP fellowship.
Thus, candidates must first apply for admission directly to the Dutch
institution that offers the master’s degree programme of their choice.
Applications
have to be submitted through Scholarships Online (SOL). Through SOL candidates
can apply for fellowships online and they can check the status of an
application. Other parties such as the Dutch institutions, the embassies and
consulates will use SOL to assess NFP fellowship applications. SOL can be
accessed through the official website starting 1 November 2011.
Website:
Note: Please always visit
the respective website of the scholarship for comprehensive information. In
areas you don’t understand, contact the relevant Contact Person via email on
the scholarship website. You may as well contact us, but we may not have the
complete information like the scholarship providers. Thank you.
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