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VLIR-OUS: ICP PhD scholarships for ICP graduates
Flemish Interuniversity Council - University Development Cooperation (VLIR-UOS)
2317- Zimbabwe
- Zambia
- Uganda
- Tanzania
- South Africa
- Senegal
- Rwanda
- Niger
- Mozambique
- Morocco
- ...
- Belgium
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Summary
| Duration: | 24 - 48 months |
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| Quota: | 10 |
| Application deadline: | February (or other depending on Flemish university) |
| Benefits summary: | February |
Last update: 18 October 2011
Description
VLIR-UOS launched its ICP Ph D programme in 2003 to enable promising graduates of the International Courses Programme (ICP) to make a Ph D at a Flemish university.
The ICP Ph D programme aims to institutionally strengthen universities or research institutions in the South through capacity building. Local academic personnel is upgraded by offering Ph D scholarships in a so-called `sandwich program´. 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 provoke a win-win effect for all parties involved.
Eligibility
The call is only open for ICP graduates that are nationals from a developing country. An ICP is an International Course Programme (Master, or Master after Master), funded by VLIR-UOS and organized in Belgium at one or more of the Flemish Universities. The applicant should either graduate in the reference year (2011) or not have graduated from an ICP more than five years before the start of the ICP Ph D scholarship period. For the list of ICP programmes and a complete list of the admissibility criteria, please refer to the call ICP Ph D 2011.
Duration
An ICP Ph.D. scholarship consists of two two-year terms, and cannot be extended. It is a 'sandwich' scholarship, which means that in principle two-thirds of the research is conducted at the local institution and one-third at the Flemish university. The scholar is free to choose the periods of his/her stays in Belgium and his/her home country, albeit in agreement with both supervisors. However, for practical reasons, the scholar is obliged to come to Belgium at the start of the scholarship, i.e. on 1 October of the reference year.
You are normally required to take an English Proficiency Test if you come from a non-English speaking country.
Most European Universities recognise the IELTS test. More information
Benefits
Funding is provided both on the level of the scholar as well as on the level of the local resp. the Flemish supervisor´s unit. See the call for more details.
Application information
A call is launched in November. Deadline for applications is February (varies per Flemish university - see the call). Selection takes place in May. Selected Ph.D. researchers start in October of that year.
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