Educational Research and Consultancy: IRO Doctoral Scholarship Programme in Belgium 2014

IRO PhD Scholarships for Developing Countries at K.U. Leuven University

K.U. Leuven

Doctoral Degree (PhD)

Deadline: 15 Jan 2014 (annual)

Study in: Belgium

Course starts: September 2014

Description:

As one of its contributions to development co-operation, K.U. Leuven offers IRO (Interfaculty Council for Development Co-operation) scholarships to deserving students from developing countries to do their PhD in the largest university in Flanders, Belgium. Each academic year, IRO scholarships are granted for doctoral or pre-doctoral programmes.

Host Institution(s):

Katholieke Universiteit in Flanders, Belgium

Field of study:

Priority research fields for the IRO scholarships are proposed by the three doctoral schools:

• Humanities and Social Sciences

• Science, Engineering and Technology (Arenberg doctoral school)

• Biomedical Sciences

Number of Awards:

The scholarship programme has supported more than sixty Ph.D. graduates over the past five years. Women are encouraged to apply for the doctoral scholarship.

Target group:

Citizens of developing countries

Scholarship value/inclusions:

The scholarships awarded to doctoral students amounts to about €1,383 per month for living and housing allowance plus tuition fee, health insurance, accident insurance, and return tickets. The maximum period for which you may be awarded a scholarship is 5 years: 1 pre-doctoral year and 4 doctoral years. The scholarship is renewable each year and its renewal depends on the annual evaluation by your supervisor.

Eligibility:

• The applicant must be a citizen of a developing country recognized on the list of the Flemish Interuniversity Council for University Development Cooperation. Citizens of Eastern European countries and former Russian republics are not eligible In addition, it must be financially impossible for you or your family to pay for studies abroad.

• The age limit is 35 years of age. Priority is given to young students under 30 years of age.

• The applicant must demonstrate having achieved excellent academic results.

• The applicant must also demonstrate one’s ”embedness in the South” by submitting the certificate of professional engagement, signed by a person or an institution confirming that, after the doctoral studies, he or she will be accepted for a specific position or job in one’s country of origin or in another developing country.

• The applicant must demonstrate willingness to contribute to development cooperation by submitting a one-page; written motivation that answers the following key questions:

a) How will your research contribute to sustainable development in your country or another developing country via direct intervention or critical reflection?

b) How will the results of your research have an impact on sustainable human oriented development?

c) How will your research contribute to the quality and the capacity-building of the organization where you will work in the South?

• Women are encouraged to apply for the doctoral scholarship. With all things being equal in terms of academic background, evaluation and ranking by the faculty and the IRO Council with regard to two or more applicants considered for the scholarship, preference would be given to the female candidate.

• Applicants who have already been enrolled in the pre-doctoral programme and/or doctoral programme at KU Leuven can only are granted the IRO scholarship until their fifth year of studies. However, this condition does not nullify the general rule that all doctoral scholarships granted by KU Leuven cannot, by law, exceed a maximum of 4 years.

• In case one submits a personal research proposal, it must be original and innovative. Moreover, the proposal must be clear, goal-oriented and feasible, meaning that it must be possible to complete the research within a maximum of four years. The applicant needs to include a one-page, written motivation explaining how the research proposal can be approached and treated in a manner relevant to development co-operation.

• In case one selected a topic amongst the faculty research topics, the applicant will need to include a one-page, written motivation explaining how the chosen topic can be approached and treated in a manner relevant to development co-operation (see nr. 5 above).

Application instructions:

Complete application documents should be submitted to International Office, not later than 15 January 2014 for study in September 2014.

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