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5.2.1 Students

A limited number of Erasmus Mundus grants for a study period of 24 months provided by the European Commission will be available from 2011. Application deadline is 31 January.
http://emcl-study.eu/application.html.

CATEGORY A scholarships
Candidates
-who do NOT come from the following countries:
  • the 28 EU Member States (Belgium, Bulgaria, Czech Republic, Denmark, Germany, Estonia, Ireland, Greece, Spain, France, Croatia, Italy, Cyprus, Latvia, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Hungary, Malta, the Netherlands, Austria, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Slovenia, Slovakia, Finland, Sweden and the United Kingdom);
  • the EEA-EFTA states (Iceland, Liechtenstein and Norway);
  • Turkey, the Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia or Switzerland
-and have not carried out their main activity (job, study...) in one of these countries for more than 12 months (in total) over the last 5 years (deadline is 28 February of the year when the program starts)
can apply for the the scholarship category A which covers
  1. Fixed amount for travel, installation and others: in total 8000 EUR,
  2. Participation costs to be paid to the universities/consortia: up to a max. sum of 2700 EUR per semester (it concerns tuition fee, semester social fee, health insurance...),
  3. Monthly allowance amounting to: 1000 EUR, in total 24000 EUR.

CATEGORY B scholarships
Candidates who come from the above mentioned countries or who do not fulfill the category A requirements (''12-months rule...) can apply for the scholarship category B, only, which covers

  1. Fixed amount for travel, installation and others: in total 3000 EUR (this concerns the project work at NICTA, Australia),
  2. Participation costs to be paid to the universities/consortia: up to a max. sum of 1700 EUR per semester (it concerns tuition fee, semester social fee, health insurance)...,
  3. Monthly allowance amounting to: 500 EUR, in total 12000 EUR.

Additional scholarships
In 2014, there are additional Erasmus Mundus grants available for

  • Students from the Western Balkans (Albania, Bosnia-Herzegovina, Montenegro, Serbia and Kosovo under UNSC Resolution 1244/99) - Category A,
  • Students from Syria - Category A,
  • Students from the former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia and Turkey - Category B.

More information on the program is provided by the European Commission.
http://eacea.ec.europa.eu/erasmus_mundus/funding/scholarships_students_academics_en.php