The Government of the Slovak Republic approved the establishment of the National Scholarship Programme of the Slovak Republic for the support of mobility of students, Ph.D. students, university teachers, researchers, and artists in 2005. 

The programme offers scholarships to cover living costs during the stay and travel allowances (all categories in case of scholarship holders from Slovakia; students and PhD students in case of international scholarship holders).

Application Deadline: 30th April 2021 by 16:00 CET (4 pm)

Eligible Countries: International

Type: Masters, Ph.D., Research, Short Course

Number of Awards: Not specified

Value of Award: The scholarship is intended to cover international scholarship holders’ living costs, i.e. the costs related to staying in Slovakia (food, accommodation, etc.), during their study, research/artistic or teaching stay at universities and in research organizations in Slovakia. The scholarship holder can ask for assistance concerning accommodation and formalities related to entering and staying in the territory of the Slovak Republic either his/her host institution, or he/she can handle all the necessities him-/herself. 

Duration of Award: When planning your scholarship stay, the following applies:

• beginning of the scholarship stay:

o    Students: the earliest date of the beginning of the stay is 1 September 2021; the latest date of the beginning of the stay is 1 April 2022

o    PhD students, university teachers, researchers and artists: the earliest date of the beginning of the stay is 1 September 2021; the latest date of the beginning of the stay is 31 August 2022

• completion of the scholarship stay:

o  Students: the latest date of the completion of the stay is 31 August 2022

o Ph.D. students, university teachers, researchers, and artists: the latest date of the completion of the stay is 30 November 2022

Eligibility: To be eligible, applicants must;

• be International students
• have good academic records
• be students of the second level of higher education (master’s students), or are students who at the time of application deadline have already completed at least 2.5 years of their university studies in the same study programme;

Application Process:

• Application for students: 1 or 2 semesters – incoming to Slovakia
• Application for Ph.D. students: 1 – 10 months – incoming to Slovakia
• Application for university teachers, researchers, and artists: 1 – 10 months – incoming to Slovakia

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