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5.2.2 Scholars

There are Erasmus Mundus grants available for scholars enrolled at any Third-Country Higher Education Institutions (including NICTA) and for scholars from the European partner universities (for stays at NICTA, only).

General information:

  1. Scholars must stay between (min) two weeks and can stay (max) three months. The grant for two weeks is 2400 EUR, the max grant is 14400 EUR (12 weeks).
  2. Scholars must bring concrete added value to the delivery of the European Master's Program (teaching, research, promotion activities...).
  3. Each European or third-country scholar must come from different higher education institutions. Anyway, a maximum of three months (6 times two weeks) can be used per scholar OR for different scholars from the SAME institution.
  4. Scholars must sign a contract (see section 5.7.2 and a report to the CL secretary within three weeks after the end of the stay.
  5. The payment of monthly installments will start after receipt of a copy of the tickets and the signed contract but at the earliest one week before the beginning of the stay.
  6. The number of scholarships available is fixed in the special European Commission (EC) agreement and always concerns a period of two years. The first period will end on 30 September 2013, the last one on 30 September 2016.

Selection rules:

  1. The scholarships for European candidates are ONLY provided if Category B scholarship holders do their project work at NICTA. This concerns the period of the related special EACEA agreement.

  2. The partner universities must sent their proposals related to scholar's invitations to TUD on request in November.

  3. Applications for stays at NICTA must be sent to the TUD on request in September / October.