scholarship Erasmus Mundus 2016-2017

Welcome to the LOTUS+ Project

LOTUS+ is an Erasmus Mundus project offering scholarships between EU and Asia.

In the second cohort all EU-nationals can apply for the following scholarships at the Asian partner universities:

• Bachelor exchanges (1 semester) - open to all undergraduate students from the EU partner universities
• Master exchanges (1 semester) - open to all Master students from the EU countries
• PhD exchanges (6 months) - open to all PhD students from the EU countries
• Post-doc exchanges (6 months) - open to all nationals of the EU countries
• Staff exchanges (1 month) - open to staff members at all EU universities

The scholarships are open to all academic fields (except music, arts and language studies). There is no age limit to apply.

The scholarships include the following:

• Monthly stipend1000 € (bachelor/master), 1500 € (PhD´s), 1800 € (post-docs), 2500 € staff.
   
• Travel to and from Asia
   
• Comprehensive health insurance
   
• Costs related to the scholarshipresidence permit (visa), transport to and from airport etc.
   
• Tuition feesLOTUS+ grantees do not pay any tuition fees at the host university.

Distribution of scholarships

Type of mobility	Second Cohort
Undergraduates	5
Masters	6
Doctorates	3
Post-Doctorates	3
Staff	12
TOTAL	29

1st Cohort 

EU to Asia	Undergraduates	Masters	Doctorates	Post-doctorates	Staff
	8	14	8	5	13

Asia to EU	Undergraduates	Masters	Doctorates	Post-doctorates	Staff
Cambodia	7	7	3	1	4
Myanmar	0	7	6	1	4
Vietnam	7	8	5	2	8
China	9	8	6	2	6
Indonesia	6	6	5	2	5
North Korea	0	4	1	0	2
Thailand	4	4	4	1	5
Total Asia to EU	33	44	30	9	34

Apply

Call for applications

Start date: 2-November-2015 (00:00 CET)

End date: 5-February-2016 (23:59 CET)

Guidelines for applicants

This document contains detailed information about the application procedure. We strongly advise you to read it before starting to fill in the Application Form.

•  Application Guidelines 

 Application - Word version (.doc)Application Form

This form is meant to be an easy and simple way for you to prepare your application, allowing you to introduce progressively the details and information required.

Please bear in mind that only online submitted applications will be considered for evaluation. You must start creating your application form by setting your USER and PASSWORD. From the beginning, you have to choose the type of scholarship for which you want to receive the support of the Programme.

Before starting to fill in the Application Form, you must be sure of having all the certificates and language skills required to attend the sought programmes(s) and the institution(s). We also strongly advise you to read the Application Guidelines before starting.

If an applicant submits more than one application, the system will automatically consider the most recent one.

Eligibility Criteria

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2nd Cohort (Application open)

European applicants who want to participate in mobility to Asia:

• Must be a national of an EU country; 
• Must have sufficient knowledge of the language of the courses or of one of the languages currently spoken in the hosting countries.
• There are different categories of possible candidates. If your current situation is in accordance with the scenarios here below, then you are eligible to apply
• Either must be registered at one of the EU universities of the project at the time of submitting your application to the partnership. If you are an undergraduate student you must have successfully completed at least 1 year of studies in your home institution:
• Uppsala University (Sweden)
• Ghent University (Belgium)
• Vrije Universiteit Brussel (Belgium)
• University of Goettingen  (Germany)
• Toulouse III - Paul Sabatier University (France)
• University of Limerick (Ireland)
• Rijksuniversiteit Groningen (The Netherlands)
• University of Porto (Portugal)
• University of Kent (UK)
• Either must be registered at another European university which is not a partner in the project or must have obtained a university degree or equivalent from an EU institution (again at the time of submitting your application).  If you are an undergraduate student you must have successfully completed at least 1 year of studies at one of the partner universities and be registered there.

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Academic and administrative staff : 

• Must be a national of one of the eligible countries; 
• The mobility assignments must be based on partnership agreements between the members of the partnership. The home and host universities and the individual staff must agree on the programme of lectures to be delivered by the visiting staff, on the research activities or on the type of training to be followed.
• The mobility may constitute a post-per-post exchange or a one-way visitor flow to or from a third country. 
• EU Staff members:
• EU staff must work in or be associated to one of the EU Higher Education Institutions participating in the partnership:
• Uppsala University (Sweden)
• Ghent University (Belgium)
• Vrije Universiteit Brussel (Belgium)
• University of Goettingen  (Germany)
• Toulouse III - Paul Sabatier University (France)
• University of Limerick (Ireland)
• Rijksuniversiteit Groningen (The Netherlands)
• University of Porto (Portugal)
• University of Kent (UK)
• Either must be registered at another European university which is not a partner in the project or must have obtained a university degree or equivalent from an EU institution (again at the time of submitting your application).
• The mobility of staff should contribute to strengthen international co-operation capacity of higher education institutions in third countries, with the production of new teaching material, as well as their management capacity.
• It should aim to consolidate and extend links between departments and faculties and to prepare for future cooperation projects between the universities. The staff mobility is also expected to lead to progresses in the application of ECTS or other systems for recognition of studies in the partner institution.

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Additional requirements / information:

• NO Asian or European candidates can benefit from a second scholarship for the same type of mobility (BA, MA) under another project under the Erasmus Mundus Action 2 Strand 1. Furthermore, candidates cannot receive more than one grant for a mobility period in Europe within the same project. 
• No student can benefit from more than one mobility activity in the same project.
• Additionally, if you belong to a vulnerable group (Social or Political), then please explain the nature of your situation thoroughly in the application form. Please note that being disadvantaged (disabled students, economically disadvantaged...), is not the same as being in a vulnerable situation. The European Commission describes this category as nationals who are in a particularly vulnerable situation, for social or political reasons:
• having a refugee status or asylum beneficiaries (international or according to the national legislation of one of the European recipient countries) or
• it can be proved that they have been the object of unjustified expulsion from university on racial, ethnic, religious, political, gender or sexual inclination or
• they belong to an indigenous population targeted by a specific national policy or IDPs (Internally Displaced Persons)

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1st Cohort (Application closed)

Asian applicants who want to participate in mobility to the EU:

• Must be a national of one of Asian countries covered by the lot: China, Cambodia, Thailand, Myanmar, Vietnam, Indonesia and North Korea;
• Must have not resided nor have carried out their main activity (studies, work, etc.) for more than a total of 12 months over the last five years in any of the eligible European countries at the time of submitting their application to the partnership. This rule does not apply to candidates in a vulnerable situation.
• Must have sufficient knowledge of the language of the courses or of one of the languages currently spoken in the hosting countries. 
• There are different categories of possible candidates. If your current situation is in accordance with the scenarios here below, then you are eligible to apply
• You are registered / enrolled in one of the partner universities in the project at the moment of application (October 2014 - January 2015):
• Sichuan University (China): Management Co-coordinator
• Royal University of Agriculture - Phnom Penh (Cambodia)
• Royal University of Phnomh Penh (Cambodia)
• Nanjing University (China)
• Peking University (China)
• University of Gadjah Mada (Indonesia)
• Yezin Agriculture University (Myanmar)
• Pyonyang University of Science and Technology (North Korea)
• Thammasat University (Thailand)
• Hanoi University of Science and Technology (Vietnam)
• Hue University (Vietnam)
• You are registered in a university in Cambodia, China, Indonesia, Myanmar, Thailand or Vietnam at the moment of application (October 2014 - January 2015).
• You are already working AND you have a higher education degree from one of the 6 countries involved.
• You are currently unemployed, but you have a higher education degree from one of the 6 countries involved.

Please note that being disadvantaged (disabled students, economically disadvantaged,...), is not the same as being in a vulnerable situation.
 

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Academic and administrative staff : 

• Must be a national of one of the eligible countries; 
• The mobility assignments must be based on partnership agreements between the members of the partnership. The home and host universities and the individual staff must agree on the programme of lectures to be delivered by the visiting staff, on the research activities or on the type of training to be followed.
• The mobility may constitute a post-per-post exchange or a one-way visitor flow to or from a third country. 
• Asian Staff members:
• SEA staff must work in or be associated to one of the SEA Higher Education Institutions participating in the partnership. 
• Sichuan University (China): Management Co-coordinator
• Royal University of Agriculture - Phnom Penh (Cambodia)
• Royal University of Phnomh Penh (Cambodia)
• Nanjing University (China)
• Peking University (China)
• University of Gadjah Mada (Indonesia)
• Yezin Agriculture University (Myanmar)
• Pyonyang University of Science and Technology (North Korea)
• Thammasat University (Thailand)
• Hanoi University of Science and Technology (Vietnam)
• Hue University (Vietnam)
• SEA staff must work in or be associated to a Higher Education Institution (not included in the partnership) of any SEA country concerned by the lot. EU staff must work in or be associated to a Higher Education Institution (not included in the partnership) of any European country.

• The mobility of staff should contribute to strengthen international co-operation capacity of higher education institutions in third countries, with the production of new teaching material, as well as their management capacity. 

• It should aim to consolidate and extend links between departments and faculties and to prepare for future cooperation projects between the universities. The staff mobility is also expected to lead to progresses in the application of ECTS or other systems for recognition of studies in the partner institution.

European applicants who want to participate in mobility to Asia:

• Must be a national of an EU country; 
• Must have sufficient knowledge of the language of the courses or of one of the languages currently spoken in the hosting countries.
• There are different categories of possible candidates. If your current situation is in accordance with the scenarios here below, then you are eligible to apply
• Either must be registered at one of the EU universities of the project at the time of submitting your application to the partnership. If you are an undergraduate student you must have successfully completed at least 1 year of studies in your home institution:
• Uppsala University (Sweden)
• Ghent University (Belgium)
• Vrije Universiteit Brussel (Belgium)
• University of Goettingen  (Germany)
• Toulouse III - Paul Sabatier University (France)
• University of Limerick (Ireland)
• Rijksuniversiteit Groningen (The Netherlands)
• University of Porto (Portugal)
• University of Kent (UK)
• Either must be registered at another European university which is not a partner in the project or must have obtained a university degree or equivalent from an EU institution (again at the time of submitting your application).  If you are an undergraduate student you must have successfully completed at least 1 year of studies at one of the partner universities and be registered there.

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Academic and administrative staff : 

• Must be a national of one of the eligible countries; 
• The mobility assignments must be based on partnership agreements between the members of the partnership. The home and host universities and the individual staff must agree on the programme of lectures to be delivered by the visiting staff, on the research activities or on the type of training to be followed.
• The mobility may constitute a post-per-post exchange or a one-way visitor flow to or from a third country. 
• EU Staff members:
• EU staff must work in or be associated to one of the EU Higher Education Institutions participating in the partnership:
• Uppsala University (Sweden)
• Ghent University (Belgium)
• Vrije Universiteit Brussel (Belgium)
• University of Goettingen  (Germany)
• Toulouse III - Paul Sabatier University (France)
• University of Limerick (Ireland)
• Rijksuniversiteit Groningen (The Netherlands)
• University of Porto (Portugal)
• University of Kent (UK)
• Either must be registered at another European university which is not a partner in the project or must have obtained a university degree or equivalent from an EU institution (again at the time of submitting your application).
• The mobility of staff should contribute to strengthen international co-operation capacity of higher education institutions in third countries, with the production of new teaching material, as well as their management capacity.
• It should aim to consolidate and extend links between departments and faculties and to prepare for future cooperation projects between the universities. The staff mobility is also expected to lead to progresses in the application of ECTS or other systems for recognition of studies in the partner institution.

Check out the latest documents of the LOTUS+ Project:

•  Application.wordversion 
•  Application Guidelines 

We are happy to announce a second cohort in LOTUS+!

The 2nd cohort will ONLY be for EU nationalsapplying to go to our partner universities in Asia.

Application deadline: February 5th 2016, 23:59 (CET).

source : http://www.lotusplus.eu/