Deadline : January 16, 2017
Location: Sweden.
Fully Funded!
Overview:
SISS is the Swedish government’s international awards scheme aimed at developing global leaders. It is funded by the Ministry for Foreign Affairs of Sweden and administered by the Swedish Institute (SI). The programme offers a unique opportunity for future leaders to develop professionally and academically, to experience Swedish society and culture, and to build a long-lasting relationship with Sweden and with each other.
The goal is to enable the scholarship holders to play an active role in the positive development of the societies in which they live. Ideal candidates are ambitious young professionals with academic qualifications, demonstrated leadership experience and a clear idea of how a study programme in Sweden would benefit their country.
Priority will be given to applicants choosing study programmes with an emphasis on gender equality, sustainable development, democracy, human rights or poverty reduction.
The scholarships cover both living costs and tuition fees. An estimated 335 scholarships will be available.
Selection and eligibility criteria:
Applicants must be from an eligible country and have at least 3,000 hours of experience from full-time/part-time employment, voluntary work, paid/unpaid internship, and/or position of trust. Applicants must display academic qualifications and leadership experience. In addition, applicants should show an ambition to make a difference by working with issues which contribute to a just and sustainable development in their country, in a long term perspective.
Read more about the selection criteria, target countries, and eligible master programmes. Please note that the eligibility criteria for countries within special initiatives are different. Read more under the title “Special initiatives” on the page.
Work experience:
Applicants must have had at least 3,000 hours’ work experience prior to 1 February 2017 (not required for students from South Africa and not compulsory for students from Syria). Applicants will be required to certify that experience in the second application step. If you do not already have the required level of work experience, your application will be deemed ineligible. However, it is not required that you are employed at the time of the application.
The types of work experience eligible for the SI Study Scholarships are:
Full-time employment
Part-time employment
Voluntary work
Paid or unpaid internships Position of trust (for instance, president at student union)
Your work experience can be completed before, during, or after graduating from your undergraduate studies.
Work experience within the listed fields below will be given priority. The list is organised in alphabetical order; no priority or ranking is implied.
Agriculture and food security
Conflict resolution, peace and security
Democracy,
Human Rights
Education
Engineering and technology
Entrepreneurship management and/or leadership
Environment and climate
Equality/Equal opportunities
HealthICT and E-solutions
LawLife science
Market development
Sustainable development
Trade and investment
Scholarship benefits:
The scholarship covers both tuition fees (paid directly to the Swedish university/university college by the Swedish Institute) and living expenses to the amount of SEK 9,000 per month. There are no additional grants for family members.
Travel grants:
Scholarship holders from countries on the DAC list of ODA recipients receive a travel grant in connection with their scholarship. The travel grant is a one-time payment of SEK 15,000.
The travel grant is not applicable to students already living in Sweden, except applicants who are living in Sweden for exchange studies.
Insurance:
Scholarship holders are insured by the Swedish State Group Insurance and Personal Insurance against illness and accident during the scholarship period.
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