A limited number of scholarships will be granted by the European Commission. There will be category A and B scholarships.
Category A scholarships
Granted to Third country nationals, the term “third-country” does not have anything to do with the term “third world”. Nationals coming from all countries other than the 25 EU Member States (Germany, Austria, Belgium, Denmark, Spain, Finland, France, Greece, Ireland, Italy, Luxembourg, the Netherlands, Portugal, the UK, Sweden, Cyprus, Estonia, Hungary, Latvia, Lithuania, Malta, Poland, Czech Republic, Slovakia, Slovenia), the EEA-EFTA states (Iceland, Liechtenstein and Norway) and the candidate countries for accession to the EU (presently Bulgaria, Croatia and Romania), who are not residents of any of the above countries, and who have not carried out their main activities (studies, work, etc.) for more than a total of 12 months over the last five years in any of the above countries are considered “third-country nationals”. There are 8 Category A scholarships per year.
Category B Scholarships
Can be awarded to any masters students selected by the Consortia and who do not fulfill the Category A criteria defined above. The consortium will submit the list of selected students to the European Commission. There are 6 scholarships per year which can only be granted after the official approval of the European Commission.
The consortium will communicate with the students on this matter. You will be notified by the end of March whether you are selected for the course or not, this will be an unofficial notification. The official approval of the European Commission will be communicated to you by the beginning of June. Courses start between the end of August and the beginning of November, depending on arrangements made by each university of the consortium.
Scholarship table