L-EARN for Impact Scholarship

The scholarship (max 17.500 euro) is open to individuals from developing countries with relevant professional experience and a history of supporting their countries’ development efforts applying to a Master’s degree programme. After the completion of the master programme the awardee commit to return to their home country to use their new skills and contribute to their countries' social and economic development. Applications can be addressed to researchmasters@esphil.eur.nl.

Scholarship amount: € 17.500 consisting of living allowances, personal allowance and IND leges. This amount includes an additional tuition fee waiver if applicable.

Requirements

  • Your nationality is one of the list of the Developing Countries of the World Bank.
  • You are an excellent student according to the faculty’s standard. The average grade should be the equivalent to the Dutch grade of 8.0 on the Dutch grading scale of 1 to 10.
  • You have recent relevant work experience after earning a Bachelor’s degree.
  • You are applying for a full-time master at ESPhil.

Scholarship awarding

  • The Dean of ESPhil will decide on nominations for the scholarships.
  • A scholarship can only be granted if an applicant starts with the ESPhil programme (s)he applied for.

Payment

EUR pays a monthly living allowance (12 x € 1.200), a one-time personal allowance (€ 271), IND leges (€ 228) and an additional tuition fee waiver if applicable (€ 2.601).

Deadline: May 1 

Application procedure