The Coimbra Group Scholarship Programme

The Coimbra Group offers the following scholarship programmes: 

• Scholarship Programme for Young African Researchers
• Scholarship Programme for Young Professors and Researchers from Latin American Universities
• Scholarship Programme for Young Researchers from the European Neighbourhood

Aarhus University participates in the programmes for Africa South of Sahara and for Latin America. The university offers scholarship for short research stays of 1-3 months targeting PhD students, postdocs, and young professors.

Facts

• Number of scholarships: 4 (2 for young African researchers and 2 for young Latin American researchers).
• Disciplins: all.
• Financial support: reimbursememt of travel expenses up to 1000 Euros and coverage of housing and food up to 1300 Euros per month. 
• Duration of stay: 1-3 months.
• The AU International Centre offers support concerning all practical matters.
• Furthermore, the International Centre will pay for a mentor if the department is able to find someone who can assist the candidate during the beginning of the stay. 

Criteria:

• Preferably, the candidate has not received any Erasmus support for an earlier stay.
• The candidate must be under the age of 45 (African applicatants) and under the age of 40 (Latin American applicants)
• Only PhD. Students, postdocs or young professors can apply
• Candidates must have excellent English proficiency 
• Female applicants are prioritized 

Time frame 2014

• Medio March:               Deadline for online application through the CG secretariat
• Early April:                  AU receives the applications from the CG secretariat
• Medio May:                  Deadline for candidate selection
• 1. September:             Selected candidates may begin their stay at AU  

For further information, please contact AU International Centre: ic@au.dk or see the Coimbra Group's web.