Netherlands Fellowship Programmes (NFP) 2009

The Netherlands Fellowship Programmes (NFP) are demand-driven fellowship programmes designed to foster capacity building within organizations in 57 developing countries by providing training and education to their mid-career staff members.

50% of the available fellowships should be awarded to fellowships for female candidates, and 50% of the available budget should be spent on candidates from sub-Saharan Africa. Apart from this, priority is given to candidates from deprived groups and/or from marginalized regions.

The NFP are funded by the Netherlands Ministry of Foreign Affairs from the budget for development co-operation.

Employer support

The need for education and training must be linked to the institutional development of the organization the applicants are working for. This means that applicants must be nominated by their employers. In fact, applications without the support of an employer will not be considered.

NFP sub-programmes

* Fellowships for master’s degree programmes
* Fellowships for PhD studies
* Fellowships for short courses

NFP master’s, NFP short courses and NFP PhD studies award fellowships to individuals. NFP also finances refresher courses for NFP alumni who would like to prolong the effect of earlier learning and update their knowledge and skills.

To gain admission to a course or programme, an applicant has to contact the relevant institute. Choose one appropriate, relevant course of which you meet all the requirements. An admission letter from the institute or university is a requirement before you can apply for NFP. It should be understood that the admission letter does not guarantee a positive selection result since candidates from 57 countries will be competing for the scholarship.

WHO MAY APPLY
Qualified citizens from 57 countries including the Philippines.


REQUIREMENTS

1. Two sets of NFP applications with colored passport size photo.
2. Employer’s statement (see page 5 of the NFP application)
3. Personal Data Form (see attached)
4. Copy of valid passport. Do not attach copies of visas and other pages.
5. Copy of birth certificate (in the absence of passport)
6. Copies of Diploma and school transcript of records. Do not include training certificates.
7. Additional document for Diploma/ Master/ PhD applicants: Original legalised birth certificate.

APPLICATION DEADLINE

Short courses: 1 March 2009 and 1 July 2009
Master’s: 1 March 2009
PhD: 1 June 2009 and 1 October 2009

Each programme has different deadlines therefore it is important that you submit your application form earlier than these announced deadlines.

CONTACT INFORMATION
The NFP application form can be downloaded from the Nuffic website www.nuffic.nl