Opportunity Description
How can students from developing countries contribute to improving water quality and management? The Elisabeth & Amélie Fund Scholarships by the King Baudouin Foundation provide a unique chance for these students to be involved in meaningful projects that address water issues in their home countries.
Are you a student from a developing country studying in Belgium? The Elisabeth & Amélie Fund offers thematic mobility grants designed to support students like you in making a real impact through your academic pursuits.
The Elisabeth & Amélie Fund focuses on academic excellence and emphasizes the importance of addressing concrete water challenges in the South, aiming to create a significant societal impact.
Key Details and Dates
- Application Deadline: October 21, 2024
- Result Announcement Dates: December 2024
- Internship Date: between January 2025 and August 2025
- Funding Type: Mobility grant
- Organizer: King Baudouin Foundation
- Eligible Countries: Developing countries (OECD-DAC countries, outside Europe)
- Eligible Gender: Male/Female
- Target Group: Students from developing countries listed below
- Focus Area: Access to water, protection or improvement of water quality, and water management
- Study Level: Master’s, Bachelor after Bachelor’s, or Master after Master’s
- Number of Opportunities: Approximately ten grants
- Duration: 1-2 months
- Program Language: English
- Host Country: Belgium (internship in a developing country)
Benefits and Financial Aids
The Elisabeth & Amélie Fund Scholarships provides the below items for winning applicants:
- A maximum grant of €5,000
- Covers costs associated with the internship, including transportation, accommodation, and specific materials required for the project
- It DOES NOT cover general-purpose equipment like computers, touch pads, cameras, dictaphones, etc.
- May finance particular equipment needed for the internship, such as GPS and multi-parameter probes
- Funding for on-site helpers if their role, profile, and tasks are detailed in the application
Eligibility Criteria
You must meet these requirements:
- Applicants must be nationals of a developing country (OECD-DAC countries outside Europe listed below)
- Currently enrolled in a Master’s, Bachelor after Bachelor’s, or Master after Master’s program at a Belgian educational institution (University or Haute Ecole)
- The internship must be related to the water theme and support the work for the student’s end-of-year thesis.
List of Eligible Countries
These are the OECD-DAC countries outside Europe eligible for the fund:
- Afghanistan
- Albania
- Algeria
- Angola
- Argentina
- Armenia
- Azerbaijan
- Bangladesh
- Belarus
- Belize
- Benin
- Bhutan
- Bolivia
- Bosnia and Herzegovina
- Botswana
- Brazil
- Burkina Faso
- Burundi
- Cambodia
- Cameroon
- Cape Verde
- Central African Republic
- Chad
- Chile
- China
- Colombia
- Comoros
- Congo
- Congo (Democratic Republic)
- Costa Rica
- Côte d’Ivoire
- Cuba
- Djibouti
- Dominica
- Dominican Republic
- Ecuador
- Egypt
- El Salvador
- Equatorial Guinea
- Eritrea
- Eswatini
- Ethiopia
- Fiji
- Gabon
- Gambia
- Georgia
- Ghana
- Grenada
- Guatemala
- Guinea
- Guinea-Bissau
- Guyana
- Haiti
- Honduras
- India
- Indonesia
- Iraq
- Jamaica
- Jordan
- Kazakhstan
- Kenya
- Kiribati
- Korea (Democratic People’s Republic)
- Kosovo
- Kyrgyzstan
- Laos
- Lebanon
- Lesotho
- Liberia
- Libya
- Madagascar
- Malawi
- Malaysia
- Maldives
- Mali
- Marshall Islands
- Mauritania
- Mauritius
- Mexico
- Micronesia
- Moldova
- Mongolia
- Montenegro
- Morocco
- Mozambique
- Myanmar
- Namibia
- Nauru
- Nepal
- Nicaragua
- Niger
- Nigeria
- North Macedonia
- Pakistan
- Palau
- Panama
- Papua New Guinea
- Paraguay
- Peru
- Philippines
- Rwanda
- Samoa
- Sao Tome and Principe
- Senegal
- Serbia
- Seychelles
- Sierra Leone
- Solomon Islands
- Somalia
- South Africa
- South Sudan
- Sri Lanka
- St. Kitts and Nevis
- St. Lucia
- St. Vincent and the Grenadines
- Sudan
- Suriname
- Syria
- Tajikistan
- Tanzania
- Thailand
- Timor-Leste
- Togo
- Tonga
- Trinidad and Tobago
- Tunisia
- Turkey
- Turkmenistan
- Tuvalu
- Uganda
- Ukraine
- Uzbekistan
- Vanuatu
- Venezuela
- Vietnam
- Yemen
- Zambia
- Zimbabwe
Required Documents
Please submit these documents for your applications:
- Detailed budget proposal
- Approval from the promotor/supervisor taking academic responsibility
- Application form submitted online via the King Baudouin Foundation website
Selection Process
The selection process is as follows:
- An Independent jury will select the candidates
- The announcement of selected candidates will be in December 2024
- Fellows must provide an evaluation report of their internship based on the King Baudouin Foundation’s criteria, along with a 5 to 10-minute video explaining the project.
- Approximately ten grants are available in the final step
How to Apply?
- Submit applications online through the King Baudouin Foundation website linked below.
- The deadline for applications is October 21, 2024, at midnight
- Ensure approval from the promotor/supervisor before submission
