The Dutch Ministry of Foreign Affairs is offering KOP (formerly known as NFP)
and MSP scholarships for the RNTC courses. Scholarships are available for media
and communications professionals from a variety of partner countries.
This 5-year
programme aims to advance the capacity, knowledge and quality of both
individuals and institutions of higher and vocationa
l education.
The required level
of your command of English should be equivalent to a TOEFL score of 550
(paper-based), 79-80 (internet-based) or 213 (computer-based), and 6 for IELTS.
In case of doubt, we may conduct a telephone/Skype interview.
Course
Level:
Scholarships are only available for courses of two weeks or longer.
Study
Subject:
Scholarships are awarded in the field of Data Journalism, Broadcast
Entrepreneur, Investigative Journalism, The Digital Content Creative, Media
Campaigns for Development and Social Change, Producing Media to Counter
Radicalization, Data Journalism and Investigative Journalism.
Scholarship
Award:
The scholarships include a contribution towards the cost of living, the course
fees, visa, travel and insurance. If applicable, the scholarship holder is
expected to cover the difference between actual costs and the KOP or MSP
scholarship amount.
Scholarship
can be taken in Netherlands
Eligibility:
Criteria for
a KOP scholarship
- Apart
from the RNTC course admission requirements, you need to meet the
following requirements to be eligible for a KOP (formerly known as NFP)
scholarship: - You are
a national and live and work in one of the countries in the Nuffic KOP
list, which you can find here; - You
must not be employed by an organisation that has its own means of
staff-development. Organisations that are considered to have their own
means for staff development are for example: multinational corporations
(e.g. Shell, Unilever, Microsoft), large national and/or a large
commercial organisations, bilateral donor organisations (e.g. USAID, DFID,
Danida, Sida, Dutch Ministry of Foreign affairs, FinAid, AusAid, ADC,
SwissAid), multilateral donor organisations, (e.g. a UN organisation, the
World Bank, the IMF, Asian Development Bank, African Development Bank,
IADB), international NGOs (e.g. Oxfam, Plan, Care); - You
have an Employer’s Statement that complies with the format Nuffic has
provided. All information must be provided and all commitments that are
included in the format must be endorsed in the statement; - You
have an official and valid passport; - You do
not receive more than one fellowship for courses that take place at the
same time; - You
have a Government Statement (only if applicable, please check this
overview) that meets the requirements of the country in which the employer
is established.
Criteria for
an MSP scholarship
- Apart
from the RNTC course admission requirements, you need to meet the
following requirements to be eligible for an MSP scholarship: - You are
a national of and live and work in one of the following Middle East and
North African (MENA) countries: Algeria, Egypt, Iran, Iraq, Jordan,
Lebanon, Libya, Morocco, Syria*, Tunisia; - The MSP
is only open to applicants of Syrian nationality who are residing and
working outside of Syria in one of the other selected MENA countries. - You
must not be employed by an organisation that has its own means of
staff-development. Organisations that are considered to have their own
means for staff development are for example: multinational corporations
(e.g. Shell, Unilever, Microsoft), large national and/or a large
commercial organisations, bilateral donor organisations (e.g. USAID, DFID,
Danida, Sida, Dutch ministry of Foreign affairs, FinAid, AusAid, ADC,
SwissAid), multilateral donor organisations, (e.g. a UN organisation, the
World Bank, the IMF, Asian Development Bank, African Development Bank,
IADB), international NGOs (e.g. Oxfam, Plan, Care); - You
have an Employer’s Statement that complies with the format Nuffic has
provided. All information must be provided and all commitments that are
included in the format must be endorsed in the statement; - You
have an official and valid passport; - You do
not receive more than one fellowship for courses that take place at the
same time; - You
have a Government Statement (only if applicable, please check this
overview) that meets the requirements of the country in which the employer
is established; - You are
not over 45 years of age at the time of the scholarship application
deadline.
Nationality: KOP Scholarships are
available for 28 countries and MSP Scholarships are available for 9 countries.
List of Countries:
KOP Scholarships: Albania, Armenia, Bhutan, Bolivia, Burkina Faso,
Cambodia, Cuba, Djibouti, DR Congo, Georgia, India, Jordan, Lebanon,
Macedonia, Mongolia, Nepal, Nicaragua, Nigeria, Pakistan, Peru,
Philippines, Senegal, Somalia, Sri Lanka, Sudan, Surinam, Thailand and
Zimbabwe and MSP Scholarships: Algeria, Egypt, Iran, Iraq, Jordan,
Lebanon, Libya, Morocco, Syria and Tunisia
College
Admission Requirement
Entrance
Requirement: Applicants must have the previous degree.
Test Requirement: No
English Language
Requirement: Since English is the working language of courses (unless stated
otherwise), University needs to be sure that English is good enough. If you
come from a country where English is the official/national language or if
English was the language in which you took higher education, your spoken and
written English will be good enough. In both these cases, you don’t need to
give us any proof of proficiency.
In all other cases,
they may ask for a certified statement from a recognised authority establishing
your proficiency in spoken and written English. The required level of your
command of English should be equivalent to a TOEFL score of 550 (paper-based),
79-80 (internet-based) or 213 (computer-based), and 6 for IELTS. In case of
doubt, we may conduct a telephone/Skype interview.
How to
Apply:
The application for a KOP (formerly known as NFP) or MSP scholarship needs to
be submitted at the Nuffic system called ATLAS. You can apply twice a year
during an ‘application window’ to see if you are eligible for a KOP or MSP
scholarship. There are many more applications than there are scholarships
available. Therefore, it is important that you meet all of the RNTC criteria
(see individual course pages) as well as the Nuffic criteria, which you can
find at the bottom of this page. If you meet all the RNTC ánd Nuffic criteria,
and you would like to apply, then please follow all the steps in How to
apply page.
KOP Short guide for the application and selection
process(496 kB)
Obligations for KOP fellowship holders November 2017(144
kB)
Application
Deadline:
The current application window is open from September 5 to October 24, 2017.
