Within the framework of the National Scholarship Programme of the Slovak Republic for the support of mobility, a new call for applications for scholarships for study, research / artistic and lecture stays in the summer semester of the academic year 2023/2024 was published.
The deadline for submitting applications is October 31, 2023 at 4:00 pm, while mobilities will be able to take place within the summer semester of the academic year 2023/2024. Scholarship applications can currently be submitted online at www.stipendia.sk, or www.scholarships.sk.
The selection results will be published on our website (www.stipendia.sk/sk/main/vysledky-vyberovych-konani), no later than 8 weeks after the program closes; all scholarship applicants will be informed of the selection results by e-mail. Universities will gradually be provided with lists of scholarship holders, addressed to the vice-rectors for foreign affairs.
Scholarships are intended for students and doctoral students of Slovak universities (even if the doctoral study is carried out at an external educational institution in accordance with the Act on Higher Education Institutions, eg SAS) and postdoctoral students working at Slovak universities and research organizations with permanent residence in Slovakia, to cover the living costs of a study and / or research / artistic stay during the 2nd level of higher education (master's / doctoral study), a study and / or research / artistic stay during a doctoral study or a research stay for postdoctoral students at a selected foreign university, or research organization. Basic information about the program can be found in the enclosed leaflet (link at the end). Applicants can obtain detailed information about the program on the official website of the program www.stipendia.sk, or www.scholarships.sk.
Students, doctoral students and postdoctoral students may, together with the application for a scholarship within the NSP, also apply for a travel grant in connection with their planned study and / or research / artistic stay abroad.
The National Scholarship Programme of the Slovak Republic is also intended to support the mobility of foreign students, doctoral students, university teachers, researchers and artists for stays at Slovak universities and research organizations. Citizens of any country in the world can apply for the scholarship.
In case of questions concerning the National Scholarship Programme, you can directly contact the administrators of this program:
Kristína Sallerová (), applicants for a scholarship with permanent residence in Slovakia;
Ondrej Aradský (), scholarship applicants (teachers / researchers) from abroad;
Silvia Lipovská (), scholarship applicants (student, doctoral student) from abroad.
The National Scholarship Programme (NSP) is a scholarship program, the establishment of which was approved by the Government of the Slovak Republic by Resolution no. 557 of 13 July 2005. The Government of the Slovak Republic decided on the continuation of the NSP by Resolution no. 317 of 29 April 2009. The scholarship program is funded by the Ministry of Education, Science, Research and Sports of the Slovak Republic. SAIA, n. o., administratively provides the National Scholarship Programme on the basis of an agreement concluded between the Ministry of Education, Science, Research and Sport of the Slovak Republic and SAIA, n.o. about. NSP scholarship holders are scholarship holders of the Government of the Slovak Republic.
The next deadline, which will take place on 30 April 2024, will focus on stays during the 2024/2025 academic year.
We would like to point out that on the occasion of the opening of the call, four webinars will be organized primarily focused on the preparation of a scholarship application within the framework of the National Scholarship Programme of the Slovak Republic. Three webinars will be intended for Slovak interested parties and one for foreign interested parties, which will be conducted in English.
The webinar schedule is as follows:
September 20, 2023 at 2:00 p.m. NŠP scholarships for study and research all over the world - for students, doctoral students and postdoctoral students,
October 3, 2023 at 2:00 p.m. NŠP scholarships worldwide: How to write a successful application - webinar for doctoral and postdoctoral students,
October 9, 2023 at 2:00 p.m. NŠP scholarships worldwide: How to write a successful application - webinar for university students,
October 13, 2023 at 2:00 p.m. Study/research in Slovakia with the National Scholarship Programme.
More detailed information about the webinars, as well as links to join, will be gradually published on the websites of SAIA and the National Scholarship Programme, respectively. on social networks SAIA, n. about.
You can find the NŠP leaflet at the following link:
