NFP/MSP (MENA) Scholarship programmes to study in Netherlands (Fully Funded)

NFP stands for Netherlands Fellowship Programmes (NFP), MSP stands for MENA (Middle East and North Africa) Scholarship Programme. NFP scholarships are available for 51 countries, MSP scholarships for 9 countries*

You can only apply for a scholarship for your chosen course during the 'application window' for that course.  You can apply for these five courses:

• Mastering Story in Documentary-making (25 Nov ’15 - 19 Feb ’16)
• Using Media for Development (18 - 29 Jan ’16)
• Producing Media to Counter Radicalisation (18 Jan - 5 Feb ’16)
• Video Journalism (15 – 26 Feb ’16)
• Broadcast and Multimedia Journalism (15 Feb - 4 March ’16)

There are many more applications than there are scholarships available. Not everyone can apply for an NFP or MSP scholarship. Therefore, it is important that you meet all the RNTC and Nuffic criteria.

 

Criteria for an NFP scholarship

Next to the RNTC course admission requirements, you need to meet the following requirements to be eligible for an NFP scholarship:

• you are a national of and work in one of the following 51 countries: Afghanistan, Albania, Armenia, Autonomous Palestinian Territories, Bangladesh, Benin, Bhutan, Bolivia, Burkina Faso, Burma, Burundi, Cambodia, Colombia, Cuba, Democratic Republic of Congo, Djibouti, Egypt, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Georgia, Ghana, Guatemala, India, Indonesia, Jordan, Kenya, Macedonia, Mali, Mongolia, Mozambique, Nepal, Nicaragua, Nigeria, Pakistan, Peru, Philippines, Rwanda, Senegal, South Africa, South Sudan, Somalia, Sri Lanka, Sudan, Surinam, Tanzania, Thailand, Uganda, Vietnam, Yemen, Zambia, Zimbabwe
• you are not employed by a multinational corporation, a UN organisation, the World Bank, the IMF, a bilateral or multinational donor organisation, or a large national and/or commercial organization 
• 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
Next to 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 work in one of the following 9 countries: Algeria, Egypt, Iraq, Jordan, Lebanon, Libya, Morocco, Syria*, Tunisia
  *The MSP is now open to applicants of Syrian nationality who are residing and working outside of Syria in one of the selected MSP countries
• you are not employed by a multinational corporation, a UN organisation, the World Bank, the IMF, a bilateral or multinational donor organisation, or a large national and/or commercial organization
• 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 be over 45 years of age at the time of the scholarship application deadline.

Benefits: 

•   An NFP or MSP scholarship will pay for the full cost of your travel and visa (if required), accommodation and meals, insurance and the course fee. 
• The NFP and the MSP scholarship programmes are funded by the Dutch Ministry of Foreign Affairs and administered by Nuffic, the Netherlands Organisation for International Cooperation in Higher Education.

* The MSP is now open to applicants of Syrian nationality who are residing and working outside of Syria in one of the selected MSP countries. MSP is currently not open to applicants from Oman. 

How to Apply:

To apply you first need to create an account then proceed with the application process

** Please note that the deadline for sending in your RNTC application is Thursday 23 July 12.00 C.E.T. Only then we can guarantee that we can evaluate your application and (if you are eligible for the course) can send you the link to apply in ATLAS; the online system for your NFP or MSP scholarship application. The deadline for applying in ATLAS is Friday 24 July 24.00 C.E.T. Support from our office is available until Friday 24 July 17.00 hours C.E.T. Also check the NFP and MSP application procedure

For more information visit  NFP/MSP(MENA) Scholarship Programme