Grant of the Province of Styria in Cooperation with the University of Graz for Students from South-Eastern Europe - GO STYRIA
Summer semester 2008
General Information
In cooperation with the University of Graz, the Province of Styria offers a new grant for outstanding students from South-Eastern European countries starting in the winter semester - "Go Styria!". For the summer semester 2008
18 more scholarship months are available.
The Department for Scientific Affairs of the Province of Styria takes a very strong interest in the process of South-Eastern European integration and sets a course in those countries who are not - or not yet - members of the
European Union. Styria, as a link between the EU and Eastern/South-Eastern Europe, adopts an active role in the scientific and cultural exchange between the countries and has the necessary preconditions to integrate the
research competences and to utilise the available synergetic opportunities.
Against the background of a long standing, varied and intensive cooperation with the regions of South-Eastern Europe, the University of Graz was the first university in the Germanspeaking world to set a university-wide focus
on "South-Eastern Europe" as the profilesetting core of its university development concept. Thanks to its expertise and acquaintance with both the needs as well as the potentials for cooperation of the South-Eastern
European region, the University of Graz has been an important forerunner within the EU for the realisation of the vision of European-wide integration for a long time. As part of an extensive circle of partnerships, the
university takes these historically developed and in many areas important connections into consideration.
Application Requirements
Those entitled to financial aid are students from universities of South-Eastern Europe (Slovenia, Croatia, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Serbia, Montenegro, Macedonia, Albania, Greece, Cyprus, Turkey, Hungary, Romania,
Bulgaria and Moldova). Applicants should be at least in the 7th semester of a diploma programme or at least in the 2nd semester of a master's programme, or already write their master's or doctoral thesis. The selection of the
grant holders takes place in a joint process of the Province of Styria and the University of Graz. The academic quality of the applicant is decisive for the success of the application. Depending upon the intended aim of the studies or research, proof of the command of German and/or English is to be provided.
The maximum length of time of financial aid for go styria! is five months. Grant awards for shorter research stays are occasionally possible.
Submission Deadline
Applications have to be received by the Office of International Relations of the University of Graz no later than Wednesday, November 7, 2007. Only those applications that are complete and received on time will be considered! We cannot accept faxed or emailed applications!
Amount of Grant
"go styria" includes the following benefits:
. Grant in the amount of EUR 600 per month
. Waiver of tuition fees at the University of Graz
After the Stay Abroad
Every grant holder has to submit a report about his or her stay in Graz to the Office of International Relations within three months after the end of her/his stay abroad:
The report should give an overall impression of the stay abroad, providing information both on professional benefits as well as general experiences there. The reports will be made public on the homepage and thus made
available to new applicants.
Contact person in the Office of International Relations
Doris Knasar doris.knasar@uni-graz.at
Tel: +43 / 316 / 380-2213
Fax: +43 / 316 / 380-9156
Further information at http://www.uni-graz.at/en
[sursa eastchance]
If you want to receive academic resources in your e-mail on daily basis, please subscribe to 10resources-subscribe@yahoogroups.com.
