Establishment of the National scholarship programme for the support of mobility of students, PhD. students, university teachers and researchers was approved by the Government of the Slovak Republic in 2005. The National scholarship programme of the Slovak Republic is funded by the Ministry of Education of the Slovak Republic. The National scholarship programme of the Slovak Republic is intended to support mobility of foreign students, PhD. students, university teachers and researchers to stay at Slovak universities and research institutions.

Types of scholarships

• Scholarships for foreign university students to take part in Master (graduate) study over a period of 1 to 2 semesters (from 5 to 10 months) at Slovak universities.
• Scholarships for foreign PhD. students to take a part of PhD. study over a period of 1 to 12 months at Slovak universities or research institutes.
• Scholarships for foreign university teachers and researchers over a period of 1 to 12 months to carry out teaching or research at Slovak universities, research institutes or nongovernmental organisations on the basis of an invitation.

Citizens from following countries can apply for scholarships

1. European Union member states – Austria, Belgium, Bulgaria, the Czech Republic, Cyprus, Denmark, Estonia, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Ireland, Italy, Latvia, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Malta, the Netherlands, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Slovenia, Spain, Sweden, the United Kingdom,
2. other countries participating in the Bologna process (listed are only countries that are not stated in item
   • Albania, Andorra, Armenia, Azerbaijan, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Croatia, Georgia, Iceland, Liechtenstein, Moldova, Montenegro, Norway, the Russian Federation, Serbia, Switzerland, the former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia, Turkey, Ukraine,
   • Belarus,
   • Canada, Central American countries, Latin American countries, Mexico, the United States of America,
   • Australia, China, Egypt, India, Indonesia, Israel, Japan, New Zealand, the Republic of South Africa, the Republic of Korea, Taiwan, Thailand, Vietnam.

Amount of a monthly scholarship

university students 7 000 SKK b) PhD. students 14 000 SKK

1. university teachers: lecturers with or without a PhD. degree 20 000 SKK associated professors 25 000 SKK professors 30 000 SKK
2. researchers: young researchers (< 4 years of experience) 20 000 SKK PhD. holders (or > 4 years of experience) 25 000 SKK senior researchers (>10 years of experience) 30 000 SKK 1 EUR = 35 SKK, 1 USD = 26 SKK

Application procedure
Applications must be submitted on-line at www.scholarships.sk and documents marked with asterisk (*)(see the List of required documents that must be attached to the on-line application form) must be sent by post and received by the deadline at SAIA, n. o.
The submitted documents must be originals. Documents must be received by deadline at: SAIA, n. o. Námestie slobody 23 812 20 Bratislava 1 Slovak Republic.

Applications deadlines for the academic year 2007/2008:
15 May 2007 – for academic year 2007/2008
15 November 2007 – for summer semester 2007/2008

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