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GOVERNMENT OF THE SLOVAK REPUBLIC NATIONAL SCHOLARSHIP PROGRAMME FOR INTERNATIONAL STUDENTS

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Application Deadline: 31 October at 16.00 CET, 2026

LOCATION: Slovak Republic

The Government of the Slovak Republic approved the establishment of the National Scholarship Programme of the Slovak Republic for the support of mobility of students, PhD students, university teachers, researchers and artists in 2005. The National Scholarship Programme of the Slovak Republic (NSP) is financed by the Ministry of Education, Research, Development, and Youth of the Slovak Republic from the state budget of the Slovak Republic.

The National Scholarship Programme of the Slovak Republic supports mobility of international students, PhD students, university teachers, researchers and artists for scholarship stays at higher education institutions and research organisations in Slovakia.

ELIGIBILITY:

Citizens of any country in the world (except the citizens of Slovakia) can apply for a scholarship stay in Slovakia in the framework of the NSP.

Eligible applicants for a scholarship in the framework of the NSP:

Students who:

Are university students at universities outside Slovakia;

Are students of the second level of higher education (master’s students), or are students who, at the time of the application deadline, have already completed at least 2.5 years of their university studies in the same/similar study programme;

Will be on a study stay in Slovakia during their higher education outside Slovakia and who will be accepted by a public, private, or state higher education institution in Slovakia for academic mobility[1] to study in Slovakia.

All 3 conditions must be met. This category does not apply to doctoral (PhD) studies (or their equivalent).

Duration of a scholarship stay (students): 1 – 2 full semesters (i.e. 4 – 5 or 9 – 10 months) or 1 – 3 full trimesters, in case the academic year is divided into trimesters (i.e. 3 – 4 or 6 – 7 or 9 – 10 months).

PhD students whose higher education or scientific training takes place outside Slovakia and who are accepted by a public, private or state higher education institution or a research institution in Slovakia eligible to carry out a doctoral study programme[2] (e.g. the Slovak Academy of Sciences) for an academic mobility[1] to study/conduct research/artistic stay in Slovakia.

Duration of a scholarship stay (PhD students): 1 – 10 months.

University teachers, researchers, and artists who are invited to a teaching/research/artistic stay in Slovakia by an institution with a valid certificate of eligibility to carry out research and development, which is not a business company[3] and has its seat in Slovakia.

Duration of a scholarship stay (university teachers, researchers, or artists): 1 – 10 months. 

BENEFIT:

Amount of the scholarship and organisation of the stay:

Category: Monthly
a) university student of the second level of higher education 620 EUR
b) PhD student 1025,50 EUR
c) university teacher/researcher/artist: 
without PhD degree (or its equivalent) and at the same time less than 4 years of work experience as a university teacher/researcher/artist 1025,50 EUR
with PhD degree (or its equivalent) and at the same time less than 10 years of work experience as a university teacher/researcher/artist 1 370 EUR
with PhD degree (or its equivalent) and at the same time more than 10 years of work experience as a university teacher/researcher/artist 1 470 EUR

In addition, students and PhD students [eligible applicants under the category A) and B)] can be awarded a travel allowance (travel grant, which is a separate component of the scholarship), if they apply for it along with their scholarship application. Travel allowance is awarded as a lump sum and it will be paid to the scholarship holder at the end of his/her stay together with the last scholarship payment. Travel allowance amount depends on the distance (in a direct line) between applicant’s place of residence (the permanent address; resp. address of home institution) and the place of his/her stay in Slovakia (the address of the host institution)[5]:

Distance up to 200 km – 0 €,

Distance more than 200 km, max. 300 km – 50 €,

Distance more than 300 km, max. 500 km – 100 €,

Distance more than 500 km, max. 1 000 km – 250 €,

Distance more than 1 000 km, max.2 000 km – 350 €,

Distance more than 2 000 km, max.3 000 km – 500 €,

Distance more than 3 000 km, max. 5 000 km – 750 €,

Distance more than 5 000 km, max. 7 000 km – 1 100 €,

Distance more than 7 000 km – 1 500 €.

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UK RESEARCH AND INNOVATION MEDICAL RESEARCH COUNCIL (MRC) FUNDING OPPORTUNITY

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Application Deadline: 7 October 2026, 4:00pm

LOCATION: England

Apply for funding to investigate the causes, progression, and treatment of human disease.

Your project must:

Focus on a mechanistic hypothesis

Include an experimental intervention or challenge in humans

This is an ongoing funding opportunity. Application rounds close every April and October.

ELIGIBILITY:

This opportunity is open to organisations with standard eligibility. Check if your organisation is eligible.

To be eligible to apply for this funding opportunity, you must

Show that you will direct the project and be actively engaged in the work

Be looking to investigate the causes, progression and treatment of human disease

If you do not have a contract of employment for the duration of the proposed project, by submitting an application, the research organisation is confirming that, if it is successful:

Contracts will be extended beyond the end date of the project

All necessary support for the project and the applicants will be provided, including mentorship and career development for early-career researchers

They welcome applications from early-career researchers. The new investigator award is aimed at researchers who are capable of becoming independent researchers and who are now ready to take the next step towards that goal.

If you are applying for this opportunity as a ‘new investigator,’ you must also:

Have your research organisation support

Be able to demonstrate that your skills and experience at the time of your application match those of the ‘transition to independence’ career stage, as set out in the MRC skills and experience table

Use this grant to support your long-term career goals and chosen career route

Be able to demonstrate you are the sole intellectual leader of the application and the proposed work

International Researchers:

As MRC is the lead funder for this funding opportunity, international researchers can apply as ‘project co-lead (international).’

Project co-leads (international) make a major intellectual contribution to the design or conduct of the project. Their contribution and added value to the research collaboration should be clearly explained and justified in the application, using the appropriate application sections, such as ‘Applicant and team capability to deliver.’

Read UKRI project co-lead (international) eligibility for more details. Please contact us if you are uncertain about eligibility.

You should include all other international collaborators (or UK partners not based at approved organisations) as project partners.

BENEFIT:

There is no limit to the amount of funding you can apply for or the length of your project. They will fund 80% of your project’s full economic cost.

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