National Scholarship Programme of the 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 funded by the Ministry of Education, Science, Research and Sport of the Slovak Republic.

Eligible applicants

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

A) 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 application deadline have already completed at least 2.5 years of their university studies in the same study programme;

– will be on a study stay in Slovakia during their higher education outside Slovakia and will be accepted by a public, private or state university in Slovakia for academic mobility 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 full 1 – 3 trimesters, in case the academic year is divided into trimesters (i.e. 3 – 4 or 6 – 7 or 9 – 10 months).

B) PhD students whose higher education or scientific training takes place outside Slovakia and who are accepted by a public, private or state university or a research institution in Slovakia are eligible to carry out a doctoral study programme2 (e.g. the Slovak Academy of Sciences) for an academic mobility to study/conduct research/artistic stay in Slovakia.

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

C) international 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 company3 and it has its seat in Slovakia.

Application procedure

Scholarship applications are submitted online at www.scholarships.sk. The online application system is opened at least 6 weeks prior to the application deadline. Applications can be filled in only in case the online application system has already been opened.

– Applicants are allowed to submit (fill in) applications and the required attachments in Slovak or English language only.

Required documents

• curriculum vitae;
• motivation letter;
• detailed study programme (it is necessary to state the date of the beginning of the stay, duration of the stay, list of subjects that the applicant would like to study during his/her stay and number of credits that the applicant will gain for the respective subjects);
• two recommendation letters issued by the applicant’s university teachers (the document must contain the signature, position and contact details of the person who issued the document; if it is not possible to  issue a recommendation on the letterhead paper of the respective institution, the document has to contain a clear identification of the institution, which the person who issued the recommendation letter is affiliated with [generally the name of the institution, address, website link]); recommendation letters cannot be older than 3 months on the day of the application deadline;
• confirmation issued by the applicant’s home university confirming that the applicant is a regular student of the respective university at the time of applying – the confirmation must contain information on the expected date of the completion of the applicant’s studies;
• scan of applicant’s bachelor’s diploma, diploma supplement and state examination certificate (if applicable);
• admission/invitation letter issued by applicant’s host university in Slovakia indicating the period of stay.

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

Deadline: October 31, 2022 (16:00 CET)

More information:

Ondrej ARADSKÝ, programme administrator

e-mail: nsp-foreign@saia.sk

tel: +421-2-5930-4733 (direct line)

Source: https://www.scholarships.sk/en/main/programme-terms-and-conditions/foreign-applicants