Mosaic

Ethnic minorities are currently under-represented in Dutch academic research. The Netherlands Organisation for Scientific Research (NWO) and the Ministry of Education, Culture and Science are keen to promote diversity and are concerned about the present loss of talent to the academic world. NWO and the Ministry of OCW conceived a programme that aims at helping representatives of ethnic minorities into the world of science. This Mozaïek (Mosaic) programme started in 2004.

Deadline for application

How to apply

To be determined for the academic year 2013-2014.

General information

Country of Origin

Afghanistan, Albania, Algeria, Angola, Antigua/Barbados, Argentina, Armenia, Aruba, Azerbaijan, Bahamas, Bangladesh, Barbados, Belarus, Belize, Benin, Bhutan, Bolivia, Bosnia-Herzegovina, Botswana, Brazil, Brunei, Burkina Faso, Burundi, Caiman islands, Cambodia, Cameroon, Cape Verde, Central African Republic, Chad, Chili, China, Colombia, Comoros, Costa Rica, Côte d'Ivoire, Croatia, Cuba, Czech Republic, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Djibouti, Dominica, Dominican Republic, Dutch Antilles, Ecuador, Egypt, El Salvador, Eritrea, Estonia, Ethiopia, French Guyana, French Polynesia, Gabon, Gambia, Georgia, Ghana, Grenada, Guadeloupe, Guam, Guatemala, Guinea Bissau, Guinea-Equatorial, Guyana, Haiti, Honduras, India, Indonesia, Iran, Iraq, Israel, Jamaica, Jordan, Kazakhstan, Kenya, Kiribati, Kuwait, Kyrgyzstan, Laos, Latvia, Lebanon, Lesotho, Liberia, Libya, Lithuania, Macedonia, Madagascar, Malawi, Malaysia, Maldives, Mali, Marshall Islands, Martinique, Mauritania, Mauritius, Mexico, Micronesia, Moldavia, Mongolia, Morocco, Mozambique, Myanmar, Namibia, Nepal, New Caledonia, New Zealand, Nicaragua, Niger, Nigeria, North-Korea, Oman, Pakistan, Palau, Palestinian Territories, Panama, Papua-New Guinea, Paraguay, Peru, Philippines, Qatar, Republic of Guinea, Republic of the Congo, Reunion, Russia, Rwanda, Salmons Islands, Samoa, San Marino, Sao Tome, Saudi Arabia, Senegal, Serbia-Montenegro, Seychelles, Sierra Leone, Slovenia, Slovakia, Somalia, South Africa, South Korea, Sri Lanka, St Kitts/Nevis, St Lucia, St Vincent/Gr, Sudan, Suriname, Swaziland, Syria, Tajikistan, Tanzania, Thailand, Togo, Tokelau, Tonga, Trinidad & Tobago, Tunisia, Turkey, Turkmenistan, Tuvalu, UAE, Uganda, Ukraine, Uruguay, Uzbekistan, Vanuatu, Venezuela, Vietnam, Yemen, Zambia, Zimbabwe.

Field of study

Level of study

All

PhD

Scholarship Value

Subsidies will be awarded in the form of a lump sum (personal grant). For a four-year period of doctoral research, the maximum amount will be EUR 200,000 (in total for staff costs and associated research costs).

Requirements for application

To qualify for this scholarship, applicants must fulfill the following requirements:

·	Both parents must have been born in one of the target countries or both the candidate and at least one of his/her parents must have been born in one of these countries;

·	The candidate must have graduated from or be a final year student at a Dutch university and have completed the entire university degree in the Netherlands. There are a number of possible exceptions to this criterion, for details please see the Mozaïek brochure;

·	Only graduates who have not accepted a position to study for a PhD at the time of the awarding of the grant may submit an application.