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Swedish Institute
Scholarships for Talent
Mobility
Kyiv, KPI
2014-01-23
Markus Boman, Programme Manager
Swedish Institute (SI)
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Building relations with our
neighbors in the Baltic Sea Region
Policy orientation
• EU Baltic Sea Region Strategy
• EU Eastern Partnership
• HELCOM Baltic Sea Action Plan
(BSAP)
Thematic areas of priority
• Ecological Sustainability
• Sustainable Growth for Increased
Prosperity
• Challenges of the Region
Overall purpose
• To build a strong, knowledge-based
and research-intense region
• Identify and address common
challenges in the region
• Share experiences, learn by others
Building relations with our
neighbors in the Baltic Sea Region
Building capacity in individuals
• Management programmes focusing on
CSR, Project management skills
• Strategic expert visits (smaller groups)
• Scholarships to support academic talent
mobility
• Swedish language education - where
you are
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The SI Visby Programme
• Long tradition of building networks in
the Baltic Sea region
• Support for individual mobility with
scholarships in both directions, since
1997
• Long-term foreign policy engagement
of Sweden. Ambition to strengthen the
region as a whole
• Master students, PhD students, postdocs, senior scientists, experts
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The SI Visby Programme
Target groups & audience
• Talented individuals who are ambitious, creative and show
excellence in their fields of expertise
• Applicants capable of expressing an idea, ambition and drive in
concrete terms
• Dynamic citizens, willing to take an active role and contribute to
development of their home country and region
• Prospective open-minded leaders, ready to explore a multi-cultural,
global environment
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The SI Visby Programme
Target groups & audience
• State actors/agencies, e g universities,
science/techno parks, institutes
• Municipalities and local development projects
• Regions, regional associations
• Business sector
• Branch federations/organizations
• NGO’s
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The SI Visby Programme
Calls and support structures for individual mobility
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Master students
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PhD students, Post-doctoral researchers, Senior scientists
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Belarus, Georgia, Moldova, Russia, and Ukraine
Application date: January 2014-February 2014
Belarus, Estonia, Georgia, Latvia, Lithuania, Moldova, Poland, Russia, and Ukraine
Application date: December 2013-January 2014
Swedish students, PhD students, researchers, experts
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For study/research/expert visits taking place in any of the countries included in the program
Invited by an organization, public agency, university, other actor
Application date: October 2013 (for scholarship periods starting in spring 2014)
March 2014 (for scholarship periods starting in autumn 2014)
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The SI Visby Programme
Scholarships for Master students - overview
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Students from Belarus, Georgia, Moldova, Russia and Ukraine
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Programs of either one or two years duration, taught in English
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~ 60 scholarships will be offered for the academic year 2014/2015
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Coverage for tuition fees and living expenses (SEK 9,000/month)
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Medical insurance
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Travel grant
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Membership in the fellowship SI Network for Future Global Leaders (NFGL)
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The SI Visby Programme
Scholarships for Master students – application procedure 2014/2015
(PRELIMINARY)
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Choose study program at a Swedish University. A list of eligible programs will
be available at www.studyinsweden.se (December 2013)
Apply for the selected study program via the Swedish central admissions
system at www.universityadmissions.se (December 1, 2013-January 16, 2014)
Pay the application fee (mandatory)
Apply for a SI Visby Program scholarship by using our online electronic
application form, available at www.studyinsweden.se (February 3-11, 2014)
• Motivation letter (mandatory to use SI Visby Programme template)
• CV (Europass template only)
• Letter of reference
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Wait for the admissions results (April 2014)
Scholarship grants to be published at www.studyinsweden.se (April 2014)
Candidates to accept scholarship offers and study places (April 2014)
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The SI Visby Programme
Scholarship package & benefits – more than a monthly payment!
• Access to networks, possibilities for professional exposure
• Membership in the SI Network for Future Global Leaders
• Life-long fellowship in the SI alumni network
Out-of-the-scholarship benefits & extras
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Swedish language studies (offered for free by many universities)
Internship possibilities at Swedish companies, agencies, NGOs
Summer job opportunities during the long summer holidays
Part-time job possibilities
Easy to convert residence permit for studies, into a work permit
How to Build
Creative
Landscapes?
Government,
Public Agencies,
Municipalities,
Regions
Higher
Education &
Research
Private Sector &
Business
NGOs
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Scholarship Benefits and Networks
Become member of the SI Network for Future Global Leaders - NFGL
• Provide a deeper understanding of Sweden
• Expand your personal and professional network
• Increase awareness of issues important for
Sweden (innovation, environment, CSR, gender)
• Develop tools for global leadership
• Study visits, seminars, conferences and cultural
excursions to different parts of Sweden
• Opportunity to experience a creative
environment
• Get friends for life!
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Scholarship Benefits and Networks
Life-long fellowship in the SI Alumni Network
• A wide professional network binding
together different disciplines, sectors, ideas
and experiences from around the World
• Possibility to get together, develop local
branches and associations using SI support
• Incentive to take an active role, arrange
bottom-up thematic events of relevance for
development of the society
• Develop your own skills, capacity and expand
your professional network
• Meet new, interesting people and share ideas
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More Information
Swedish Institute websites
www.studyinsweden.se - The official information channel on studies
and research in Sweden. Also the official scholarship portal of the Swedish
Institute. Here you will always find the latest information available
www.si.se - The Swedish Institute official website
www.sweden.se – The gateway to Sweden online
The Swedish Institute Visby Programme/Baltic Sea Region Cooperation
Markus Boman, Programme Manager, Talent Mobility Unit (mabo@si.se)
Irina Ovchinnikova, Programme Administrator, Talent Mobility Unit (irov@si.se)
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Thank you! 
Markus Boman, SI
mabo@si.se
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