2016/2017 NFP/MSP (MENA) Scholarship Programme

Apart from the RNTC course admission requirements, you need to meet the following requirements to be eligible for an NFP scholarship:

• You are a national and work in one of the following 50 countries: Afghanistan, Albania, Armenia, Autonomous Palestinian Territories, Bangladesh, Benin, Bhutan, Bolivia, Burkina Faso, Burma, Burundi, Cambodia, Colombia, Cuba, Democratic Republic of Congo, Djibouti, Egypt, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Georgia, Ghana, Guatemala, India, Indonesia, Jordan, Kenya, Macedonia, Mali, Mozambique, Nepal, Nicaragua, Nigeria, Pakistan, Peru, Philippines, Rwanda, Senegal, South Africa, South Sudan, Somalia, Sri Lanka, Sudan, Suriname, Tanzania, Thailand, Uganda, Vietnam, Yemen, Zambia, Zimbabwe;
• You are not employed by a multinational corporation, a UN organisation, the World Bank, the IMF, a bilateral or multinational donor organisation, or a large national and/or commercial organisation;
• You have an Employer’s Statement that complies with the format Nuffic has provided. All information must be provided and all commitments that are included in the format must be endorsed in the statement;
• You have an official and valid passport;
• You do not receive more than one fellowship for courses that take place at the same time;
• You have a Government Statement (only if applicable, please check this overview) that meets the requirements of the country in which the employer is established.

N.B. The NFP program has no age limit.

Criteria for an MSP scholarship

Apart from the RNTC course admission requirements, you need to meet the following requirements to be eligible for an MSP scholarship:

• You are a national of and work in one of the following 9 Middle East and North Africa (MENA) countries: Algeria, Egypt, Iraq, Jordan, Lebanon, Libya, Morocco, Syria*, Tunisia;
• The MSP is ONLY open to applicants of Syrian nationality who are residing and working outside of Syria in one of the selected MENA countries.
• You are not employed by a multinational corporation, a UN organisation, the World Bank, the IMF, a bilateral or multinational donor organisation, or a large national and/or commercial organisation;
• You have an Employer’s Statement that complies with the format Nuffic has provided. All information must be provided and all commitments that are included in the format must be endorsed in the statement;
• You have an official and valid passport;
• You do not receive more than one fellowship for courses that take place at the same time;
• You have a Government Statement (only if applicable, please check this overview) that meets the requirements of the country in which the employer is established;
• You are not over 45 years of age at the time of the scholarship application deadline.

For More Information:

Visit the Official Webpage of the 2016/2017 NFP/MSP (MENA) Scholarship Programme for Study in the Netherlands