Application Deadline: 31 March 2025 at midnight (Brussels time)
Applications are now open for the 2025 Coimbra Group Short Stay Scholarship Programme. Coimbra Group Universities have been providing, since 2008, young researchers from universities in Sub-Saharan Africa with the opportunity to spend a short period (generally 1 to 3 months) at a Coimbra Group University to carry out part of their research there.
Eligibility Criteria
Applicants must fulfil ALL of the following criteria at the same time:
- Be born on or after 1 January 1980.
- Be nationals of and current residents in a country in Sub-Saharan Africa.
- Be current staff members of a university or an equivalent higher education institution in Sub-Saharan Africa.
- Be preferably of doctoral/postdoctoral or equivalent status.
- Be in possession of an acceptance letter/email from the tutor/supervisor with whom the work programme
will be undertaken in the host institution. This document is mandatory. - Use the Coimbra Group Office electronic application process.
- Apply for one university only. Multiple applications will not be considered valid.
- Submit all information in English only.
The scholarships are financially supported by the Coimbra Group member universities participating in this programme, while the Coimbra Group Office is in charge of the administrative management of the
applications.
Please note that some Coimbra Group Universities may restrict the eligibility to some Sub-Saharan countries only – to find out if your country is eligible, please refer to the “Remarks” section in the Grants Information below.
In most universities the language of instruction is that of the country itself, but in many universities, it is
possible to use English as the working language.
The following Coimbra Group universities are participating in the 2025 edition of this scholarship programme:
- Alexandru Ioan Cuza University of Iaşi ( Romania)
- University of Barcelona (Spain)
- University of Bergen (Norway)
- University of Coimbra (Portugal)
- University of Cologne (Germany)
- University of Granada (Spain)
- University of Graz (Austria)
- University of Groningen (The Netherlands)
- Friedrich Schiller University Jena (Germany)
- Heidelberg University (Germany)
- Istanbul University (Turkey)
- Jagiellonian University in Krakow (Poland)
- University of Padova (Italy)
- University of Pavia (Italy)
- University of Poitiers (France)
- Charles University in Prague (Czech Republic)
- University of Salamanca (Spain)
- University of Siena (Italy)
- University of Turku (Finland)
- University of Würzburg (Germany)
For More Information:
Visit the Official Webpage of the Coimbra Group Short Stay Scholarship Programme