Application Deadline: July 11th 2019
The Dutch Ministry of Foreign Affairs provides OKP (formerly known as NFP) and MSP scholarships for the RNTC courses for media and communications professionals from a variety of partner countries. The scholarships include a contribution towards the cost of living, course fees, visa, travel and insurance. If applicable, the scholarship holder is expected to cover the difference between actual costs and the OKP or MSP scholarship amount. The scholarships are administered by Nuffic, the Netherlands Organisation for International Cooperation in Higher Education.
Courses:
As of today you can apply with a scholarship for the following courses:
Requirements:
Apart from the RNTC course admission requirements, you must meet the following requirements to be eligible for a OKP (formerly known as NFP) scholarship:
- You are a national and live and work in one of the countries in the Nuffic OKP list, which you can find here;
- You must not be employed by an organisation that has its own means
of staff-development. Organisations that are considered to have their
own means for staff development are for example: multinational
corporations (e.g. Shell, Unilever, Microsoft), large national and/or a
large commercial organisations, bilateral donor organisations (e.g.
USAID, DFID, Danida, Sida, Dutch ministry of Foreign affairs, FinAid,
AusAid, ADC, SwissAid), multilateral donor organisations, (e.g. a UN
organisation, the World Bank, the IMF, Asian Development Bank, African
Development Bank, IADB), international NGOs (e.g. Oxfam, Plan, Care); - 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;
- Check if you need to provide a Government Statement here. If required, you must have a Government Statement that complies with the format Nuffic has provided.
N.B. The OKP program has no age limit.
How to Apply:
1. Register with RNTC to check that you are eligible for
the course you would like to do. You can register for a course by
selecting a course. Make clear in your registration that you are
intending to apply for an OKP or MSP fellowship. Note that you can only apply
for a scholarship for your chosen course during the scholarship
application window for that course. There are two or three of these
scholarship windows open every year.
2. Once you have submitted your registration, RNTC will
inform you by email whether you are eligible for a scholarship or not
(usually within 10 working days).
3. If you are eligible for the scholarship, RNTC will
send you a link by email to apply for a OKP or MSP fellowship in the
ATLAS online system. This is where you complete your scholarship
application.
Please note that your OKP or MSP application has to
be completed and submitted in one go via ATLAS! Once you have submitted
your application, you will not be able to make changes or additions.
4. Before applying for a OKP or MSP scholarship via
ATLAS, make sure you have all the documents mentioned below ready.
Please use the formats provided by Nuffic and submit all the required
documents EXACTLY as specified. Otherwise, your application will be
rejected by Nuffic! The file format should be PDF and your document must
not exceed 2 MB.
- Copy of a valid passport. The passport needs to be still valid at least three months after the submission date of the registration form.
- A Letter of motivation. Have this prepared so you can
copy/paste it into the online application form. This can be more or less
the same motivation as you prepared for your RNTC application. This
motivation will weigh heavily in the selection procedure. Make sure you
address the following questions:- What is the issue or problem you want to address in your country?
- How will this course enable you to address this issue?
- How will you address this issue considering your position within your organisation?
- An Employer’s Statement. This is a very important document, please fill it out EXACTLY as specified by Nuffic and use this format provided by Nuffic. PLEASE NOTE THAT THIS DOCUMENT CONSISTS OF TWO PAGES, BOTH HAVE TO BE FILLED IN, SIGNED & STAMPED.
- A Government Statement (if applicable for your country). A
number of governments of OKP and MSP countries require a government
statement before candidates can apply for a scholarship. In this
statement, the government expresses its support for the scholarship
application. Please check this overview to
see if this applies for your country. Also, it’s always good to check
this with your government and/or the Netherlands embassy. If a
government statement is required for your country, please use
this format
this format
provided by Nuffic for OKP countries and
this format
this format
, if you are from a MSP country.
5. Download and read the OKP and MSP registration instructions for ATLAS.
6. If you are certain that you are eligible for an OKP
or MSP scholarship and you have collected all the necessary information
and documentation, you can start with your application in Nuffic’s ATLAS
online application system using the online application form link that
was sent to you.
For More Information:
Visit the Official Webpage of the RNTC Scholarships 2020