Call 2010 for Travel Grants for students at a Flemish university or university college

Definition
A travel grant is a financial sum of €1000 awarded to students at a Flemish university or university college so that they can make an individual study trip to a developing country. The study trip must be part of a recognised study component, such as a work placement or a thesis.

Before departure, the student must find a promoter at his or her own university or university college. He or she also has to find a local promoter in the destination country for guidance and supervision. The student is provided with practical and intercultural information at his or her own university or university college by way of preparation.

The Flemish universities and university colleges are responsible for awarding and administering the grants. VLIR-UOS funds the grants and is responsible for the programme framework.

With travel grants VLIR-UOS aims to give Flemish students the opportunity to get experience on the ground in a developing country within an academic context and so make them aware of development problems in a globalising world.

Target group
To be eligible for a travel grant you must meet the following criteria:

- You are enrolled at a Flemish university or university college.
- You are studying for one of the following degrees:

o professional bachelor's degree
o academic bachelor's degree
o bachelor's degree after bachelor's degree
o master's degree
o master's degree after master's degree
o doctor's degree

If you are studying for a bachelor's degree you should talk with the contact person (institutional coordinator for development cooperation, abbreviated to ICOS) at your university or university college to find out the first term you are eligible for a travel grant (see 10. Who to contact for more information).

- You are a Belgian national or a citizen of a member state of the European Union or a member state of the European Free Trade Association (Liechtenstein, Norway, Iceland and Switzerland).
- Your study at a Flemish university or university college is not part of a European exchange programme (e.g. Erasmus).
- You have never received a VLIR-UOS travel grant in the past.
- During your present studies, you have not received and are not receiving funding from the development cooperation budget (e.g. a VLADOC grant) or a grant for a study trip to a developing country.

Call 2010
More information regarding the Call for travel grants 2010 you can find in the document student_Call travel grants 2010 as download.