Belgium (French Community & Walloon Region) — Research Stay Scholarship (bilateral intergovernmental agreement)

A bilateral scholarship enabling research stays of 1 to 10 months in Slovakia for eligible candidates from the Belgian French Community and Walloon Region. The programme supports university graduates, PhD students, university teachers and researchers for research mobility under an intergovernmental cooperation agreement. Stipends and international travel to/from Slovakia are provided according to category (PhD, university teacher/researcher without PhD, university teacher/researcher with PhD). Applications are submitted via the applicant's home ministry, which nominates candidates to the Slovak Ministry of Education, Science, Research and Sport for final acceptance.

Monthly stipend (amounts vary by category), international travel to/from Slovakia covered, living costs covered during the stay

Open to university graduates, PhD students, university teachers and researchers from the Belgian French Community and the Walloon Region; candidates must be nominated by their home country's competent ministry.

Submit the application form and required documents to the applicant's national ministry (typically ministry responsible for higher education/research or foreign affairs); home ministry selects and forwards nominated applications to the Slovak Ministry of Education, Science, Research and Sport for acceptance.