Candidates are invited to apply for the 2024 Coimbra Group Scholarship Latin American Program. The Coimbra Group Scholarship Program for Young Professors and Researchers from Latin American Universities was launched for the first time in January 2004. This initiative, which offers grants to finance short-term research visits, aims at favoring mobility and academic exchange between the two regions, Europe and Latin America.
The Coimbra Group is an association of 41 European universities that promotes exchanges between European and Latin American researchers and academics. The Coimbra Group Office will individually acknowledge each application received. Within two weeks of submitting the online application, you should receive an email from the Coimbra Group Office confirming whether your application has been validated or not.
Program Details
- Host Institutions: Please find full list below.
- Eligible Research Fields: All fields are accepted but sometimes restricted to fields offered by chosen University.
- Number of Awards: varies.
- Duration: 1 to 3 months.
- Eligible countries: Latin American countries.
Coimbra Group Scholarship Latin American Program Benefits
The Scholarship benefits may consist of one or many of the following items, depending on the host university.
- Amount of money (from 700 to 3200 Euros);
- accommodation;
- travel costs;
- free meals;
- health insurance.
Partner Institutions
The following Coimbra Group universities are participating in the 2024 edition of this scholarship program:
- University of Barcelona (Spain),
- University of Bologna (Italy),
- University of Coimbra (Portugal),
- University of Cologne (Germany),
- University of Granada (Spain),
- University of Graz (Austria),
- Alexandru Ioan Cuza University of Iaşi (Romania),
- Jagiellonian University Krakow (Poland),
- KU Leuven (Belgium),
- University of Padova (Italy),
- University of Pavia (Italy),
- University of Poitiers (France),
- University of Salamanca (Spain),
- University of Siena (Italy),
- Istanbul University (Turkey),
- University of Tartu (Estonia),
- Leiden University (The Netherlands).
Coimbra Group Scholarship Latin American Program Eligibility
Candidates for the Coimbra Group Latin American scholarship program need to:
- be a national of and currently resident in a Latin American country. Candidates already living and/or studying in Europe will not be considered.
- hold a university degree or equivalent.
- be linked as a professor or researcher to a Latin American University recognized as such by the authorities of the country.
- use the Coimbra Group Office electronic application process. Only one application per candidate will be accepted.
- submit online an Acceptance Letter/email from the tutor/partner with whom the work program will be undertaken in the host institution. This document is mandatory.
- be born on or after 1 January 1982.
- Previously selected candidates can apply for a second grant, but they will not be prioritized.
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.
Other opportunities
- Fulbright Foreign Student Scholarship to the USA;
- Swedish Government Scholarship;
- Government of Romania Scholarship.
How to Apply for the Coimbra Group Scholarship Latin American
Eligible candidates who would like to apply for this Latin America opportunity must follow instructions below:
- Applicants must fill in the on-line application form before the deadline.
- Candidates will be able to select one university only. Multiple applications will not be considered valid.
- Applicants should identify a research supervisor in the host university (through the website of the university of choice or by contacting the contact at the university of your choice).
- You should provide his/her contact details in the application form.
- submit a letter/e-mail of acceptance together with their application form which proves that the candidate has been accepted to carry out research under his/her supervision. Applications which do not fulfill this requirement will not be considered.
- Applications should be submitted in English. However, the program will accept applications in Spanish when applying to the Universities of Granada, Salamanca, and Barcelona and in Portuguese when applying to the University of Coimbra. No other language exceptions will be accepted.
The Coimbra Group Office will individually acknowledge each application received. Within two weeks of submitting the online application, you should receive an email from the Coimbra Group Office confirming whether your application has been validated or not. This will be your only acknowledgment of receipt. If you do not receive the confirmation message it means that your application was not submitted correctly or there was a technical problem. In that case, please contact [email protected], no later than April 19, 2024.
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