Эрасмус Мундус “ Swap and Transfer” (SAT) тэтгэлэгт хөтөлбөр зарлагдлаа (Англи хэл дээр)

An Erasmus Mundus Swap and Transfer (SAT) project promoted by the University of Trento, Italy, funded by European Commission and addressed to staff and student mobility are differently sized, ranging from 1000 to 2500 euro/month, to cover undergraduate and graduate and doctoral level- and staff including post doc researchers, academic and administrative staff.

Travels, tuition and insurance fees are also fully covered by the program.

ABOUT THE PROJECT

SAT is the third stage of a gradual cooperation plan started with the former Erasmus Mundus projects Bridging the Gap and One More Step and it aims at promoting knowledge transfer, research and innovation as means of steady and sustainable development in both EU and Asian countries.

Project coordinators (2)University of Trento, ItalyBurapha University, Thailand

Partners Asia (10)Mongolian University of Science and TechnologyRoyal University of Phnom Penh, Cambodia National University of Laos Hanoi University of Science and Technology, Vietnam Vietnam National University Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam Hanoi University of Transport and Communication Jilin University, China Shanghai University, China Sun Yat-Sen University, China Burapha University, Thailand Chulalongkorn University, Thailand

Partners Europe (8)University of Innsbruck, AustriaUniversity of Chemical Technology and Metallurgy – Sofia, Bulgaria University of Cyprus, Cyprus University of Easter Finland, Finland Technical University of Dresden, Germany University of Oviedo, Spain Warsaw School of Economics, Poland Universidade do Minho, Portugal

Associates (10)Albukhary International University, MalaysiaAsian Institute of Technology, Thailand Muhammadyia  University Malang, Indonesia National University of Mongolia University of Philippines VAST, Vietnam Academy of Science and Technology ASEA UNINET Vietnet GTV MosesOnlus

• The University of Trento and the Swap and Transfer Partnership to announce a call for applications for 137/205 scholarships for mobility between the L12 Asian Countries involved and the European Union (EU) partners.
• The  call  for the first  mobility selection round open from November 2013 to January 31, 2014.
• The mobility is supposed to start  before December 31, 2014.
• The mobility will regard Eu and Asian  grantees, undergraduate, graduate and doctoral students, post doctorate researchers and academic staff  of participating Universities.

The following mobility flows are possible:

1  Student /staff of one of the L12 Asian partners and Universities towards one of the 9 EU Universities

2. Student/employee of any L12 Asian University or employee of a company, public administration in the involved countries towards one of the 9 EU Universities.

3. EU Student/employee of a partner University or employee of a company, public administration in the involved countries towards one of the Asian Universities.
Preference will be given to Partner and associate institutions.

4. Special terms and provisions will regard the eligibility check for TG2-3 degree seeking candidates, to be performed by the Coordinator and Steering Committee and will be  governed by the National rules to enroll candidates in hosting Countries.

DOCUMENTATION

Applicants should take care of providing the following information and documents:

All kind of applications:

• Academic results verified through official documentation (CV and transcripts of records or diplomas)

• Language skills, should comply to the requirements of the host institution and / or program.

• (Certification or self evaluation with on line tools)

• Motivation and impact of mobility on Innovation and sustainable development (letter of motivation on two questions)

• Letters of reference/recommendation (where applicable).

More specifically:

Undergraduate and master students

• Curriculum and Academic achievements (CV, academic records, degree certificate)

• Learning agreement (signed at least by the home institution)

• Language skills (University certification, ALTE, IELTS, TOEFL)

• Motivation and impact on sustainable development (letter of motivation)

PhD and Post-doc

• Academic relevance and scientific achievements (CV, academic titles, publications)

• Project proposal (study/ research program, possibly related to Thematic Clusters )

• Language skills

• Motivation and impact on sustainable development (letter of motivation)

• Letters of recommendation (where applicable)

• Letter of support from the Supervisor of the hosting University

 Academic staff

• Teaching and/or working experience (CV, Language proficiency, etc.)

• Work or research plan

• Acceptance letter of the hosting institution

A Learning agreements for exchange BA / MA signed by home and host institution will be compulsory requested to exchange students before the mobility will take place.

The formal acceptance of the Study / Research program from a Doctoral school and/or research supervisor at the hosting institution may be requested for PhD and Post-doc candidates. Any missing document will compromise the eligibility of the applications, thus incomplete applications will not be assessed.

SELECTION PROCEDURE

1.    Local assessment

At local level the responsibility of the Partners will regard the screening and assessment of the applications received for incoming or outgoing candidates applying to a specific University.

The first selection is performed by Home Sending Institutions to ensure that all candidate participants meet the language requirements and the basic eligibility criteria set by their respective government agency. The pre-evaluation will rank each eligible application on the basis of the criteria defined below.

Eligible candidates will be flagged on line by the sending institution before the assessment of the chosen hosting institutions.

Each hosting Partner will perform the evaluation using standard criteria and within the deadlines set by the Steering Committee in order to: verify each applicant’s eligibility, based on the administrative and academic requirements specified by the hosting University for each level or course.

Additional requirements may apply taking into consideration local needs and procedures at hosting or sending University for each kind of mobility.

Pre selected candidates will be flagged on line by the hosting institutions.

The lists to be forwarded to the Coordinator will include all eligible candidates ranked by merit and indicating the length of the mobility grants.

Ineligible application, unranked, will be listed in alphabetical order with a clear motivation for ineligibility

2.    Central assessment

The Coordinator will collect the candidates’ lists from all the Partner Universities and allocate/confirm the mobility lengths. The Coordinator will assess TG2 and TG3 candidates not belonging to the partnership.

The shortlist of all pre-selected applications is revised and discussed by a Selection Panel and by the Steering Committee. The selection meeting will generate a jointly approved final list of successful applications identifying the awarded beneficiaries and the candidates in the reserve list.

The Coordination in Trento is responsible of communication and will publish the list of candidates jointly selected by the partners and the list of reserve candidates enabled to participate to the mobility scheme in case of withdrawals.

For more information please visit project website: www.swap-transfer.eu