Apply-ARES Scholarships 2024 | Fully Funded | Belgium

Pursue your studies in Belgium. Good news! Applications for ARES Scholarships are currently open. In this article we will explain in detail about ARES Scholarship, its benefits and step by step application process.

Scholarship Coverage

ARES Scholarships provide the recipient with the following benefits:

Amounts for a Bachelor and Master’s Scholarships:

• International travel costs: economy-class travel on an IATA-approved airline, with a maximum of one round-trip ticket per academic year.
• Living allowance:1150 €/month for a duration of 12 months.
• Indirect mission fees:150 €. This amount is given once per stay, upon arrival of the grantee.
• Arrival allowance, tuition, and return fees 700 €. This amount is given once per stay, upon arrival of the grantee.
• Registration fees at the current rate for DGD grantees.
• Insurance fees directly paid by ARES.
• Travel costs that are part of inter-university training reimbursed based on real costs incurred, with receipts provided.

Amounts for a training course grant:

• International travel cost; economy-class travel on an IATA-approved airline, one round-trip ticket.
• Living allowance; 83 €/day for stays lasting 8 to 17 days; 1400 €/month for stays lasting 18 days to 1 month (set amount); 1400 €/month for stays lasting 1 to 6 months, prorated to the number of days
• Indirect mission fees 150 €. This amount is given once per stay, upon arrival of the grantee.
• Insurance fees directly paid by ARES.
• Travel expenses in the framework of inter university trainings reimbursed based on the real incurred, with receipts provided.

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Eligibility Criteria for ARES Scholarships

To be eligible for ARES Scholarships, applicants must meet the following criteria:

• Required Language: English, French
• Eligible Countries: Nationals of Benin, Bolivia, Burkina Faso, Burundi, Cambodia, Cameroon, Cuba, Ecuador, Ethiopia (only for training courses in English), Haiti, Madagascar, Morocco, Niger, Peru, the Philippines, the DR Congo, Rwanda, Senegal, and Vietnam.
• Be a citizen of a developing country. To be eligible, applicants must be residing and working in their country of origin when they apply.
• Be under the age of 40 for degree programs, and under 45 for training courses, at the time the training is scheduled to begin.
• Have earned a diploma comparable to a graduate-level diploma from Belgian university studies. Nevertheless, for certain training courses, different requirements may be requested.
• Possess relevant professional experience in a developing country of at least two years after graduate studies, or of three years after their studies if the applicant has earned a post-grad degree from a university in an industrialized country.
• Have a good mastery of written and spoken French. For training courses held in another language, it is essential to have a proper level in the course’s language, both written and spoken. The applicant must commit to learn French in order to take part in daily life in Belgium.
• Apply for only one training course.