Foundations and Grant Agencies

• Mobility worldwide

• Primarily intended for students of economics and law, but anyone can apply

• Application deadline: several times per year; it is necessary to monitor the foundation's website

• Amount of support: up to CZK 15,000 based on the costs specified in your application; a one-off contribution (subsequently subject to proper financial settlement); may be used as co-financing, but other sources of support must be stated in the application

• Application must be submitted in Czech

• Mobility worldwide

• Intended as top-up funding for mobility within Erasmus+ or another exchange programme, if the scholarship awarded to the student is significantly insufficient to cover the costs

• For BA and MA students up to 25 years of age

• Preference is given to students in technical fields and medicine, though this is not a requirement

• Amount of financial support: 10-20.000 CZK

• Application deadline: at least 2 months prior to departure

• More information here

• Mobility worldwide

• For BA and MA students under 34 years of age with excellent academic results

• Amount of support: determined according to the family’s financial situation and selected country

• Application deadline: November

• More information here

• Mobility worldwide

• Only for the field of History and Theory of Art within accredited programmes within History, Theory of Art, and Architecture

• The scholarship is intended to finance long-term study stays, internships, travel, technical equipment, and specialist literature

• Application deadline: usually January

• Total scholarship amount: USD 12,500 (three scholarships awarded annually)

• Application is submitted in the form of a “project”

• All information here; contact person for consultations: Eva Janáčová (janacova@udu.cas.cz).

• Mobility worldwide

• Only for doctoral candidates or postdoctoral researchers (eligibility requires recently completed PhD studies or holding a PhD degree up to the age of 35)

• The scholarship is awarded for research at prestigious institutions on the basis of a research project

• Fields of study: organic, bioorganic, or medicinal chemistry

• Duration: up to 12 months

• Application deadline: March

• More information here

• The SYLFF scholarship programme of the Tokyo Foundation for Policy Research supports the education of outstanding students with leadership potential.

• Intended for students in the social sciences or humanities who demonstrate leadership potential; an important criterion is the societal impact of their doctoral research.

• At the time of application, the student must be no more than in their third year of full-time doctoral studies.

• Scholarship amount: USD 12,500 per year; includes funding for an international mobility stay.

• Application deadline: usually at the end of April; applications are collected by faculty coordinators.

• More information here

JASSO

• The JASSO (Japan Student Services Organization) scholarship is intended for students who have been admitted to study at a Japanese partner university.

• Scholarship amount: JPY 80,000 per month

• Duration of stay: up to 12 months

• More information here

MEXT

• MEXT is a Japanese government scholarship for which students may apply through the embassy or their home university.

• It is intended for one-year stays at selected partner universities beginning in October of the following academic year.

• Scholarship amount: JPY 117,000 per month

• Announcement period: December/January

• More information here

• The Visegrad Scholarship supports Master’s and postgraduate students from the Visegrad Group countries (citizens of the Czech Republic, Hungary, Poland, and Slovakia) undertaking study abroad at any accredited university or institute in another Visegrad country, as well as in Albania, Armenia, Azerbaijan, Belarus, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Georgia, Kosovo*, Moldova, Montenegro, North Macedonia, Serbia, and Ukraine.

• Duration of study: 1–2 semesters

• Scholarship amount: EUR 3,500 per semester

• Application deadline: April

• More information here