The ARES scholarships bachelor’s or master’s degree program in Belgium 2023/24

by Samrach · December 29, 2022

Are you a national of an ARES partner country? Do you have a higher education degree? Do you have professional experience and would you like to deepen your skills in a development-related topic?

The ARES scholarships offer you the opportunity to follow a one-year advanced bachelor’s or master’s degree program or a 2-to-6-month continuing education program within a higher education institution of the Wallonia-Brussels Federation in Belgium.

The call for applications for the academic year 2023-2024 is now open

Opening: 23 November 2022
Deadline: 27 January 2023

Study in Belgium and help your country reap the benefits!

Which training courses are available?

Within the framework of the ARES 2022-2027 cooperation program, three types of training are offered through the international training scholarships:

Advanced bachelor’s and master’s degrees are inter-institutional training programmes organised in one academic year and at the end of which an academic degree is awarded.
Continuing education programs are more practical and of shorter duration (2 to 6 months). They deliver a certificate.

01/ Amounts for a Bachelor’s or Master’s scholarship

International travel costs	Receipts must be provided	Economy-class travel on an IATA-approved airline, with a maximum of one round-trip ticket per academic year.
Living allowance	Lump sum	For a duration of 12 months.
Indirect mission costs	Lump sum	This amount is given once per stay, upon arrival of the scholarship holder.
Registration fees		At the current rate for DGD scholars.
Insurance costs		Directly paid by ARES.

How to apply?

Applications for scholarships must be submitted in accordance with the application procedure and meet the eligibility criteria described below. The selection of scholarship holders is made by a selection panel for each training course after analysis of their administrative admissibility by ARES.

All applications received between the first and last day of the call will be treated equally. ARES encourages applications from women. For equal quality, women will be given preference.

Procedure for submitting applications

Applying for an ARES scholarship is completely free. ARES does not charge any fees at any stage of the application or selection process. You may inform us via e-mail at scholarships-cooperation@ares-ac.be of any problems with individuals or companies claiming to represent ARES and request any payment.

HOW DO I SUBMIT A GRANT APPLICATION?

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Your application should be submitted to ARES via the GIRAF platform:

You must first ensure that you have an active GIRAF account.
- You can create an account on the GIRAF platform via this link. This account will be validated (within a few hours to a few days, don’t create more than one account) by ARES and you will receive a confirmation mail to create a password.
- If you created a validated account last year, you can reuse that account and if necessary reset your password.
Once logged into your GIRAF account, you can access the application form via the Competitive calls tab of your GIRAF profile. Please note that you must only click once on the “International training application 2023-2024” button. You will then find your form in the My tasks table of the Competitive calls.
You can complete your form several times, as long as you use the “Save and edit later” option. You will find your form each time in the My Tasks table of the Competitive calls tab in GIRAF.
As soon as you click on “Submit my application”, your application is sent to ARES and you can no longer modify it. You can still consult it in the My submitted files table.

DEADLINE FOR SUBMISSION OF APPLICATIONS

Applications must be submitted via GIRAF by 27 January 2023 at 12pm (Belgian time, UTC+1) at the latest. Applications submitted after this date will not be considered.

All successful and reserve candidates will receive an email at the end of the selection process (June 2023). Unsuccessful candidates will receive an e-mail by the end of June 2023 at the latest. No communication other than that mentionned above will be made to applicants.

For more details, please visit the official website