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EMA2 AREAS+ PROJECT
Erasmus Mundus Action 2 2013 Lot 12 AREAS+ Coordinated by Politecnico di Torino
What is EMA2 AREAS+?
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Erasmus Mundus Action 2 project selected under Call for Proposals EACEA/38/12, Lot 12 A Partnership of 20 Universities (10 from South East Asia and 10 from Europe) and 4 Associates Duration of the project: 4 years (from July 2013 to July 2017) Mobility flows:
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183 students, researchers and staff grantees: 138 students and scholars from Asia to EU and 45 from EU to Asia.
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Mobility from South East Asian Universities to EU Universities and viceversa
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5 levels of study: Undergraduate, Master, Doctorate, Post-doctorate, Staff all academic fields starting from 2014 The project funds cover grantees expenses as follows: Subsistence allowance, Travel costs, Participation costs, Insurance
Erasmus Mundus Action 2 2013 Lot 12 AREAS+ Coordinated by Politecnico di Torino
Aims of the project
Enabling students students, researchers and staff
from Asia and Europe
to:
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spend a
mobility period abroad (in Europe and in one of the Asian Countries involved)
for the purpose of studying, teaching, training and research*;
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benefit academically, linguistically and culturally from an academic mobility abroad
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benefit both on a professional and personal level from this experience.
*European nationals may carry out mobilities in the targeted Asian Countries. Asian nationals may carry out mobilities in Europe. Mobilities cannot take place between the European countries, nor between the targeted Asian Countries.
Erasmus Mundus Action 2 2013 Lot 12 AREAS+ Coordinated by Politecnico di Torino
Erasmus Mundus Action 2 2013 Lot 12 AREAS+ Coordinated by Politecnico di Torino
Partnership: Geographical Coverage
Asia Vietnam HUST - Hanoi University of Science and Technology (Co-Cordinator) HCMUT - Ho Chi Minh City University of Technology India ISM - Indian School of Mines Mongolia NUM - National University of Mongolia, Laos NUOL - National University of Laos Sri Lanka PDN - University of Peradeniya Cambodia PUC - The Pannasastra University of Cambodia Indonesia UGM - Gadjah Mada University Malaysia UNIKL - Universiti Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia Philippines VSU - Visayas State University
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Partners
Europe Italy POLITO - Politecnico di Torino, Italy (Coordinator) UNITN - University of Trento Belgium KU Leuven – University of Leuven Czech Republic MU - Masarik University England CUL - City University London Estonia TUT - Tallin University of Technology France INP - Institut Polytechnique de Grenoble Germany UGOE - Georg-August Universität Göttingen Portugal UMINHO - Universidade do Minho Spain UPC Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya
Europe
Associates
Asia ASEAN University Network Jesuit Refugee Service - Asia Pacific Ithaca- Information Technology for Humanitarian Assistance, Cooperation and Action CENTRO STUDI E INIZIATIVE EUROPEO
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Agriculture science Architecture, urban and regional planning Business Studies, Management Sciences Education, Teacher Training Engineering, Technology Geography, Geology Law Medical Sciences Natural Sciences Social Sciences Other Areas of Study
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Thematic Fields
General eligibility conditions
Nationality 12-month rule Other scholarships Mobility flow
You must be a national of Europe or of one of the South Eastern Asian Countires targeted by the project: Cambodia, India, Indonesia, Laos, Malaysia, Myanmar, Mongolia, Sri Lanka, Thailand, The Philippines, Vietnam. Third Country nationals must not have resided nor have carried out their main activity (studies, work, etc) for more than a total of 12 months over the last five years in any of the eligible European countries at the time of submitting the application to the partnership
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This rule does not apply to Staff and to TG3 candidates. You must not have already benefited from a scholarship for the same type of mobility under an Erasmus Mundus Action 2 project. You cannot benefit from more than one mobility activity within the same project. Asian nationals may carry out mobilities in Europe. European nationals may carry out mobilities in Asia. Mobilities cannot take place among European countries nor among Asian Countries. Erasmus Mundus Action 2 2013 Lot 12 AREAS+ Coordinated by Politecnico di Torino
Target Groups
Scholarships can be awarded to beneficiaries belonging to 3 Target Groups: Target Group Target Beneficiaries Types of mobility TARGET GROUP 1 TARGET GROUP 2 TARGET GROUP 3
Students registered in one of the Partner Universities with a minimum of 1 year previous university studies and staff currently enrolled in or employed by one of the Partner Universities.
Applicants must be nationals of Europe or of one of the Asian Countries targeted by the project (Cambodia, India, Indonesia, Laos, Malaysia, Myanmar, Mongolia, Sri Lanka, Thailand, The Philippines and Vietnam). Nationals of the Asian Countries targeted by the project
who are registered in a higher education institution of these countries not included in the Partnership, or who have obtained a university degree or equivalent by an institution of these countries.
Nationals of one of the Asian Countries targeted
who are in particularly vulnerable situations, for political or economic reasons (ex. Refugees, Internally Displaced Persons)
undergraduate master doctorate post-doctorate academic staff master doctorate post-doctorate undergraduate master
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Who falls under TG3?
Examples of EM Programme Guide:
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having a refugee status or asylum beneficiaries (international or according to the national legislation of one of the European recipient countries) 2.
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it can be proved that they have been the object of unjustified expulsion from university on racial, ethnic, religious, political, gender or sexual inclination they belong to an indigenous population targeted by a specific national policy or IDPs (Internally Displaced Persons)
Other example of vulnerable groups are:
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people belonging to national minorities 5.
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people who live in particularly remote/rural areas with difficult access to the public services especially education. Victims of Natural Disasters - Earthquake / Landslides Orphans
Disadvantaged conditions such as economic status or physical disabilities are not conditions for belonging to a vulnerable group. They are taken into consideration as cross-cutting issues under all target groups.
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Mobility Levels
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Undergraduate
: TG1 students enrolled in undergraduate programs that have successfully completed at least one year of their studies. TG3 students who have obtained a secondary school diploma.
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Master
: TG1 students currently enrolled in a master programa one Partner University. TG2 and TG3 students who have finished their undergraduate studies, hold a degree granting access to master studies. •
Doctorate
: TG1 students or young researchers currently enrolled in a doctoral program at their home University. TG2 students or young researchers who have completed a master, hold a degree granting access to doctoral studies.
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Post-doctorate
: Young researchers holding a doctoral degree (TG1, TG2).
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Staff
: Academic staff or administrative staff working in the International Affairs Departments, regularly employed at one of the partner universities (TG1).
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The Scholarship Amounts
Individual scholarships: Subsistence allowance, monthly amount to be transferred to grantees:
• • • • Undergraduate & Master Doctorate Post-doc Staff 1.000 euro 1.500 euro 1.800 euro 2.500 euro
Travel: the project will cover a round trip ticket per grantee from the Home to the Host Country within the limit established in the project budget Insurance
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full coverage (health, travel, accident) for the duration of the mobility period No tuition or registration fees will be requested by the host universities:
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Exchange students will continue paying their registration fees at their university of origin.
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Available Scholarships
TG1 Mobilities from Asia to EU TG2 TG3 Undergraduates Masters Doctorate Post-Doctorate Academic staff Total N. mobilities
32 28 10 8 30
108 Duration (months)
6-10 6-10 12 6 1
N. mobilities
14 6 4 -
24 Duration (months)
22 34 6 -
N. mobilities
2 4 -
6
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Duration (months)
34 22 -
TOT 34 46 16 12 30 138
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Available Scholarships
Academic level Undergraduates Masters Doctorate Post-Doctorate Academic staff Total Mobilities from EU to Asia TG1 N. mobilities
11 11 5 3 15
45 Duration (months)
6-10 6-10 12 6 1 Scholarships not assigned within the 1st Call for Applications will be published again under the 2nd Call for Applications.
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Calls for applications calendar: Call for applications
Call First Cohort Call for applications Application period
November, 2013 February, 2014
Selection outcomes
Within 3 months of the Call closing Second Cohort call for applications Second half of 2014 Within 3 months of the Call closing Erasmus Mundus Action 2 2013 Lot 12 AREAS+ Coordinated by Politecnico di Torino
Application Process The
available scholarships candidates
process.
will be awarded to
the best
with a fair and transparent selection All mobilities (first cohort) must start
by the end of December 2014
according to the academic calendar of each Host University with two exceptions:
• Full Undergraduate and Full Doctorate (34 months)
must start
no later than September 15th 2014 • Staff may start anytime
during
the project life (
2014 – 2017
)
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