MASTERS AND TRAINING PROGRAMMES IN BELGIUM
Are you a national of a developing country? Do you already hold a master’s degree?
Do you have professional experience and are you looking to further develop your skills in a development-related topic?
Scholarships for masters and training courses offer you the chance to pursue a one-year specialised master’s degree programme or a 4-to-6-month advanced training course within a higher education institution of the Wallonia-Brussels Federation, Belgium.
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Specialized Master’s Programs For 2021-2022
- Master of specialization in development, environment and societies
- Master of specialization in human rights
- Master of specialization in the management of aquatic and aquaculture resources
- Master of specialization in risk management and catastrophes
- Master of Specialization in Health Management of Sanitary Risks in the South Coast (GIRISS)
- Specialized Master in International and Development Economics
- Master of specialization in transfusion medicine
- Specialized Master in Microfinance
- Master of Specialization in Integrated Production and Preservation of Natural Resources in Urban and Peri-Urban Milieu
- Specialized Master in Public Health Methodology
- Master of Specialization in Public Health Sciences – Methods of Searching for Global Health
- Master of specialization in sciences and management of the environment in the developing countries
- Master of specialization in transport and logistics
Training courses for 2021
- Stage in control and assurance of quality of medicines and health products
- Stage in geographic information system
- Methodological stage in the application for innovation in the Agricultural family
- Stage of initiation to search for the reinforcement of sanitary systems
What financial support?
Each year, ARES grants an average of 150 scholarships as part of the master’s program, and 70 grants for training courses, to citizens from countries in the global South.
1. Amount for 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
Flat rate
1150 €/month for a duration of 12 months.
Indirect mission fees
Flat rate
150 €. This amount is given once per stay, upon arrival of the grantee.
Arrival allowance, tuition and return fees
Flat rate
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
Receipts must be provided
Reimbursed based on real costs incurred, with receipts provided.
2. Amount for training course grants
International travel costs
Receipts must be provided
Economy-class travel on an IATA-approved airline, one round-trip ticket.
Living allowance
Flat rate
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
Flat rate
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
Receipts must be provided
Reimbursed based on the real incurred, with receipts provided.
How do I submit my application?
Would you like to submit an application form and receive a grant? Are you unsure about your eligibility?
Follow these guides :
1. Procedure for submitting applications
Applying for an ARES grant is totally free. ARES does not charge 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 who claim to represent ARES and request any payment.
How do I submit a grant application?
Please note that the application procedure is now online via the GIRAF platform.
- First, you need to create a GIRAF account by clicking here. Your account will be validated (within a few hours to a few days) and you will receive a confirmation mail.
- Once your account has been validated, you can access the application form via the Competitive calls tab of your GIRAF profile. Please note that you only have to click once on the “Start an application for masters and training programmes” button in GIRAF. You will then find your application form in the My tasks table of the Competitive calls
- You can complete your form in 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 file is transmitted to ARES and you can no longer modify it. You can still consult it in the My Submitted Files
Application Deadline
- Applications must be submitted via GIRAF by 5 February 2021 at the latest.
- Please note that applications for the following internships must be submitted via GIRAF by 15 January 2021 at the latest: Stage in the geographic information system,
Stage in control and assurance of the quality of medicines and health products and
Stage in the initiation of the search for the reinforcement of sanitary systemsApplication files will not be considered if they (are):
- incomplete;
- sent in by post, e-mail or fax. The procedure now takes place entirely online via GIRAF;
- submitted via GIRAF outside of the application period;
- are not completed in the language in which the training course is given;
- do not follow one of the admissibility criteria that are clearly stated on the form (certified copy of diploma, age, professional experience, etc.).
2. Application form
The procedure to apply for an ARES grant is now online via the GIRAF platform by 5 February 2021 at the latest. Please note that applications for the following internships must be submitted via GIRAF by 15 January 2021 at the latest: Stage en système d’information géographie, Stage en contrôle et assurance qualité des médicaments et produits de santé and Stage en initiation à la recherche pour le renforcement des systèmes de santé. We invite you to follow the instructions set out above in the Procedure for submitting applications.
Attention, if you click several times on the button “Start an application for masters and training programs” in GIRAF after the creation of your account, you will open several forms. If this happens, always use only one of these forms and be sure to respect the requested identifier. Forms that are not submitted and without identifier will be deleted.
No paper forms will be accepted.
Applying for an ARES grant is totally free. ARES does not charge fees at any stage of the application nor selection process. You may inform us via e-mail at scholarships-cooperation@ares-ac.be of any problems with individuals or companies who claim to represent ARES and request any payment.