Scholarships open to Filipinos under the Orange Knowledge Program

News item | 14-02-2019 | 09:58

Are you a Filipino professional interested in taking short courses, master's or doctoral programs taught in English? Or are you part of an organization that could benefit from a tailor-made training course must be carried out by a Dutch training provider?

If so, you may want to consider the Orange Knowledge Program, a € 100 million global development program, funded by the Dutch government. It was kicked off mid-2017 for a period of 5 years and involves around 50 countries.

In the Philippines, applicants are eligible to apply for the following programs:

Tailor-Made Training (TMT) for groups
Individual scholarships for mid-career professionals

Sectors and areas of Priority

Nuffic will review applications and will select applicants in line with embassy policy and priorities, which are focused on the following sectors:

Agrifood / Food Safety
Educational cooperation
Maritime Development
Renewable / Sustainable Energy
Smart and resilient cities
Sustainable mobility (Cycling and Carbon-Neutral Transport)
Water
Environment / Climate Studies / Disaster Risk Reduction
Human trafficking and migration
Security and Rule of Law
Sexual and reproductive health and rights

The Embassy would like to support the following strategic partners or organizations:

For Agriculture/Food Security:
- Government / Regulatory Authorities
- Knowledge Institutions (Universities, Training Centers, Education Centers)
- SMEs
- NGOs
For Educational Cooperation
- Knowledge Institutions (Universities, Technical Institutions and Schools)
- Government Institutions and Agencies
- Sector Associations
For Maritime Development
- Government / regulatory authorities
- Knowledge Institutions
- Private sector
For Renewable / Sustainable Energy:
- SMEs
- Government Institutions/Agencies
- Regulatory Bodies
- Sector Associations
- NGOs
For Smart & Resilient Cities
- Government Institutions/Agencies
- Knowledge institutions (Tertiary Level)
- SMEs
- Sector Associations
- Regulatory Bodies
For Sustainable Mobility
- Government Institutions/Agencies
- Knowledge institutions
- SMEs
- Sector Associations
For Water:
- Government Institutions/Agencies
- Knowledge institutions (Tertiary Level)
- SMEs
- Sector Associations
- Regulatory Bodies
For Environment / Climate Studies / Disaster Risk Reduction
- NGOs
- Government Institutions/Agencies
- Knowledge institutions
- Regulatory Bodies
For Human trafficking and migration
- NGOs
- Government Institutions/Agencies
- Knowledge institutions
- Regulatory Bodies
For Security and Rule of Law
- NGOs
- Government Institutions/Agencies
- Knowledge institutions
- Security sector institutions
For Sexual and reproductive health and rights
- NGOs
- Public health institutions
- Knowledge institutions
- Health sector professionals

Individual scholarship applications

Applicants from the Philippines can apply via the Study in Holland website for individual short courses, Master's, and Doctoral programs.

The current application round opened on 7 Feb 2019. Deadline for institutions for nominating candidates is 4 April at 11.00 CET.

For more information about the process and to apply, please read the instructions on this Nuffic page.

Tailor-made Training applications

Applicants from Philippine organizations who belong to the list of strategic applicants listed above, and who wish to pursue a group Tailor-made Training may prepare an application together with a Dutch training provide and submit it to Nuffic online.

A tailor-made training course must be conducted by a Dutch training provider. The training courses have to be in line with the sectoral priorities identified by the Embassy, listed above.

The current round will close on 21 March 2019.