Aspiring water sustainability leaders should apply for the Elisabeth and Amelie Fund

The King Baudouin Foundation empowers citizens and organizations to make better positive changes to societies worldwide.

The Elisabeth and Amelie Fund provides young aspiring water leaders to undertake a water sustainability internship in a developing country.

Name of the scholarship: The Elisabeth and Amelie Fund 

Number of Awards: About ten grants shall be awarded.

Degree Level: Bachelor’s/ Master’s 

Benefits:

• The Elisabeth and Amelie Fund supports sustainable water management in developing countries, among others by financing on-the-spot internships for students from developing countries who are studying in Belgium.
• The Elisabeth and Amelie Fund considers an integrated approach to water management that includes technical and/or sociological aspects.
• The internship will take place in a developing country (the student’s country of origin or another country). It will be tied to a master’s thesis or an equivalent and under the responsibility of the Belgian academic institution where the student is studying.
• The grant will cover the expenses inherent to the internship, up to a maximum of € 5,000.
• The internship, which should last 1 to 2 months, must take place between December 2022 and the end of August 2023. 

Check the application link for further details.

Eligibility: 

• This grant can only be allowed to students that are (cumulative criteria):
• Nationals of a developing country (OECD-DAC countries1, outside Europe)
• Currently following an educational programme, master, bachelor after bachelor or master after master, at a BELGIAN educational institution (University or Haute Ecole).

Application Deadline: 20 October 2022

Application Link: 

• Interested applicants can check this link for details - https://cutt.ly/wX0F0cw