Since 2010, Nanjing University participated in the LiSUM project funded by European Union, together with other 9 Chinese universities and 10 European universities. Since 2011, NJU joined EXPERTS, coordinated by the University of Goettingen. Continued in EXPERTS-II, EXPERTs-III, EXPERTS-Asia and EXPERTS-SUSTAIN. Till now, NJU is proud to be the partner university in EU-funded projects of Lotus, Lotus-II, Lotus-III, Lotus-Unlimited, Lotus+. By the end of Fall Semester 2014, NJU has sent out 35 faculty and students to Europe for short-term research stay or long-term exchange study.
EXPERTS Project
EXPERTS I and its successors, EXPERTS II, EXPERTS III, EXPERTS4Asia, and EXPERTS - SUSTAIN, are scholarship projects funded by the European Commission targeted at citizens of Afghanistan, Bangladesh, Bhutan, China, India, Indonesia, the Maldives, Nepal, Pakistan, the Philippines, Sri Lanka and Thailand. The EXPERTS Partnership includes 7 European and 13 South and South-East Asian (SSEA) Higher Education Institutions (HEIs) from 12 Asian countries.
EXPERTS projects are coordinated by the University of Goettingen, Germany
Project Coordinator: Dr.Uwe Muuss
Email: experts@uni-goettingen.de
The projects provide scholarship opportunities for students and staff from South and South-East Asia to European partner universities. The EXPERTS4Asia project also has scholarships for EU students and staff to study and conduct research at the SSEA partner HEIs. The types of mobility which can be funded are:
Mobility of Undergraduate and Graduate students
Mobility of PhD students
Mobility of PostDocs
Mobility of Academic and Administrative Staff
One of the main goals of the EXPERTS Projects is to give continuity and sustainability to the successful multilateral collaboration created within all of the projects, including new players in the Erasmus Mundus programme. The consortiums are composed of 5 countries from group A (Afghanistan, Bhutan, Bangladesh, Nepal and Pakistan) and 7 countries from group B (China, India, Indonesia, the Maldives, Sri Lanka, the Philippines and Thailand). All together, the consortiums consist of 13 universities from SSEA and 7 universities from the EU, allowing the coverage of as many subject areas as possible.
The projects have multifaceted objectives: they aim on the one hand to focus on excellence in technical fields and on the other to strengthen mobility in a wide range of disciplines such as Agricultural and Environmental Studies; Engineering Technology; Health & Medical Studies; Social Development; Regional Development, Poverty & Growth; and Law. The projects further aim to address the specific country needs in the SSEA region whilst also considering the improvement of gender balance amongst the project's beneficiaries.
Numerous grants will be offered within the projects, from which roughly three quarters are for Asian nationals heading to the EU and roughly one quarter for EU nationals heading to Asia.
Of the 5 projects, EXPERTS - SUSTAIN (2014 - 2018) is the only one currently still offering scholarships for academic and professional mobilities both to Asia and Europe. All other scholarships for EXPERTS II (2011 - 2015), EXPERTS III (2012 - 2016) and EXPERTS4Asia (2013 - 2017) have now been distributed and the corresponding mobilities are either underway or in some cases have already been completed.
For more information, please visit: http://www.expertsasia.eu/index.asp?p=2247&a=2247
LOTUS Project
LOTUS I
There are no more calls for application in the framework of this project.
All scholarships have been granted.
The Lotus I project started on the 15th of July 2010 and expired on the 14th of July 2014.
A final report about this first Lotus I project will be sent to the European Commission on September 14th, 2014.
LOTUS II
There are no more calls for application in the framework of this project.
All scholarships have been granted.
The Lotus II project will run from 15th July 2011 until 14th July 2015.
LOTUS III
There are no more calls for application in the framework of this project.
All scholarships have been granted.
The Lotus III project will run from 15th July 2012 until 14th July 2016.
All three projects are financed by the European Commission.
LOTUS Unlimited is an Erasmus Mundus Action Two Partnership (EMA2) of European and South-East Asian Higher Education Institutions (HEI) and Associations aiming at fostering mutual enrichment and better understanding between the EU and South-East Asia (China, Vietnam, Cambodia, Myanmar, Indonesia, Thailand), through the exchange of persons, knowledge and skills at higher education level and to co-operate in the following program activities:
Mobility of undergraduate and graduate students
Mobility of PhD students
Post-doc mobility
Academic and administrative staff mobility
The types of mobility to be funded are:
For students: undergraduate, master, doctorate and post-doctorate mobility opportunities
For academic staff: exchanges for the purposes of teaching, practical training and research
For more inforamation, please visit: http://www.lotus.ugent.be/index.asp?p=1361&a=1361
The LOTUS+ project offers scholarships for nationals of Cambodia, China, Indonesia, Myanmar, North Korea, Thailand and Vietnam to study or do research at one of our European partner universities.
The following types of scholarships will be available:
Bachelor exchanges (1-2 semesters) - open only for students from our Asian partners
Master exchanges (1-2 semesters) - open to all students from the seven partner countries
Master degrees (1-2 years) - open to all students from the seven partner countries
PhD exchanges (6-10 months) - open to all PhD´s from the seven partner countries
PhD degrees (36 months) - open to all master degree holders from the seven partner countries
Post-doc exchanges (6 - 10 months) - open to all nationals of the seven partner countries
Staff exchanges (1 month) - open to staff members at universities from the seven partner countries (priority given to partner universities)
Through the project it is also possible for all EU-nationals to apply for the following scholarships at the Asian partner universities.
Bachelor exchanges (1-2 semesters) - open only to students from our EU partners
Master exchanges (1-2 semesters) - open to all students from the EU countries
PhD exchanges (6-10 months) - open to all PhD´s from the EU countries
Post-doc exchanges (6 months) - open to all nationals of the EU countries
Staff exchanges (1 month) - open to staff members at all EU universities
The scholarships are open to all academic fields (except music, arts and language studies). There is no age limit to apply.
For more informaiton, please visit: http://www.lotusplus.eu/general_information