The Netherlands Fellowship Programmes (NFP) are demand-oriented fellowship programmes designed to promote institutional development. The NFP target group consists of mid-career professionals who are in employment.
To be eligible for an NFP fellowship an applicant must be a national of and working in one of the following Countries:
| Afghanistan | El Salvador | Nepal |
| Albania | Eritrea | Nicaragua |
| Armenia | Ethiopia | Nigeria |
| Autonomous Palestinian Territories | Georgia | Pakistan ** |
| Bangladesh | Ghana | Peru |
| Benin | Guatemala | Philippines |
| Bhutan | Guinea-Bissau | Rwanda |
| Bolivia | Honduras | Senegal |
| Bosnia-Herzegovina | India | South Africa |
| Brazil | Indonesia | Sri Lanka |
| Burkina Faso | Iran | Sudan |
| Burundi | Ivory Coast * | Suriname |
| Cambodia | Jordan | Tanzania |
| Cape Verde | Kenya | Thailand |
| China (excl. Hong Kong and Macao) | Kosovo | Uganda *** |
| Colombia | Macedonia | Vietnam |
| Costa Rica | Mali | Yemen |
| Cuba | Moldova | Zambia |
| DR Congo | Mongolia | Zimbabwe |
| Ecuador | Mozambique | |
| Egypt | Namibia |
The overall aim of the NFP is to help alleviate qualitative and quantitative shortages of skilled manpower within a wide range of governmental, private sector and non-governmental organizations. This by offering fellowships to professionals to improve their capacity to contribute to the development of their employing organizations.
The NFP is initiated and fully funded by the Netherlands Ministry of Foreign Affairs under the development cooperation budget. The ministry has contracted the Nuffic to administer the NFP.
Target group
While fellowships are awarded to individuals, the need for training must occur within the context of the organization that employs the applicant. The training should help the organization develop its capacity. This means that applicants must be nominated by their employers. In fact, applications without employer support will not be processed.
Priorities
Half of the available funding from the NFP budget should be spent on fellowships for female candidates and for candidates from sub-Saharan Africa. Additional priority is given to candidates from priority groups and/or from marginalized regions, to be defined by the embassies.
Netherlands Fellowship Programmes (NFP)
Hussein Haggag says
Dear Mr./Mrs.,
I would like to offer my academic qualifications as a graduate from the faculty of Computer and Information Science at the respected Ain Shams University, Cairo, Egypt being one of the best universities in Information and Computer Science in Egypt.
I am writing with a deep desire to pursue a research position to the Master’s Program to develop my academic career path. I truly believe that my credentials will be of great use in the workplace environment. Due to my academic discipline, I possess a formidable basis of onsite independent learning. With regards to my grades, I passed my bachelor’s degree with distinction and I was ranked first in my honors class. I also have a few professors who have recommended me.
One of my greatest strength lies in Software Design and Development. Teaching several courses in programming and Data Structure such as Object Oriented Programming, Assembly Language and Information Engineering has granted me the ability to work proficiently with software development using many programming languages such as .Net, Java…
I would like the chance to hear from you regarding my abilities and qualifications, and to further my capabilities with a research position. Thank you for your time, consideration, and kind assistance.
Sincerely,
Hussein Haggag
Shiferaw Bekele says
Dear sir/madam:
NFP is a very good program that everyone appreciates .My name is Shiferaw Bekele I am from Ethiopia I do have BSc in medical laboratory science ,I need to study molecular biology & genetics in master`s degree & I am searching for full sponsorship to study in any university of Netherlands where the course is available.So ,I would like to thank you for your consideration in advance.
email:bekeleshiferaw@yahoo.com
phone: +251917233710
Tirngo dinku says
I am tirngo dinku from Ethiopia i have BA degree in accounting and finance and instructor at a university mainly a candidate of MSC with similar qualification and i am interested for further education with related field . thank you for your consideration in advance .
sosina fikadu says
my name is sosina fikadu, I am graduated Debre birhan university in office adminstration and technology,E thiopia, July 2009. I need amasters program in information technology.
I hope your responce hopefuly.
E-mail:-fsosina21@yahoo.com
pone:-+251918429966