Wednesday, December 29, 2010

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CEXT week deadlines for the reconvening of the Carolina Foundation grants

Students and researchers from Latin America are in luck, since the Dec. 21 opened a new call for Carolina Foundation Scholarship for the period 2011-2012.

is a total of 1,420 scholarships (and support) of the Training Program corresponding to different branches of training, broken down as follows:
  • 910 postgraduate scholarships.
  • 248 doctoral scholarships and postdoctoral short stays.
  • 232 scholarships lifelong learning and mobility Brazilian teachers.
  • 30 institutional grants.

The main objective of this program is facilitate and promote the continuing education of university graduates and specialization and refresher courses for graduate students, professors, researchers, artists and professionals American.

On the other hand, the Carolina Foundation works closely with the Foundation Universia. The latter has launched a program additional aid for people with disabilities acreditada que a su vez se hayan beneficiado de alguna beca de la Fundación Carolina con el fin de fomentar y contribuir a hacer efectivo el principio de igualdad para las personas con discapacidad .

Por este mismo camino pretenden seguir también la FC Colombia y la Fundación Saldarriaga Concha (Colombia), las cuales han suscrito ya un convenio de cooperación educativa que promueva un programa especial de becas para personas colombianas con discapacidad y profesionales que desarrollen su actividad en el campo de la inclusión social de las mismas, así como de personas mayores .

Pero la Fundación Carolina no sólo se centra en estos aspectos, but also maintains - to combine the needs and demands of Latin America to offer higher education in Spain its offer official programs, university degree programs and specialized programs .

The terms of call for those interested / as in getting some of the grants of the Foundation are:
  • For graduate scholarships will be open until March 6, 2011.
  • For doctoral postdoctoral short stays and institutional grants, until April 17, 2011.
  • For continuing education for teachers mobility Brazil, until 26 June 2011.
  • The continuing education for specialists and professional English and Latin American until September 5, 2011.
If you want more information go to the website Foundation, where you can make your online application form .