To the attention of students and academic staff of Taras Shevchenko National University of Kyiv!
About the program.
The National Scholarship Program of the Slovak Republic (NŠP) has announced a new call for applications for study, research, artistic and teaching internships in Slovakia in the 2026/2027 academic year.
The National Scholarship Program of the Slovak Republic is aimed at supporting the mobility of foreign students, doctoral students, higher education teachers, researchers and artists to stay in Slovak higher education institutions and research organizations. It supports two-way mobility — international scholarship holders to Slovakia, as well as Slovak scholarship holders abroad.
Financing. The Programme offers scholarships to cover living costs during the stay and travel allowances (all categories in case of scholarship holders from Slovakia; students and PhD students in case of international scholarship holders).
What is offered? Scholarships covering living costs for:
- students studying at universities outside Slovakia in order to undertake a study stay (1 — 2 semesters or 1 — 3 trimesters) at a university in Slovakia during their higher education (either during master‘s studies, or during higher education in general, if the applicant has completed at least 3 years of his/her higher education on the day of the beginning of his/her study stay in Slovakia),
- PhD students studying at universities/research organisations outside Slovakia in order to undertake a study and/or research/artistic stay (1 — 10 months) at a university or in a research organisation, eligible to carry out a doctoral study programme, in Slovakia during their doctoral studies,
- university teachers, researchers or artists working at universities/ research organisations outside Slovakia in order to undertake a teaching and/or research/artistic stay (1 — 10 months) at a university or in other eligible research organisation in Slovakia
The deadline for submitting applications is April 30, 2026, by 4:00 p.m. Applications for participation in the NŠP are submitted electronically at www.scholarships.sk.
If you have any questions about the NŠP, you can contact the administrators of this program directly: Kristina Sallerová ( ) – for applicants with permanent residence in the Slovak Republic; Silvia Lipovska ( ) – for applicants (students and doctoral candidates) for scholarships from abroad; Ondrej Aradský ( ) – for applicants (HEI teachers, researchers and/or artists) for scholarships from abroad.
