PhD scholarships - Indonesian Young Leaders Programme - Leiden

The Indonesian Young Leaders Programme welcomes applications for a PhD
scholarship.
The application deadline is 15 May 2007.

In sum, 15 PhD scholarships will be made available for Indonesian
students to undertake a four year long PhD programme at a Dutch
university: 8 within the realm of Islamic Studies, 7 within other
disciplines. Applicants should have an MA degree relevant to the
proposed topic for the PhD research from either a state sponsored or
non-state sponsored Islamic University.

As a PhD student within this programme, you will work in the
Netherlands for a period of thirty-two months. The remainder of
sixteen months will be used for doing fieldwork in Indonesia. First,
you will create a basis for your research with your Dutch supervisor.
After some twelve months, you will do your fieldwork in Indonesia in
order to return for another twenty months to finalize your thesis.

Requirements

To be eligible for the Indonesian Young Leaders PhD programme, the
candidate must meet the following requirements:

. be an Indonesian national
. have a S2 degree from either a state sponsored or non-state
sponsored Islamic Indonesian University
. willing to take part in the programme fulltime for the complete
duration of the programme, four years
. have a high level of English proficiency (TOEFL 550)
. be in good health
. not be above the age of 40 years (men) or 45 years (women) on the
application deadline

Application Procedure

Writing a thesis proposal is not an easy task, we therefore advise all
candidates to look for a supervisor before writing the application. In
consultation with this proposed supervisor, you can then prepare your
proposal. Should you need any advice from the programme staff, please
do not hesitate to contact us via
youngleaders@let.leidenuniv.nl
.

Please submit the following documents in threefold by 15 May 2007 at
the
latest:

. Application form (soon to be placed online)
. Motivation Statement
. Curriculum vitae
. Proposal for a dissertation - Max. 2000 words (find format on the
website soon)
. A copy of your KTP
. A copy of your passport
. A legalized copy of your birth certificate
. Two recent photographs (3x4; color)
. A certified true copy of your S2 diploma
. A copy of the original of your statements of grades and a
translated transcript
. Two letters of recommendation

Send these documents in threefold to:

Training Indonesia's Young Leaders
P.O. Box 9515
2300 RA Leiden
The Netherlands

Leiden University will create a short-list of candidates, who will be
invited for an interview in Jakarta in May/June 2007. An independent
selection committee will decide by the end of June 2007 upon the final
selection of the PhD students.