You must:
• be a professional with at least three years' relevant work experience;
• be a national of, and working and living in one of the countries on the NFP country list valid at the time of application;
• be nominated by your employer, who pledges to continue paying your salary and guarantees that you will be able to return to the same or an equivalent position at the end of your fellowship period;
• have been unconditionally admitted by a Dutch institution to one of the Master’s degree programs or Short courses on the course list, or have agreed upon a PhD research proposal with the Dutch institution. This means that you must have met all the academic requirements set by the Dutch institution;
• not be employed by: - a multinational corporation (e.g. Shell, Unilever, Microsoft);
- a large national and/or a large commercial organisation;
- a bilateral donor organisation (e.g. USAID, DFID, Danida, Sida, Dutch ministry of Foreign affairs, FinAid, AusAid, ADC, SwissAid);
- a multilateral donor organisation, (e.g. a UN organisation, the World Bank, the IMF, Asian Development Bank, African Development Bank, IADB);
- an international NGO (e.g. Oxfam, Plan, Care).

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Account Benefit • have completed and submitted an NFP PhD study, master's degree program or short course fellowship application, including all the required documentation, before the applicable fellowship application deadline;
• be employed in a subject area to which the study will make a relevant contribution;
• have a clear-cut, work relationship with a relevant organisation and be in a position to introduce the newly acquired skills and knowledge into that organisation;
• be available full-time for the entire period of the programme or course and be physically and mentally able to take part in the entire program;
• endorse the objective and the aim of the NFP and use your new knowledge and skills to support your employing organisation and your country. Nuffic urges you to return to your home country upon finishing the course or program to meet the NFP aim in the most effective way.

As stated above, to be eligible for an NFP fellowship, candidates need to be admitted to the master's degree program for which they would like an NFP fellowship. Thus to be eligible for an NFP fellowship, you must be admitted to the master's degree program, short course or PhD study, for which you would like to use the fellowship.

For 2013-2014, the first deadline for fellowship applications is 5 February 2013 depending on the course. The deadline for academic applications is earlier, about 1-2 months earlier than the fellowship applications deadline. Therefore, candidates are strongly advised to start the application procedure for admission as early as possible. The next deadlines are 7 May and 1 October 2013.

Fellowship applications then have to be submitted through Scholarships Online (SOL). Through SOL, candidates can apply for fellowships online and they can check the status of an application. Other parties such as the Dutch institutions, the embassies and consulates will use SOL to assess NFP fellowship applications.

It is important to read the NFP Rules and Regulations 2013-2014 and visit the official website (link found below) for detailed information on how to apply for this scholarship.