Scholarships

Start in time with your RNTC scholarship application. Apply early as you will need to complete your application in two phases and the registration on our website is just the first eligibility phase.

Register with RNTC to check that you are eligible for the course you would like to do. You can register for a course by selecting a course. Make clear in your registration that you are intending to apply for an OKP or MSP fellowship. Note that you can only apply for a scholarship for your chosen course during the scholarship application window for that course. There are two or three of these scholarship windows open every year.

Once you have submitted your registration, RNTC will inform you by email whether you are eligible for a scholarship or not (usually within 10 working days).

If you are eligible for the scholarship, RNTC will send you a link by email to apply for an OKP or MSP fellowship in the Delta online system. This is where you complete your scholarship application.

Please note that your OKP or MSP application has to be completed and submitted in one go via Delta! Once you have submitted your application, you will not be able to make changes or additions.

Before applying for an OKP or MSP scholarship via Delta, make sure you have all the documents mentioned below ready. Please use the formats provided by Nuffic and submit all the required documents EXACTLY as specified. Otherwise, your application will be rejected by Nuffic! The file format should be PDF and your document must not exceed 2 MB.

• Copy of a valid passport. The passport needs to be still valid at least three months after the submission date of the registration form.

• Answers to the following questions. Have these prepared so you can copy/paste them into the online application form. This motivation will weigh heavily in the selection procedure. Make sure you address the following questions:

  • ​What is the issue or problem you want to address in your country?

  • How will this course enable you to address this issue?

  • How does the position you hold within your organisation enable you to address the issue upon your return?

• An Employer's Statement. This is a very important document, please fill it out EXACTLY as specified by Nuffic and use this format provided by Nuffic. Please note that this document consists of two pages, both have to be filled in, signed & stamped.

• A Government Statement (if applicable for your country). A number of governments of OKP and MSP countries require a government statement before candidates can apply for a scholarship. In this statement, the government expresses its support for the scholarship application. Please check this overview to see if this applies for your country. Also, it's always good to check this with your government and/or the Netherlands embassy. If a government statement is required for your country, please use
  • this format provided by Nuffic for OKP countries and
  • this format if you are from a MSP country.

If you are certain that you are eligible for an OKP or MSP scholarship and you have collected all the necessary information and documentation, you can start with your application in Nuffic's  DELTA online application system using the online application form link that was sent to you.

Apart from the RNTC course admission requirements, you must also meet the following requirements to be eligible for the OKP (formerly known as NFP) scholarship:

• You are a national who lives and works in one of the countries on the Nuffic OKP list which you can find here.
• You have an Employer’s Statement that complies with the format Nuffic has provided (i.e. it should provide all requested information and endorse all of the required commitments)
• You have an official and valid passport
• You are not attending two or more courses at the same time
• You can provide a Government Statement in the format Nuffic has provided, should one be required. Check here to see if you need one.
• You must not be employed by an organisation that has its own means of staff-development, such as:
  - Multinational corporations (e.g. Shell, Unilever, Microsoft)
  - Large national and/or large commercial organisations
  - Bilateral donor organisations (e.g. USAID, DFID, Danida, Sida, Dutch ministry of Foreign affairs, FinAid, AusAid, ADC, SwissAid)
  - Multilateral donor organisations (e.g. a UN organisation, the World Bank, the IMF, Asian Development Bank, African Development Bank, IADB)
  - International NGOs (e.g. Oxfam, Plan, Care)

The OKP program has no age limit, but is intented to mid-career professionals.

Please check the OKP Country Focus document. If you are nominated for a scholarship for a RNTC course, the Dutch embassy in your country will evaluate your application not only on its own merit, but also on how it fits in with the embassy's Country Focus.

Unlike OKP, the MSP scholarships have an age limit of 45. Apart from the RNTC course admission requirements, you must also meet the following requirements to be eligible for the MSP scholarship:

• You are a national of and live and work in one of the following Middle East and North African (MENA) countries: Algeria, Egypt, Iran, Iraq, Jordan, Lebanon, Libya, Morocco, Syria* or Tunisia
• You have an Employer’s Statement that complies with the format Nuffic has provided (i.e. provides all requested information and endorses all of the required commitments)
• You have an official and valid passport
• You are not attending two or more courses at the same time
• You can provide a Government Statement in the format Nuffic has provided and that meets the requirements of the country in which the employer is established (if applicable). Please check here if you need one.
• You are not over 45 years of age at the time of the scholarship application deadline
• You must not be employed by an organisation that has its own means of staff-development, like:
  • Multinational corporations (e.g. Shell, Unilever, Microsoft)
  • Large national and/or large commercial organisations Bilateral donor organisations (e.g. USAID, DFID, Danida, Sida, Dutch ministry of Foreign affairs, FinAid, AusAid, ADC, SwissAid)
  • Multilateral donor organisations, (e.g. a UN organisation, the World Bank, the IMF, Asian Development Bank, African Development Bank, IADB)
  • International NGOs (e.g. Oxfam, Plan, Care)

*If you are a Syrian national, please note that the MSP is ONLY open to applicants of Syrian nationality who are residing and working outside of Syria in one of the other selected MENA countries.

To be nominated for a scholarship, your application must fit into the priority areas as identified in the MSP Country Focus document.