The Miroslav Vlček Extraordinary Scholarship is a form of honoring the memory of the professor, Miroslav Vlček – the spiritual father of the idea and from 2015 to 2019 the coordinator of the Study in Prague project, which brought together seven Prague public universities and attracted hundreds of foreign students to study in Prague. The extraordinary scholarship of Miroslav Vlček aims to contribute to the higher internationalization of the university environment of public universities in Prague by increasing the number of foreign students studying in foreign language study programs.
Conditions for awarding the scholarship
1. The extraordinary scholarship of Miroslav Vlček is awarded in accordance with § 91 of Act No. 111/1998 Coll., on universities, as amended, and the Scholarship Rules of VŠCHT Prague.
2. Students who are not citizens of the Czech Republic may apply for a scholarship.
3. The student must study a bachelor's, master's, or doctoral degree program full-time.
4. Disciplinary proceedings may not be conducted against the student.
5. The student will not exceed 36 years of age in the year the scholarship is awarded.
6. The application for the grant of the scholarship is submitted by the student on the prescribed form.
Tender
When selecting scholarship recipient, his/her extraordinary contribution to VŠCHT Prague contributing to the strengthening of the international reputation of the institution and studies in Prague is evaluated (e.g. exceptional extracurricular activities in the form of project involvement; research; spreading the good name of VŠCHT Prague and Czech higher education in the world).
The vice-rector for foreign relations decides on the awarding of the scholarship. He can also decide not to award it.
The scholarship will be awarded to one student in a given calendar year and its amount is CZK 30,000.
When awarding scholarships, the quality of the application processing is also taken into account, and whether the student has already received a scholarship in the past years.
Deadlines for submitting applications and the selection process
The application form for Miroslav Vlček's extraordinary scholarship is published after the selection procedure at the address: https://international.vscht.cz/ in the news section. The form contains the applicant's identification data and a description of his contribution to the support of the internationalization of the study environment of VŠCHT Prague, and the signature of at least one teacher of the given student expressing his consent to the application for a scholarship. The application can be submitted either directly by the student or by his teacher.
Incomplete or incorrectly filled forms will be excluded from the selection process.
Application deadline: 11/11/2022.
Announcement of tender results: by 30 November of the given calendar year.
Nominated students will be informed about the results of the selection process by authorized staff.
The award-winning student will be invited to a ceremony to hand over the Decision on Awarding the Scholarship, which will take place in December of the given calendar year.
The scholarship will be sent to the student's account, listed in the study information system, within one month after the announcement of the results.
The application form can be downloaded here (click on the three dots on right and select download and the fill out and print the document)
And needs to be uploaded to the electronic application form here