AstroMundus Campaign 2016
Channel: AstroMundus Erasmus Mundus Joint Master Degree
Date: 19/10/2016

AstroMundus crowdfunding campaign-video "Train Astrophysics Professionals for Development". 
Campaign URL: https://igg.me/at/astromundus
The Erasmus+:Erasmus Mundus Joint Masters Degree program in Astrophysics "AstroMundus" is running a crowdfunding campaign to raise further scholarships for the course starting in October 2017, for which international students are currently invited to apply with closing date 30th November, 2016 (the call for applications is available at https://www.uibk.ac.at/astromundus/call-for-applications.html ). 
Crowdfunded scholarships would add to those already funded by the Erasmus+ program of the European Union and by the AstroMundus Consortium and are intended to increase the opportunities for participation in the Master course of excellent, strongly motivated students whose countries of origin offer little or no access to advanced studies in Astrophysics. The purpose of AstroMundus in running this campaign is to further contribute to the development of astrophysical education & research and related technological and computational fields in the world, by training a future generation of professionals who would eventually transfer the acquired knowledge to their home countries. 
Applications from top-ranked students from such countries are therefore particularly encouraged. Students coming from various countries and regions in Africa, Asia, Southern and Central America, as well as some countries in Eastern Europe, besides competing for the assignment of the limited number of Erasmus+ and AstroMundus scholarships, will be considered for the assignment of these additional crowdfunded scholarships. Students are selected for participation in the Master course based on excellence, as shown by their academic achievements and motivation.