1. Project BG05M2OR001-2.003-0001 "Student scholarships - phase 1“ Funded by the Operational Programme "Science and education for smart growth" 2014-2020, Co-financed by the European Union through the European Structural and Investment Funds Teodora Dinova – Project coordinator

2. What lies ahead? The new project "Student scholarships - phase 1" has new goals and priorities in implementation of program "Science and education for smart growth "2014-2020

3. What's new in the project? Two types of scholarships: 1. For academic excellence 2. For special achievements in science, engineering and technical activities, pedagogy, innovation and entrepreneurship, art, culture and sport.

4. How students use their scholarships? Source: MES Survey 2015

5. Total project budget: 26 million BGN Period of the project: three semesters – Spring semester 2016 and full academic year 2016/2017 Partners: All universities in Bulgaria Project team: Employees from Ministry of Education and external experts Project team at universities: Relevant to the position employees and students

6. AUBG project team: AUBG project team: Teodora Dinova – project coordinator; Borislav Tyulekov – project officer; Daniela Kovacheva – project accountant; Student from the Scholarship committee – technical assistant.

7. List of approved majors at AUBG DepartmentDegreeMajorCodeStudents Natural science and mathematics BachelorMathematics 40500012 4 Computer scienceBachelorInformation systems 40600282 10 Computer scienceBachelorComputer science 40600082 8 Total:22 1. 1. Scholarships for excellent grades – 120 BGN x 5 months = 600 BGN 2. 2. Special scholarships – 77 students, all 7 majors at AUBG 200 BGN (max 3 x 200 = 600 BGN)

8. ONLINE APPLICATIONS http://eurostipendii.mon.bg Students have to make online registration and the system automatically checks the data at Register of all existing students – MES After registration, students can complete their application forms: - Scholarship for excellent grades or - Scholarship for special achievements Completed forms with the accompanying documents must be submitted at university, and they confirm student grades and whether they meet the grant for special achievements requirements.

9. Important dates ActivityDeadline Beginning of the ProjectMay 10, 2016 End of submission of applications through the website http://eurostipendii.mon.bg May 30, 2016 Publication of the results on the Internet page of the Project June 21, 2016 Transfer of money from Ministry of Education to University July 6-8, 2016 Transfer of money from university to students bank accounts July 15, 2016

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