Frequently Asked Questions

Who can participate - Students

To sign up for the Bevica Scholarship Programme, you must be enrolled at a research-based Danish university, university college, or design school. Moreover, you must have completed at least the 3rd semester of your education at the start of January 2025. Students from all disciplines can participate.

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Who can participate - Lecturers

To sign up for the Bevica Scholarship Programme, you must be employed at a Danish research-based university, university college, or design school. Moreover, you must be able to document active teaching activities within the past two years at the beginning of Ideation (January 2025). Lecturers from all disciplines can participate.

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How do I apply?

You can sign up between 15 August and 1 December 2024.

Project submissions will open in late March and close on 1 April 2025.


When is it?

  • Sign-up – 15 August and 1 December 2024
  • Ideation workshops – 1 February and 1 March 2025
  • Submission of preliminary project proposal – 1 April 2025
  • Shortlist reveal – 1 May 2025
  • Creation workshop – 16-17 May 2025
  • Submission of final project proposal – 14 August 2025
  • Symposium and award ceremony – 9 October 2025


What do I submit?

At the end of Ideation, you submit your preliminary project proposal.  

The preliminary project proposal consists of 3-4 pages in which you describe in more detail the problem you identified during Ideation, how you want to investigate it, where you propose to investigate it and why.  

Workshops, online self-studies and peer discussions will provide tools and inspiration for this process.  

There are specific requirements for your submission. Read about the requirements for your preliminary project proposal here.


What happens at the Ideation workshops?

Ideation consists of two, one-day workshops, and hands-on sparring with experts and peers. Workshops are all-day events and physical attendance is a requirement. 

The workshops will take place at Musholm Bugt Feriecenter in Korsør. 

Drinks, meals, and snacks are provided. However, transportation is at your own expense. 


What happens at the Creation workshops?

Shortlisted participants enter Creation phase from May – September 2025. This involves a two-day workshop event and sparring with experts and peers on their individual project proposals before final submission of projects on 14 August 2025. 

The workshop will take place at Musholm Bugt Feriecenter in Korsør. 

Drinks, meals, snacks and accommodation are provided. However, transportation is at your own expense. 


How can I spend the prize money?

Students 

For students, the prize money can be used for tuition, travel, accommodation and living expenses during your investigation in accordance with your specific project proposal and the Bevica Scholarship terms. 

You can carry out your investigation at an international university, university college, design school, NGO, or a private sector company. 

Lecturers 

For lecturers, the prize money can be used for tuition, travel, accommodation and living expenses during your investigation in accordance with your specific project proposal and the Bevica Scholarship terms. 

You can carry out your investigation at an international university, university college, or design school.  


What do I gain from joining the Scholarship Programme?

  • Students: The chance to win a Bevica Scholarship of DKK 350.000 or a Bevica Scholarship travel grant of DKK 30.000. 
  • Lecturers: The chance to win a Bevica Fellowship of DKK 130.000 or a Bevica Fellowship travel grant of DKK 30.000. 
  • An opportunity to investigate new and extensive knowledge about universal design, the Leave No One Behind pledge, and inclusion in an interdisciplinary context.
  • Access to an extensive network of peers and experts – including support to identify, make contact with and gain access to your potential host institution. 
  • Opportunity to become a Bevica Ideator, a Bevica Creator, and potentially a Bevica Scholar/Bevica Fellow.
  • Membership of the Bevica Scholarship Alumni Network. 
  • Support and profiling through the Bevica Scholarship communication channels and networks. 
  • An opportunity to join a network of like-minded innovators on a journey to a more inclusive society for all.


Can I apply to join the Bevica Scholarship Programme more than once?

If you do not make it to the shortlist the first time you apply, it is possible to enter the programme again, as long as you fulfill the basic requirements.


Do I need to have a specific academic profile to participate?

No. The Bevica Scholarship Programme is aimed at passionate and talented students and lecturers from a wide range of disciplines – from social service professions and humanities to political sciences, law, IT, design and beyond.


Do I need to know about the core themes of this year's Bevica Scholarship to have a winning chance?

You do not have to know about Universal Design, Leave No One Behind or Being Human before you enter the programme. You do, however, have to acquire and demonstrate knowledge about the topics and describe how you want to explore them in the preliminary project proposal you hand in on 1 April 2025 and in the submission of your final project proposal in August 2025.


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