FAQ – Bevica Scholarship

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 February 2023. Students from all disciplines can participate.

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 (February 2023). Lecturers from all disciplines can participate.

How do I apply?

You can sign up between 3 October and 10 January 2023.

Submissions will open in late april and close on 1 May 2023.

When is it?

Sign-up – 3 November 2022 – 10 January 2023
Ideation workshops – 11 February and 18 March 2023
Submission of preliminary project proposal – 1 May 2023
Shortlist reveal – 1 June 2023
Creation workshop – 23-24 June 2023
Submission of final project proposal – 23 August 2023
Symposium and award ceremony – 4 October 2023

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 participation 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 from June – September 2023. This involves a two-day workshop event and sparring with experts and peers on their individual project proposals before final submission of projects on 1 September 2023. The workshop will take place at Musholm Bugt Feriecenter in Korsør.

Drinks, meals, and snacks 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, designs school, an 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 fulfil 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 years' 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 May 2023 and in the submission of your final project proposal on 1 September 2023.

Where do I find the terms and conditions

The terms and conditions can be found here Terms and Conditions

Submission FAQ

Anonymity

Please leave your name out of the Preliminary Project Proposal. The review process is anonymous.

Creation Workshop

As we have been contacted by quite a few of you because you have graduation ceremonies on Friday 23 June. We have decided to place the actual programme of the creation workshop on Saturday from 9 but offer the possibility to arrive on Friday and have dinner with us and each other and spend the night at Musholm. Please let us know in the application form if you are joining us.

Submitting in groups – not an option

Submissions from more than one individual will not be accepted. If you work on your project in groups, you must submit separate project proposals that are different in e.g., takes, methods, or foci.

Details on the financing (lecturers)

There have been a few questions on how the financing will work on a more detailed level. We will discuss the individual details with the shortlisted lecturers after the shortlist is announced.

The scholarship prices can only be used abroad

The price money can only be used for investigations in an international context according to submitted project proposals as stated in the requirements for participation.

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