Becas CONACyT

Briefly, the selection criteria are based on:

• Fulfillment of requirements (being Mexican, having an electronic signature assigned by the Servicio de Administración Tributaria (SAT); acceptance letter from the Institution where the degree programme is pursued; complete submission of all documents required in the grant).
• Different committees will evaluate the submission, according to the region where the applicant is submitting. The criteria of evaluation consider the quality of the argumentation proposed by the aspirant;, the previous academic and job experiences and trajectory of the candidate; the robustness of reincorporation of the candidate back into national institutions once the degree is obtained; whether the programmee is consider as a priority area for the region; whether the Institution is internationally considered one of the best 200, preferentially an Institution with a collaboration agreement with CONACyT; the quality of the Master/ PhD programmee; in case of PhD, the quality and relevance of the research proposal.

Detailed information can be found in: CONACyT

Programmes:

Several programmes are supported by CONACyT. The priority lies on the ones that have a collaboration agreement with CONACyT, which are listed in next link: https://www.conacyt.gob.mx/images/Becas/Convenios_de_Colaboracion_Enero_2020.pdf

However, any other high-quality programme can also be supported. There are priority areas, which are preferred over others, which are related with the region of the country from which the fellowship is being submitted.

CONACyT offers grants per regions in Mexico, as well as in collaboration with specific states, such as the grant CONACyT-I2T2, which is only available for persons that were born or are living in the state of Nuevo Leon.

Additionally, CONACyT also offers more specialized grants, for example, SENER-CONACYT, which focus on candidates pursuing a programmee related to energy sustainability.

CONACyT supports up to 60 months for PhD degree when candidate does not have a Master degree, up to 48 months when candidate has a Master degree; up to 24 months for Master degree.

In general, CONACyT offers an monthly support that varies per country. In Europe, the amount consists in a monthly payment to PhD students of 1 090 euros when single, and 1 362 euros when married.

Also, includes a partial insurance support of at least 715 USD, which increases with the number of economically dependent persons.

For tuition, it can cover up to 300 000 MXN per year.

Mexican Government

It depends on budget

There are two submission periods per year. Deadlines varies per year, best option is to look for the grant that is currently open.

Candidates should apply directly to the CONACyT fellowship after they arrange an agreement with their desired supervisor in University of Groningen (provisional acceptance letter, research proposal).