The Académie de research et d'enseignement supérieur (ARES) Program 2026 is now accepting applications. Interested candidates are urged to click here to learn more about this opportunity and to apply.
About Académie de recherche et d’enseignement supérieur (ARES) Program
Opportunity Details
- Date Published: October 02, 2025
- Application Deadline: November 07, 2025
- Category: Postgraduate
Masters
A “Travel Scholarship” enables students to enjoy an international mobility experience in one of the 31 ARES partner countries in Africa, South America and Asia, in order to carry out research or an internship in a work placement.
Benefits of Académie de recherche et d’enseignement supérieur (ARES) Program
The scholarship includes:
- a “travel allowance” to contribute towards the cost of the plane ticket;
- a supplementary allowance for recipients of a study allowance from the Wallonia-Brussels Federation.
Académie de recherche et d’enseignement supérieur (ARES) Program Requirements
Students must have authorisation from their institution and comply with their instructions for mobility.
In addition, the main eligibility requirements are:
- be enrolled in a Master's degree (MA), specialised Master's degree (MS) or Bachelor's degree (BAC). Bachelor's students must have earned at least 120 credits at the time of departure;
- the stay must be credited in ECTS in the student's curriculum, either through a dissertation or final project, or through an internship;
- the student applicant is only eligible once during the same cycle of study;
- the departure must take place between 1 January and 31 August 2026;
- the stay must be covered by a contract or agreement between the student, their institution and the host organisation.
For all eligibility conditions, please refer to page 4 of the call for applications document.
Application Date and Process
- Online via the GIRAF platform. The link to access the GIRAF form is sent by ARES to the relevant people in the institutions, who then forward it to the candidates along with all the instructions.
Application Deadline
07 November, 2025
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