Minor Field Study Grant
Please note this year's round of stipends for MFS has unfortunately been cancelled. We regret to inform you about this. When a new round of applications is announced we will post information below.
Minor Field Studies (MFS) is a grant programme intended for Bachelor’s and Master’s students who want to learn about developing countries and development issues.
The studies include collecting data for your thesis over a period of a minimum 8 weeks in a low- or middle-income country which meets the stipend criteria. For more information, see the page for international opportunities. All the instructions and criteria can be found there for how to apply.
Feedback on your draft application
Prior to each application round the Department of Government organises a workshop where you can get feedback on your draft versions. Dates are announced when the application is open. To participate, you simply send an e-mail of your draft application to Johanna.soderstrom@statsvet.uu.se.
Specific evaluation criteria for the Social Sciences and Humanities
There are also specific evaluation criteria used within the Social Sciences and Humanities for the MFS-applications, that your application needs to consider.
Criteria for MFS-applications HUMSAM Pdf, 453 kB.
Supervisors
As you need to have a supervisor identified in your application, you can look at the list of researchers at this department for ideas of who to contact, or you can look at this list of potential supervisors who have a particular focus on development studies related topics.