Application Kit for Swedish Institute Scholarships for Global Professionals

What's inside

• Europe_Swedish_Institute_SISGP_User_Guide.docx

  This guide: how the kit works, the programme's rules, and your final checklist.

• Europe_Swedish_Institute_SISGP_Motivation_Letter_Worksheets_TEMPLATE.docx

  Four sections: programme ranking, the motivation letter (paste SI's current questions and limits), the SI CV, and the proof of work and leadership experience forms with their limits.

• Europe_Swedish_Institute_SISGP_STAR_Evidence_Bank_TRACKER.xlsx

  Your true stories in Situation, Task, Action, Result form, tagged to SI's criteria, with a coverage sheet that shows gaps.

• Europe_Swedish_Institute_SISGP_Reference_Brief_TEMPLATE.docx

  A factual brief for each of your two referees: who may write, what SI's form asks, the format and your deadline.

• Europe_Swedish_Institute_SISGP_Application_Timeline_TRACKER.xlsx

  Both steps in order: University Admissions in January, then the SI portal in February, with back-planned tasks and a cost tracker.

Who it's for

• Professionals with at least 3,000 work hours and real leadership experience
• Citizens of countries on SI's current eligible list (the 2024/2025 call included Nigeria, Pakistan, Bangladesh, Kenya and Ghana)
• Applicants who want structure for SI's templates without sample text

How the documents work together

1. 1

   Check your country: Open SI's current list of eligible countries. Do not continue if your citizenship is not on it. (User Guide)

2. 2

   Count your hours: Add up your work hours to the date you will apply and identify your leadership roles against SI's definition. (Motivation Letter Worksheets)

3. 3

   Choose and rank programmes: Pick master's programmes on SI's eligible list and record your University Admissions programme order. (Motivation Letter Worksheets)

4. 4

   Step 1: University Admissions: Apply on universityadmissions.se with the universities' documents by the January deadline, and pay the SEK 900 application fee by the fee deadline if it applies to you. (Application Timeline)

5. 5

   Ask referees and supervisors: Send the reference brief, and ask supervisors or HR to sign your proof of work and leadership forms. (Reference Brief)

6. 6

   Plan the SI documents: When SI publishes the current call's templates, paste the motivation letter questions and limits into the worksheets and plan each answer. (Motivation Letter Worksheets)

7. 7

   Step 2: SI portal: Upload all SI documents in the February window, and list your programmes in the SI portal as the portal instructs. (User Guide)

Route check

Check SI's current country list on the SISGP page before buying (source: https://si.se/en/apply/scholarships/swedish-institute-scholarships-for-global-professionals/). In SI's 2024/2025 call, Nigeria, Pakistan, Bangladesh, Kenya and Ghana were eligible and India was not (source: https://si.se/?p=12037). SI's SISGP recipients for academic year 2025/2026 included nationals of Nigeria, Bangladesh and Kenya and none from Pakistan, India or Ghana (source: https://si.se/app/uploads/2025/04/si-scholarship-recipients-2025.pdf). Neither list proves eligibility for the current call. If your country is not on SI's current list, this kit is not for you: see the Erasmus Mundus or DAAD EPOS kits.

General information

What's not included

• Sample letters or model answers
• Editing, review or coaching
• SI's own templates, which you download from SI each year
• Your University Admissions application

Format & delivery

A ZIP file with one Word user guide and the working files listed above (.docx and .xlsx). Opens in Microsoft Word and Excel, Google Docs and Sheets, or LibreOffice. Download link valid for 30 days and 5 downloads. Each file is licensed to you and marked with your order details.

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