EIT - RC ADRIA Internship Programme

The RC Adria Internship is a part of the Regional Center Adria, an EIT RawMaterials Hub. The main aim of the Internship Programme is to enable students enrolled in the master’s study programmes to work as interns in different companies and institutions, but at the same time, to train a certain number of future trainers at the aforementioned companies/institutions.

Eligibility criteria

To participate in the RIS Internship programme, the student must meet the following requirements for which the proof has to be submitted during the application process:

• Student should have a bachelor’s degree from a relevant scientific field.
• Student must be enrolled in the master's study programme of the relevant scientific field.
• Student must not have graduated before or during the course of the Internship.
• The university at which the student will acquire his master's degree needs to be located within the RIS region as defined by EIT RawMaterials i.e. Bulgaria, Croatia, Czech Republic, Estonia, Greece, Hungary, Italy, Latvia, Lithuania, Montenegro, North Macedonia, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Serbia, Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain. Eligibile are also students enrolled in one of the following EIT labeled MS programmes: EMerald, AMIR, SINReM, as well as students from Albania and Bosnia and Herzegovina.
• Within the bachelor’s study programme, the applicant should have had obtained a minimum average grade (GPA) required by the RIS Internship Programme. Minimal required GPA is defined in relative terms and is 60% of the maximum possible GPA that a student could achieve during a bachelor's study programme completed (e.g. in a grade system 1-5, 3 is the minimum required GPA). Evidence to be accepted: a GPA cetificate issued by an institution that implemented the study programme. If an applicant does not meet the GPA threshold, she/he can still be eligible for Internship, but must submit one written and signed recommendation from a mentor, teacher, or supervisor from the student's home university. The signee of the statement must describe the circumstances based on which he/she can recommend the student in question. In the absence of the written recommendation, a student with a GPA lower than the required minimum cannot be awarded with the internship.
• • Student should have a minimum B2 English language proficiency level. Even though the certificate is not required to participate in the internship itself and the internship can be performed in local language, it is necessary for the intern to have at least B2 level because the Internship programme is administered in English. It means that the calls, agreements and reports of students must be written in English. It will be appreciated if the students encloses certain evidence of English proficiency.

The evaluation based on the eligibility criteria is carried out immediately upon receiving the application of the potential Intern, but after confirming the completeness of the received application. If all eligibility criteria are met, the applicant will be considered for Internship in the chosen organisation(s). The student will be informed about the eligibility of his/her application up to 10 (calendar) days from the application.

The Interns will receive funding via UNIZG-RGNF, who is a Task Partner Patron (a KIC partner participating in the project). All selected students will sign the Internship Scholarship Agreement with the UNIZG-RGNF, thus formally accepting an Internship in the minimum duration of one month or two months or three months (considering that the Internship must be completed in 2021).

Purpose of the financial support

If the internship is implemented physically, the Interns will receive a monthly lump-sum to cover their every-day and accommodation costs.
In case of an online internship (only in special circumstances) the lump-sum is to cover the online internship related costs such as the Internet connection, equipment for video and audio communication via Internet (headphones, microphone, web cam...), printing and basic office material, potentially needed licence for a specific professional software, telephone communication costs, other required hardware such as external hard drives or memory sticks etc.

IMPORTANT NOTICE: The primary manner of conducting the internship includes physical presence of an intern in the premises of the host – organisation. The implementation of the internship as remotely organised work (online) is enabled by this call ONLY in justified circumstances and under explicit confirmation of UNIZG-RGNF. The intention of implementing an online internship must be communicated to UNIZG-RGNF by the host-organisation before such internship commences. Any actions which are not in line with this request can be a basis for the cancelation of the Collaboration Agreement and Internship Scholarship Agreement and the return of the received financial compensation.

Maximum amount of the financial support

Financial support to the selected Interns will be categorized as “scholarship” and will not exceed 500 € per Intern per month i.e., 1500 € for the maximum Internship duration of three months. The amount in question will be awarded as a monthly lump sum, without any additional cost justification needed, as presented in the following table.