MoBreed Intra-Africa Mobility MSc and Doctoral Scholarship for Plant Breeders in Africa

The MoBreed mobility grant is
open to all students from any of the partner universities (Target Group 1) and
secondly to students from other African universities (Target Group 2).
Currently, 24 MSc scholarships and 9 Academic / Administrative staff exchange
are available.

MoBreed, research aims at
increasing quality information on the use and conservation of neglected and
underutilized species (NUS) and crop wild relatives (CWR) in Africa, specifically
food crops such as fruits, vegetables, legumes, nuts, root and tubers, and
cereals.

Funded by the Intra –
Africa Mobility Scheme, a mobility program developed by the Education,
Audiovisual and Culture Executive Agency (EACAE) of the European Union,
MoBreed aims at harmonizing training programs among its founding partners on
plant breeding and educating high profile breeders who can promote the
underutilized crops in Africa to tackle food security issues on the continent.
Through this mobility program, students will receive high-quality training on
the latest technologies of plant breeding.

Scholarship Description

Applications
Deadline: October 5, 2018
Course
Level: Scholarships are available to
pursue Doctoral and MSc programmes.
Study
Subject: Scholarships are awarded in
plant breeding and seed biotechnology.
Scholarship Award:
The scholarship includes subsistence and settling-in allowances,
participation costs, and contribution to research costs, insurance and
travel in line with Agreement with EACEA. It will cover:

Roundtrip
flight ticket and visa costs (using a preferred travel agent and
calculated against direct linear distance);
Direct
participation costs such as tuition fees, registration fees and
service fees where applicable;
Comprehensive
travel insurance (Health, Accident and Travel)
A
monthly subsistence allowance for the mobility period.

Nationality:
The MoBreed mobility grant is open to all
students from any of the partner universities (Target Group 1) and
secondly to students from other African universities (Target Group 2).
Number
of Scholarships: Currently, 24
MSc scholarships and 9 Academic / Administrative staff exchange are
available.
Scholarship can
be taken in Africa

Eligibility
for the Scholarship

Eligible Countries: The MoBreed mobility
grant is open to all students from any of the partner universities (Target
Group 1) and secondly to students from other African universities (Target Group
2).

Target Group 1:

This category includes students from all partners universities as follows:

University
of Abomey-Calavi; Benin
University
of KwaZulu-Natal; South Africa
University
of Namibia; Namibia
Jimma
University; Ethiopia
Ebonyi
State University; Nigeria

Target Group 2:

All other African countries.

Entrance Requirements: Applicants
must meet the following criteria:

To be eligible for a
scholarship (i.e. financial support to third parties), master students as well
as doctoral candidates referred to as ‘’students’’ must comply with the below
criteria at the time of the application for a scholarship:

Be a
national and resident in any of the eligible countries covered by the
Intra-Africa Mobility programme of the EACEA and
Be
registered/admitted in or having obtained an HEI degree (or equivalent)
from

one
of the HEIs included in the MoBreed consortium (Target group 1)
an
HEI not included in the No breed consortium but established in an
eligible country (Target group 2) and

Have
sufficient knowledge of the language of the courses in the host countries.

Students can only benefit
from one scholarship under the Intra-Africa or Intra-ACP academic mobility
scheme (regardless of the type of mobility or the funding project).

Students have benefited from
scholarship(s) under the previous intra-ACP Academic Mobility Scheme cannot
receive the scholarship under the Intra-Africa academic mobility.

In order to meet the general
selection requirements for MSc Mobility Grant (maximum 12 months’ scholarship
mainly for research), the applicant must have completed the first two semesters
of a Master of Science course in Agronomy, Biology or any related fields in his
home country. Students with Genetics, Biotechnology, and plant breeding
background are highly encouraged to apply. It is obligatory that the students
have their first year MSc Academic transcripts.

Students considering to study
in South Africa should also send their qualifications to SAQA for evaluation.
UKZN will only accept the students if their qualification is rated as
equivalent to a South African honours degree by SAQA. Access the SAQA website
at www.SAQA.org.za. The form is also
uploaded on Mobreed website.

For Academic/ Administrative
staff, applicants should hold an MSc or PhD degree in Genetics, Biotechnology,
Plant Breeding, Agronomy, Biology or any related fields. The person with
Genetics, Biotechnology, and plant breeding background are highly encouraged to
apply.

Application
Procedure

How to Apply: Applicants should submit
completed application and all supporting documents by email to lydia.sognon-at-gmail.com
with a copy to mobreed.uac-at-gmail.com by 05th October 2018. They should
indicate in the subject line (if submitting by email) or super scribe the
envelope (if submitting by post) ‘Application for MoBreed MSc/Staff exchange
programme‘. Incomplete applications will be rejected.

Admission regulations for
Doctoral and MSc Studies are to be found from prospective HEIs website. This
application is for MoBreed Project scholarships only. The Scholarship
application form together with other required documents should be sent as a
unique PDF attachment to: emails indicated above. You may download the MS Word
version of the application form, and complete it before sending. Important also
is the student proposal that should be sent together within the application as
ONE SINGLE DOCUMENT, preferably PDF. Other required documents are listed in the
application form and include: