The TRECCAfrica is
funding Postgraduate scholarships to students and staff from various
African countries to study at one of the consortium partners. There are seven
full-degree Master’s positions, 15 Master’s exchanges and seven PhD exchange
positions available. The scholarships cover travel costs, tuition fees and a
living allowance for a period of up to 10 months and PhD exchanges will be for
a period of up to 12 months. Online application should be submitted by 30
September 2013.
Study
Subject(s): TRECCAfrica programmes range across disciplines such as
sustainable development, environmental management, renewable energy, food
science and technology, natural resource assessment, climate and society,
biotechnology, agro-ecology, soil physics, microbiology and veterinary
medicine.
Course Level:
The programme awards scholarships to
postgraduate students and staff from various African countries to study at one
of the consortium partners. The academic institutions at which the
TRECCAfrica scholarships are tenable are the universities of Dar es Salaam (Tanzania), Ghana, Mekelle
(Ethiopia), Nairobi (Kenya), Nigeria and Stellenbosch (South Africa).
Scholarship
Provider: TRECCAfrica
Scholarship can
be taken at: Tanzania, Ghana, Ethiopia, Kenya, Nigeria and
South Africa
Eligibility: To be eligible for the
Scholarship, masters and doctoral students must:
-Must be a national and/ or resident of any of the eligible countries
-Target group 1 students must be registered or admitted to one of the Higher
Education Institutions (HEI) comprising the consortium at the time of
application for the scholarship. Eligible students must therefore be
registered/ admitted at the University of Ghana, Mekelle University, the
University of Dar-es-Salaam, the
University of Nairobi, Stellenbosch University and the University of Nigeria
(Nsukka).
-Target group 2 students must be registered or admitted at a Higher Education
Institution in one of the eligible countries identified in the Intra-ACP call.
-Students are also required to have sufficient knowledge of the language in
which courses are offered at the host HEI.
For staff to be eligible for TreccAfrica scholarships, they need to comply with
the following criteria:
-Be a national or resident of the countries covered by the scholarship
-Work at or be associated with a Higher Education Institution
-The assignment of mobility of a staff member must be based on the agreement
between partner institutions.
-There must be an agreement between the home and host HEI regarding the modules
to be taught by the visiting lecturer, the type of research to be conducted,
the type of training to be followed or the administrative tasks to be
undertaken.
-Staff mobility may take the form of a direct post-to-post exchange or a one
way flow of mobility to or from an eligible country.
Scholarship
Open for Students of Following Countries: Target Group 1: Nationals and/or
residents of Tanzania, Ghana, Ethiopia, Kenya, Nigeria and South
Africa. Target Group 2: Nationals and/or residents of other African
countries not represented by the TreccAfrica consortium.
Scholarship
Description:
The call for applications for TRECCAfrica scholarships is currently open until
30 September 2013. Postgraduate students from an array of disciplines ranging
from Resource Management and Climate Change to
Sustainable Development and Conservation can now apply for scholarships from
the TRECCAfrica consortium to pursue postgraduate studies at prestigious
universities in Africa. The TRECCAfrica, the Transdiciplinary Training on
Resource Efficiency and Climate Change Adaptation in Africa is an Intra-ACP
academic mobility scheme; a consortium of 6 African universities and associated
networks and foundations, supported by funding from the European Commission.
The programme awards scholarships to
postgraduate students and staff from various African countries to study at one
of the consortium partners.
Number of award(s): There are seven full-degree
Master’s positions, 15 Master’s exchanges and seven PhD exchange positions
available for study at the TRECCAfrica partner universities.
Duration of
award(s): Master’s exchanges will be
for a period of up to 10 months and PhD exchanges will be for a period of up to
12 months.
What does it
cover?
The scholarships include travel costs, tuition fees and a living allowance of
€600 per month for Master’s students and €900 per month for PhD students.
Notification: Successful candidates will
be informed that they have been awarded the scholarship. The remaining
candidates will be placed on a waiting list.
How to Apply: The mode of applying is
online.
Scholarship
Application Deadline:
The deadline for all applications is 30 September 2013.
