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Intra-Africa Academic mobility Project: Partnership for Training Scientist in Crop Improvement for Food Security in Africa (SCIFSA)

February 19, 2018
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The European Union (EU), under its Intra-Africa Academic Mobility Scheme, has provided funding to support the training of graduate students in African universities. In this mobility programme, five African partner institutions, and one EU technical partner, will collaborate in the training of professionals to achieve sustainable crop production leading to increased yields and enhanced food and nutritional security.

A total of 24 Masters (6 credit-seeking, 18 degree-seeking) and 12 Doctorates (4 credit-seeking, 8 degree-seeking) will be trained in the thematic areas of

  • Plant breeding and seed systems,
  • Biotechnology,
  • Seed science and technology,
  • Agronomy and Vegetable crop production,
  • Pesticides and plant protection, and
  • Plant and microbial technology.

The project will provide fellowships for full degree programs (PhDs and MSc), as well as short-term mobility for students and staff (credit-seeking), running from 1 November 2017 to 31 October 2022.

This Call for applications closes on 5 April 2018. All interested candidates should download the application form, fill it and submit through either email or postal services. The application for scholarship should be sent to the project coordinating office with copy to the coordinator at the sending institution. In order to facilitate and fasten the mobility process, each applicant is advised to apply to the hosting university for admission.

The scholarships are open to candidates from Target group 1 (Applicants who are currently registered at or have done their degree at one of the partner institutions: Makerere University (Uganda), University of Ghana – Legon (Ghana), University of Eldoret (Kenya), Cairo University (Egypt) and Chiek Anta Diop de Dakar Senegal)) and Target group 2 (Applicants who currently registered at or have done their degrees from any other institutions within Africa including institution from Uganda, Ghana, Egypt, Kenya, Senegal, Democratic
Republic of Congo, Liberia, Sudan, Tunisia, etc. Please note that applicants are only allowed to apply to study in an institution outside of their home countries. Female and candidates with disabilities are particularly encouraged to apply.

Please see the program website and the announcement attached below for more admission criteria and modalities.

 

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