APPLY: Mobility for Breeders in Africa (MoBreed) Masters & PhD Scholarships 2018

MoBreed (Mobility for Breeders in Africa) is an initiative of five public universities from three African regions and one university in Europe to advance knowledge on useful crops of Africa and increase scholars’ capacity in addressing food security. Partners include the University of Abomey-Calavi in Benin and Ebonyi State University in Nigeria (West Africa), the Jimma University of Ethiopia (Eastern Africa), the University of Namibia and the University of KwaZulu-Natal in South Africa (Southern Africa) and Montpellier SupAgro in France.

WORTH

• The scholarship includes subsistence and settling-in allowances, participation costs, 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.

ELIGIBILITY

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
• Be registered/admitted in or having obtained a HEI degree (or equivalent) from a. one of the HEIs included in the MoBreed consortium (Target group 1)
• A HEI not included in the Mobreed consortium but established in an eligible country (Target group 2)
• Have sufficient knowledge of the language of the courses in the host countries

DEADLINE: March 30 2018

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