Grow Green Africa MSc and PhD Scholarship Call for Applications (€ 890 for MSc and € 1.230 for PhD per month)
Application Deadline: 31 July 2024
Grow Green Africa MSc and PhD Scholarship Call for Applications (€ 890 for MSc and € 1.230 for PhD per month)
Introduction
The Grow Green Africa (Gr2A) project is sponsored by the Intra-Africa mobility Scheme of the European Union. The project seeks to address the regional and global challenges of climate change through knowledge exchange in green computing competencies among African students and academics. Through teaching and research in green computing, the project promotes the development of innovative green solutions, focusing on sustainability. In total, the project aims to award sponsorship to a total of 68 recipients. Of these 35 will be masters’ students, 10 doctoral students, and 8 trainees at either undergraduate or post-graduate level, with 15 being staff members of the participating institutions. This MSc and PhD Scholarship first call targets 14 MSc and 8 PhD students registered or admitted in or who have completed their degrees in African universities
MSc and PhD Scholarship Overview
Applications for Scholarships are invited from suitable candidates to pursue studies and research in Green
Computing. If you intend to pursue studies in Computer Science, Information Systems, Data Science and Geographic Information Systems, focusing on sustainability – you qualify to apply. Applications will be
accepted from Group1 and Group 2 applicants as explained below:
The list of Higher Education Institutions (HIE) in the Consortium is Group 1:
The following Institutions constitute Group 1: Copperbelt University (CBU), Zambia; National University of
Science and Technology (NUST), Zimbabwe; Namibia University of Science and Technology (NUST), Namibia; Rhodes University (RU), South Africa, and University of Eswatini (UNESWA), Eswatini.
The rest of African Universities outside the Consortium including universities within African countries in the Consortium (Group 2)
Application Requirements
i. For Target Group I: Applicants must be registered or admitted in or have obtained a HEI degree or
equivalent from one of the HEIs listed as Consortium partners.
ii. For Target Group II: Applicants must be registered or admitted in or have obtained a HEI degree or
equivalent from any HEI not included in the partnership as a partner but established in an eligible
country.
iii. At the time of application, a candidate must be a national and resident of an African country.
iv. Applicants must have no other scholarship within the same project under the Intra-Africa Academic
Mobility Scheme regardless of the type of mobility or funding project.
v. Applicants must not have benefited from scholarship(s) under the previous Intra-ACP Academic
Mobility Schemes.
Financial Support
- Stipend (accommodation and living expenses)
- Master’s students (per month of mobility) € 890
- PhD students (per month of mobility) € 1.230
- Full fees cover
- Insurance cover
- Visa fees
- Return ticket to and from the host institution
- Research support
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