FRAME Intra-African Mobility Scholarships 2022 for African Students

FRAME Intra-African Mobility Scholarships 2022 for African Students

When is Application Deadline?

13th August 2022

Tell Me About Award:

The Intra-Africa Academic Mobility Scheme is set up under the Pan-African Programme (Development Cooperation Instrument) and is based on the experience of the Intra-ACP Academic Mobility Scheme.

The programme’s objective is to improve the skills and competences of students and staff through enhanced mobility between African countries. The specific objective is to implement Master’s, Doctoral level and staff mobilities via a strong graduate research and studies programme (GRSP) on Food, Energy, and Water Security (F.E.W.S) with a suite of academic programmes on offer at the partner institutions.

What Type of Scholarship is this?

Master, PhD

Who can apply?

Nationals and/residents of African countries who are staff, alumni and/or students registered in one of the Partner Universities at the time of application or having obtained a qualification from one of the Universities involved in the partnership.

Female candidates are highly encouraged to apply!

Which Countries are Eligible?

African countries

Where will Award be Taken?

Namibia University of Science and Technology, Namibia: https://www.nust.na/ (3 degree-seeking) (5 credit seeking)

• Master of Agribusiness Management
• Master of Natural Resource Management
• Master of Spatial Science
• Master of Environmental Engineering

University of Buea, Cameroon: https://www.ubuea.cm/ (2 credit seeking)

• Doctorate in Agronomy (crop protection)

Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology, Ghana: https://www.knust.edu.gh/ (4 credit seeking)

• PhD Food and Post-Harvest Engineering
• PhD Sustainable Energy Technologies
• Master in Renewable Energy Technologies
• Master’s degree in Soil and Water Engineering

Hawassa University, Ethiopia: http://www.hu.edu.et/hu/ (3 degree-seeking) (4 credit seeking)

• Master’s degree in Soil and Water Conservation Engineering
• PhD Animal Nutrition

University of the Free State, South Africa: https://www.ufs.ac.za/ (1 Master degree-seeking) (1 PhD credit seeking)

• PhD in Disaster Management
• Master of Soil, Crop and Climate Sciences (Agronomy)

How Many Scholarships will be Given?

Not specified

What is the Benefit of Scholarship?

The scholarship package covers the following:

Travel and visa expenses
• One (1) return flight ticket according to travel bands
• Visa costs related to the mobility

Monthly allowance
• Master’s: ¤ 600 and Doctorates: ¤ 900
• One-month equivalent settling-in allowance
• One extra month of allowance for female candidates

Insurance cost (medical, travel, accident)
• 75 maximum per month

Degree-seeking:
Longer mobilities (Master’s or Doctoral) registered at a host
University for purposes of obtaining a Degree.
Credit seeking:
Shorter mobilities (Master’s or Doctoral), registered at home
University who would enroll at host University to gather credits
towards the registered degree.

How to Apply for Scholarship?

Interested candidates should click on this link https://emecw.gis.lu.se/apply/?lot=FRAME to access the application platform.

Documents to be attached:

• Academic Certificate
• Description of research topic
• Official Language Test (English test)
• Official Transcript of Diploma
• Passport
• Proof of registration/Alumni
• Current Resume or CV
• Host University Application form (Proof of application to the host University)

Visit Award Webpage for Details