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African Water Resources Mobility Network (AWaRMN) Programme call.

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African Water Resources Mobility Network (AWaRMN) Programme
African Water Resources Mobility Network (AWaRMN) Programme
We are pleased to announce the launch of the African Water Resources Mobility Network (AWaRMN) Programme call.
 
  • Internal Submission Deadline: Friday, June 5, 2020
  • Award Cycle: 2020
  • Discipline/Subject Area: Water Resources Management
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  • Important: Dates in this platform follow the US format - Month/Day/Year
  • Description:
    Applications are invited from suitably qualified and outstanding candidates for full-time study in any of the doctoral academic mobility scholarship programmes of AWaRMN in any of the Higher Education Institutions within the partnership.
    These are:
    Rhodes University, South Africa (RU)
    • PhD Water Resource Science
    • PhD Hydrology
    Federal University of Technology, Minna, Nigeria (FUTMINNA)
    • PhD Applied Hydrobiology
    Makerere University, Uganda (MU)
    • PhD Chemistry
    University of Kinshasa, Democratic Republic of Congo (UNIKIN)
    • PhD Water Resources
    Ecole Nationale Supérieure d’Hydrauilique, Algeria (ENSH)
    • PhD Hydraulics
    Deadline for submission of application is 5 June 2020 at 11:59 PM (SAST).
    Applicants will be informed about the outcome of the competitive selection process by email by 19 June 2020
    Successful candidates will be expected to resume their study by August 2020.
    Applications with incomplete or incorrect information will not be considered.
    Female applicants, people with disability or people from socio-economically disadvantaged background are strongly encouraged to apply.
    Type of mobility (scholarships)
    Degree-seeking Mobility (long-term study that leads to an award of a PhD degree).
    Target Groups
    Group 1: Students who are registered or have obtained a degree from any of the AWaRMN partner institutions: RU, UNIKIN, FUTMINNA, MU, ENSH.
    Group 2: Students who are registered or have obtained a degree from any Higher Education Institution (HEI) established in an African Union Member State apart from AWaRMN partner institutions.
    Value of Scholarship
    For successful applicants, AWaRMN funding will cover the following areas:
    • Participation costs (e.g. tuition/registration fees) of students.
    • Research costs (e.g. field work, laboratory consumables).
    • Subsistence allowance: PhD: 900 Euro per month.
    • Special allowance to female students for mobility equal or more than 2 academic years, viz – PhD: 900 Euro per year.
    • Economic class roundtrip flight ticket and visa costs
    • Insurance (Health, accident and travel)
    • One-off settling-in allowance upon arrival to cover installation costs, viz – PhD: 900 Euro.
    Eligibility Criteria
    General eligibility
    To be eligible for support from AWaRMN, applicants must:
    • be a national of an African Union member state and resident in Africa at the time of application.
    • meet both institutional and partnership requirements for admission.
    • not have benefited from any form of previous support from Intra-Africa Academic Mobility Scheme, or Intra-ACP Mobility or Erasmus or Erasmus + programmes
    • must be prepared to move from home country to another country where AWARM has a partner institution. This also apply to foreign applicants who resides in a country with AWARMN institution. For such applicants, you must then consider applying to a third country. For example, you are a Ugandan, but resides in South Africa or have studied in South Africa, you can not apply to Rhodes University in South Africa or Makerere in Uganda. Scholarships are attached to mobility.
    Academic eligibility
    Applicants must also fulfill the academic eligibility criteria of the partner institution(s) of their choice. Please read the Eligibility Criteria of the Partner Institutions document. You can find it here https://www.ru.ac.za/intra-africa-awarmn/ or by clicking on the application link below.
    Application process
    • Read the guidelines carefully complete the application form by clicking on the application link below.
    • The following documents need to be included in your application:
      • certified copies of academic degrees and official transcripts,
      • 2 paged CV,
      • 250 words motivation stating why you should be awarded a scholarship,
      • a formal identity document e.g. passport, national identity card, driver license or any other officially recognized form of identification indicating your nationality,
      • short research proposal of not more than 1000 words,
      • two reference letters (one academic and one non-academic). The academic referee must be able to attest to your academic standing.
    • Remember to click on the submit button.
    General enquiries: awarmnadmin@ru.ac.za
    Institutional contacts:
    Rhodes University – Dr Nelson Odume; n.odume@ru.ac.za
    Makerere University – Prof NYAKAIRU George William; gwnyakairu@cns.mak.ac.ug
    FUTMinna – Prof Francis Arimoro; f.arimoro@futminna.edu.ng
    UNIKIN - Prof Raphael Tshimanga; raphtm@yahoo.fr
    ENSH – Prof Mohamed Meddi; m.meddi@ensh.dz
 
Click on the link below to view the call and APPLY.
Rhodes University staff and current students must please login as a Rhodes University User, with their Rhodes username and password.
All other users will need to register (first time log in) and log in as Other Users.
visit the AWARMN website here https://www.ru.ac.za/intra-africa-awarmn/ for additional details and then apply

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