TRACEEP is a fully funded, international scholarship and exchange programme for Master’s and Doctoral students who want to tackle one of the defining challenges of our time: water and climate change in Africa.
The programme is hosted by the Institute for Water Research (IWR) at Rhodes University, a leading centre of excellence in water-related research and postgraduate training, and is implemented in partnership with universities across Africa and Europe.
Through full mobility scholarships, selected students will relocate to a partner institution in another country, where they will:
TRACEEP brings together diverse water, climate, and development perspectives, supporting students to learn across contexts, engage with real-world challenges, and contribute to more climate-resilient and just water futures.
Funded by the European Union and implemented in partnership with the African Union, TRACEEP reflects a shared commitment to equitable, globally connected climate education, rooted in African priorities and realities.
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A project within the framework of the Intra-Africa Academic Mobility Scheme.
The European Education and Culture Executive Agency (EACEA), in the context of managing the Intra-Africa Academic Mobility Scheme, collects and processes the personal data of some of the candidates. In particular, certain data of the scholarship holders (students, trainees and staff members) is shared with the Agency through the mobility tool under EU Funding and Tenders Portal and treated according to the following privacy statement.
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