The Congo Basin Water Resources Research Center (CRREBaC) of the University of Kinshasa (UNIKIN) is pleased to announce the call for applications for the PhD Fellowship Programme of the African Academic Mobility Network (AWaRMN).
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| Internal Submission Deadline: | Friday, June 5, 2020 |
| Administrator(s) : | Noelle Obers, Admin AWaRMN |
| Category : | Scholarship Mobility Programme |
| Award Cycle: | 2020 – 2022 |
| Discipline/Subject Area: | Water Resources Management |
| Reference Letters Required per Applicant: | 2 |
| PLEASE NOTE:: | ALL CURRENCY IS IN EUROS AND NOT IN US (even when the $ symbol appears). |
| Important: | Dates in this platform follow the US format (Month/Day/Year) |
| Apply: | Click here (Formulaire en Anglais) |
| Competition files: | AWaRMN scholarship call details (en) Avaible PhD project topics (en) |
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
Université of Kinshasa, République démocratique du Congo (UNIKIN)
- PhD Water Resources
Ecole Nationale Supérieure d’Hydraulique, 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.
Mobilité pour la recherche de diplômes (étude de longue durée qui mène à l’obtention d’un Doctorat).
Groupes cibles
- 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.
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.
Éligibilité générale
Pour être éligible à la Bourse AWaRMN, les candidats doivent :
- être ressortissant d’un Etat membre de l’Union Africaine et résider en Afrique au moment de la demande.
- remplir les conditions d’admission, tant au niveau institutionnel qu’au niveau du partenariat.
- ne pas avoir bénéficié d’une forme quelconque de soutien antérieur du programme de mobilité académique intra-africaine, ou des programmes de mobilité intra-ACP, Erasmus ou Erasmus +.
- doit être prêt à quitter son pays d’origine pour un autre pays où l’AWaRM a une institution partenaire. Ceci s’applique également aux candidats étrangers qui résident dans un pays où se trouve une institution AWARMN. Pour ces candidats, vous devez alors envisager de postuler dans un pays tiers. Par exemple, vous êtes ougandais, mais vous résidez en Afrique du Sud ou vous avez étudié en Afrique du Sud, vous ne pouvez pas postuler à l’Université de Rhodes en Afrique du Sud ou à Makerere en Ouganda. Les bourses sont liées à la mobilité.
Éligibilité académiques
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 click on the following link to get the submission form.
- Read the guidelines carefully here: https://www.ru.ac.za/intra-africa-awarmn/ and complete the application form.
- Document 1 : AWaRMN scholarship call details (in English) ;
- Document 2 : Available PhD project topics (in English)
- 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;
- Swo reference letters (one academic and one non-academic). The academic referee must be able to attest to your academic standing.
- When finished to feel the submission formRemember 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 (University of Kinshasa) – Prof Raphael Tshimanga : raphtm@yahoo.fr
- ENSH – Prof Mohamed Meddi : m.meddi@ensh.dz
Competition Files:
- Détails de l’appel à candidatures pour les bourses AWaRMN : AWaRMN scholarship call details
- Sujets des projets de doctorat disponibles : Available PhD project topics
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.
Click others users will need to register (first time log in) and log in as Other Users alternatively visite the AWARMN website here https://www.ru.ac.za/intra-africa-awarmn/ for additional details and the apply.