Postgraduate Training Fellowships for Women Scientists from Sub-Saharan Africa and Least Developed Countries (LDC) at Centers of Excellence in the South-2012
Study Subjects: Various
Course Level: Postgraduate
Scholarship Provider: The OWSD
Scholarship can be taken at: Abroad
Eligibility: The fellowships are open to qualified young women science graduates (generally below 40 years of age) from countries in Sub-Saharan Africa and/or LDCs. The minimum qualification of applicants is a M.Sc. degree (or equivalent), or an outstanding B.Sc. Honours degree, in the natural sciences.
Important: Following recent discussions with donors, earlier restrictions that limited eligible research projects to those in the basic sciences have been dropped. Therefore, applications can now be accepted from female scientists in all branches of the natural sciences. Applicants already on site in the host country will not be considered eligible. The host institute where the applicant wishes to pursue her doctorate degree must be in a developing country other than her own. The applicant must be willing to return to her own country after completion of the fellowship.
Scholarship Open for Students of Following Countries: Afghanistan, Angola, Bangladesh, Benin, Bhutan, Burkina Faso, Burundi, Cambodia, Central African Republic, Chad, Comoros Islands, Democratic Republic of Congo, Djibouti, Equatorial Guinea, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Gambia, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Haiti, Kiribati, Lao People’s Democratic Republic, Lesotho, Liberia, Madagascar, Malawi, Maldives, Mali, Mauritania, Mozambique, Myanmar, Nepal, Niger, Rwanda, Samoa, Sao Tome and Principe, Senegal, Sierra Leone, Solomon Islands, Somalia, Sudan, Timor-Leste, Togo, Tuvalu, Uganda, the United Republic of Tanzania, Vanuatu, Yemen and Zambia.
Note: Sub-Saharan African countries that are not in the list are eligible under the programme.
Scholarship Description: Postgraduate Training Fellowships for Women Scientists from Sub-Saharan Africa and Least Developed Countries (LDC) at Centres of Excellence in the South. The Fellowship is offered to women scientists to pursue postgraduate research in a field of the natural sciences. This fellowship programme is for female students from Sub-Saharan Africa or Least Developed Countries (LDCs) who wish to pursue postgraduate training leading to a doctorate degree at a centre of excellence in the South outside their own country. Please read the following information carefully before applying. Only women scientists from Sub-Saharan Africa and/or one of the Least Developed Countries can apply. Host institutions must be located in a developing country. Applications that are incomplete or illegible cannot be considered. Please make sure all the requested enclosures are submitted together with your application.
Apply: Applications should be submitted by email OR post and should reach the TWOWS secretariat by 31 July of each year.
Deadline: 31 July 2012
Further Scholarship Information and Application: http://owsdw.ictp.it/news/owsdw-postgraduate-fellowship
