Monthly Archives: November 2024

bachelor's, Opportunities, Scholarships

UNIVERSITY OF DUNDEE GEMS SCHOLARSHIP (SEPTEMBER 2025)

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Application Deadline: Thursday 31 July 2025 at 12:00 (UK time)

LOCATION: United Kingdom

The University of Dundee GEMS Scholarship is awarded to students studying at a GEMS Education Schools whilst applying to an Undergraduate course at the University of Dundee.

ELIGIBILITY:

To be considered for a scholarship, you must:

Have an offer to study a full-time, on campus undergraduate course of 120 credits per year in any school at the University of Dundee for September 2025 (excluding School of Medicine and School of Dentistry). Please see our Key Facts and Terms and Conditions documents below for further information.

Have applied to a course which has an associated full time tuition fee of £21,600 per year or above. 

Hold International Fee Status as determined by the University of Dundee, which is communicated in your Offer letter.

BENEFIT:

The value of the scholarship is £6,000 per year (up to a maximum of 5 years) and is awarded as a tuition fee waiver. 

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Events, Opportunities, other events, PhD/post doctoral

CEGA FELLOWSHIP PROGRAM: 2025-2026 REQUEST FOR APPLICATIONS

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Application Deadline:  5:00 PM GMT on January 17, 2025.

LOCATION: USA

The Center for Effective Global Action (CEGA) invites African researchers to apply to our 2025-2026 Fellowship Program Request for Applications (RFA). In this call, CEGA invites researchers from East and West Africa interested in developing their skills in quantitative social science research (including impact evaluation) to apply for a 16-week in-person fellowship at the University of California, Berkeley (offered both Fall 2025 and Spring 2026) or at Northwestern University (offered Spring 2026 only). For this upcoming call, interested applicants can apply to 1 of 3 research tracks: General Development Research, Early Childhood Development, or Youth Livelihoods.

ELIGIBILITY:

Applicants to the CEGA Fellowship Program must:

Be fluent in English (written and spoken), and a strong communicator.

Be from an East African or West African country and have completed secondary school education in an African institution.

Be an early career scholar, as defined by recently having completed a Master’s degree or a PhD, or be currently enrolled in a PhD program in economics, political science, statistics, epidemiology/public health, education, or another social science discipline. Preference will be given to those who are currently enrolled or have finished their PhD within the last 8 years.

Hold a current staff or student position with a research institution (university or other research organization) in East or West Africa, preferably one that supports policy-relevant, quantitative social science research;

BENEFIT:

The fellowship covers candidates’ roundtrip flights, accommodation, meals, visa fees and health insurance for the duration of the fellowship period. In addition, fellows receive a small stipend of XX Amount for miscellaneous expenses, and may be sponsored to visit other university campuses. However, the fellowship does not provide a salary for fellows’ time. Fellows will need to make arrangements with their university/organization to take leave with or without pay for the duration of the fellowship.

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