AFRICA HEALTH COLLABORATIVE RESEARCH FUND 2025

Application Deadline: February 19, 2025 (12PM GMT)

LOCATION: Canada

The Africa Health Collaborative (Health Collaborative) is a multistakeholder partnership dedicated to preparing diverse young people for the meaningful work of transforming health and well-being in Africa, through contextually appropriate and sustainable primary healthcare systems. 

ELIGIBILITY:

All proposals must be led by an Early Career Researcher from a Health Collaborative member institution (See Appendix 1 for the definition of ECR by each institution) and can be bilateral (2 ECRs between two Health Collaborative member partners) or multilateral (three ECRs between three or more member partners). Proposals must also include participation of masters, doctoral or post-doctoral trainees. Eligible applicants may only lead one application (Further application requirements for applicants at each institution can be found in Appendix 2). 

If you do not have a co-applicant from a Health Collaborative member institution, your application will be shared publicly in a repository for you to identify potential co-applicant(s) to apply for the Fund. 

External collaborators (including researchers from other universities internationally, or those working in non-academic contexts such as community organizations, government, NGOs) cannot lead an application but can be involved in the proposed activities, where the benefit of their involvement to the collaboration is justified in the proposal. 

Proposals may include targeted research support such as joint workshops, researcher exchanges, and the formation of research exchange groups between Health Collaborative member institutions.

Joint projects will commence from June 1, 2025 for a maximum of 18 months.

BENEFIT:

Bilateral projects are eligible to receive up to $22,000 USD – with each institution awarding up to $11,000 USD to investigators at their home institution.  (Multilateral proposals will be scaled up to $11,000 USD per institution). 

The funding provided is intended to support expenses including but not limited to costs of travel (ECRs, Post-Doctoral Fellows, research associates, graduate student researchers) between the institutions, and costs associated with research, workshops and meetings

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EPFL MASTER EXCELLENCE FELLOWSHIPS

Application Deadline: March 31, 2025

LOCATION: Switzerland

In order to reward the most outstanding students who are beginning their Master’s studies, EPFL offers a limited number of excellence fellowships, along with guaranteed housing, to candidates who have achieved remarkable academic results and who distinguish themselves in extracurricular activities, whether sporting, artistic, civic, or entrepreneurial.

ELIGIBILITY:

In order to be eligible for this fellowship, interested students must check the corresponding box on their Master’s application form and provide the requested application file. Internal candidates wishing to continue in the same field of study submit the application directly to their section.

Anyone applying to a Master’s program at EPFL is eligible. A limited number of fellowships are awarded to the most deserving candidates, based on academic excellence, qualifications, and motivation.

While the academic background is a crucial point in the evaluation of applications, EPFL also takes into consideration the candidates’ experiences in various areas such as research (publications, prizes or fellowships), entrepreneurship (patent applications, start-up creation), or societal commitment (associative or civic activities, organization of festivals and events). Therefore, all outstanding achievements enriching the students’ profile will be taken into account.

In order for the fellowship to be renewed for the second year of the Master’s degree, students must have obtained at least 50 ECTS credits and have an overall average of 5,0/6.

External candidates (Bachelor’s degree from a university abroad):

Application should be submitted via  EPFL’s online Master application. Be sure to check the box indicating that your profile should also be considered for an excellence fellowship.

Documents to provide:

No additional documents are needed beyond those required for admission.

The application deadlines align with those for the master’s program. There are two application rounds. 

Deadline: 2nd round: March 31

BENEFIT:

Amount: CHF 10,000 per semester, with a maximum coverage of 4 semesters.

Additional Benefits:

Reservation of a student room in a student residence (for external candidates only).

A certificate of excellence upon completion of the Master’s program.

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