COIMBRA GROUP UNIVERSITIES SCHOLARSHIP PROGRAMME FOR YOUNG AFRICAN RESEARCHERS

Application Deadline: 31 March 2025 at midnight (Brussels time)

LOCATION: Multiple Regions in Europe

Universities of the Coimbra Group offer short-term visits (generally 1 to maximum 3 months) to young African researchers from higher education institutions from Sub-Saharan Africa. The main aim of this scholarship programme is to enable scholars to undertake research in which they are engaged in their home institution and to help them establish academic and research contacts in Europe.

ELIGIBILITY:

Be born on or after 1 January 1980.

Be nationals of and current residents in a country in Sub-Saharan Africa.

Be current staff members of a university or an equivalent higher education institution in Sub-Saharan Africa.

Be preferably of doctoral/postdoctoral or equivalent status.

Be in possession of an acceptance letter/email from the tutor/supervisor with whom the work programme will be undertaken in the host institution. This document is mandatory.

Use the Coimbra Group Office electronic application process.

Apply for one university only. Multiple applications will not be considered valid.

Submit all information in English only.

BENEFIT:

Fully funded

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THE NIGERIA PRIZE FOR LITERARY CRITICISM 2025

Application Deadline: midnight GMT Wednesday, 2nd April 2025

LOCATION: Nigeria

Entries are hereby invited for The Nigeria Prize for Literary Criticism. The yearly prize is sponsored by NLNG to honour the author of the best critical work. This year’s competition is on Prose Fiction

ELIGIBILITY:

All applicants must submit their entries accompanied by an application form obtainable online from The Nigeria Prizes website, www.thenigeriaprizes.org.

Completed forms must be printed and submitted with the entries. Go to http://www.thenigeriaprizes.org for more details on submission.

All applicants must submit three (3) literary criticism works on Prose Fiction for the prize.

No work published before 2021 will be accepted.

The prize will be awarded for no other reason than excellence.

Entries should be sent to: Chairperson The Nigeria Prize for Literature Secretariat External Relations Division, NLNG Corporate Head Office NLNG Road, Eastern By-Pass, Port Harcourt, Rivers State, Nigeria.

BENEFIT:

To encourage literary criticism, the Advisory Board of the Nigeria Prize for Literature will reward the author of the best critical work with the sum of USD10,000.00

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