LOCATION: Multiple Regions
The Regional Universities Forum for Capacity Building in Agriculture (RUFORUM) in partnership with The MasterCard Foundation, Gulu University and Egerton University are implementing an eight year program aimed at transforming African agricultural universities and their graduates to better respond to developmental challenges through enhanced application of science, technology, business and innovation for rural agricultural transformation. This is an eight year program (2016-2024) and will support students that are economically disadvantaged as well as those from post-conflict and conflict affected areas of Africa.
ELIGIBILITY:
Be a national of Kenya and Uganda to benefit from the national respective scholarship quota
Be a citizen of any African country to benefit from the Africa region scholarship quota
Be from economically disadvantaged, marginalized communities, coming from conflict and post conflict areas.
Be less than 25 years for undergraduate and less than 30 years for master’s studies at the time of application.
Should have completed secondary school and/or diploma for a bachelor’s degree application not more than two years before the time of this call.
The applicant should meet admission criteria to eligible programs in the university of choice (Egerton University or Gulu University).
For admission into Gulu University for an undergraduate degree programme one must have attained the High School Certificate (HSC) also known as Uganda Advanced Certificate of Education (UACE) or its equivalent. For admission into Egerton University one must have completed the Kenya Secondary Education Certificate (KSCE) or its equivalent.
Demonstrate interest in agriculture, agribusiness and entrepreneurship
Demonstrate leadership qualities.
Have commitment to working in agriculture and agricultural value chains
Have a strong commitment to community transformation
BENEFIT:
This is a full-board comprehensive scholarship that covers: tuition fees, one return air ticket for African students from outside Uganda and Kenya, research costs, workshop and conference costs, living expenses including stipend and accommodation fees, laptop, internship attachment, community engagement and field attachment, and entrepreneurship training.
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