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PTDF OVERSEAS POSTGRADUATE SCHOLARSHIP SCHEME FOR UNIVERSITIES IN THE UNITED KINGDOM, GERMANY, FRANCE, AND MALAYSIA

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Application Deadline: Monday, March 18th, 2024

LOCATION: Multiple Regions

The Petroleum Technology Development Fund (PTDF), the Federal Government agency with the mandate of developing indigenous human capacity and petroleum technology to meet the needs of the oil and gas industry, invites applications from suitably qualified candidates for the Overseas MSc and PhD scholarships to specific programmes at selected institutions under its PTDF Overseas Scholarship Scheme for the 2024/2025 academic session. The scheme was developed to offer candidates the opportunity to benefit from a diversified pool of knowledge and the facilities offered by world-class institutions across the globe.  Candidates are invited to apply through PTDF to specific programmes at partner institutions.

ELIGIBILITY:

MSc

A minimum of Second Class Upper (2.1) qualification in their first degree or a Second Class Lower (2.2) with relevant industry experience

Must have completed the mandatory National Youth Service (NYSC)

Must be computer literate

Possession of 5 O/level credits, including English Language and Mathematics.

Statement of purpose (maximum 500 words) stating the reason(s) for the proposed study, its relevance to the industry and its expected impact on national development.

Applicants must have a National Identity Number (NIN) and will be required to have verified it (NIMC verification charges apply) before applying for the scholarship.

PhD

Must have completed the mandatory National Youth Service (NYSC)

Must be computer literate

Possession of 5 O/level credits, including English Language and Mathematics.

A minimum of Second Class Lower (2.2) in their first degree and a good post-graduate degree

A research proposal relevant to the oil and gas industry (of not more than five pages) to include: Topic, introduction, objective, methodology and mode of data collection.

All lecturers must produce a letter from their Vice Chancellors confirming that they are not in receipt of any other scholarships

Applicants must have a National Identity Number (NIN) and will be required to have verified it (NIMC verification charges apply) before applying for the scholarship.

BENEFIT:

The award includes the provision of flight tickets, payment of health insurance, payment of tuition and bench fees (where applicable), and the provision of allowances to meet the costs of accommodation and living expenses.

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CGIAR/WFP STABILITY AND PEACE ACCELERATOR

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Application Deadline: 16 February, 2024

LOCATION: Germany

The CGIAR, in partnership with the World Food Progamme (WFP)  Innovation Accelerator, are launching the “Stability-and-Peace Accelerator Programme” to seek and scale high-impact innovations that bolster food, land, and water systems (FLWS) in these vulnerable regions. They are calling on innovators, entrepreneurs and changemakers to come forward with groundbreaking solutions that can drive resilience, ensure food and nutrition security, enhance climate adaptability and promote social cohesion and sustainability among communities battered by conflict and fragility.

ELIGIBILITY:

Your organization must be an established legal entity (for-profit, not-for-profit, social business, NGO, INGO). 

Your organization should have a presence or willingness to build a presence in one of the four countries of implementation (Jordan, Kenya, Nigeria or  Yemen). This could take the form of a country office or other permanent presence, subsidiary, long-term operations or partnerships in the country.

Your innovation addresses one or more of the priority innovation areas related to pressing challenges faced in the humanitarian space of the country of implementation. 

Your innovation should have reached the minimum viable product stage and is gearing up for scale. 

Your innovation should have a clear pathway to scale and a potential plan to implement during the six-month Sprint with the available funding. 

Applicants are expected to have strong intentions to collaborate with relevant humanitarian stakeholders, build relationships with CGIAR country offices, and connect with the innovation ecosystems.

The applicants should demonstrate a clear need for research and development for the conceptual and commercial development of their innovation.

BENEFIT:

They offer to boost innovations:

Six-month Sprint acceleration programme combining business-oriented training, mentoring, and science-based technical assistance from the WFP Innovation Accelerator

Access to the research network of CGIAR, the world’s largest publicly funded research-for-development organization

In-country strategy workshop to kick off implementation 

US$30,000 equity-free grant for each of the winning innovations with a proven sustainable business model and scaling plan

Exposure to national and international funders

Post-acceleration support 

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