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THE AFOX KENNEDY TRUST PRIZE STUDENTSHIP AT UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD

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Application Deadline: Friday 1 December 2023

LOCATION: England

The Afox Kennedy Institute is a cross-university platform based at the University of Oxford with the aim of facilitating equitable and sustainable collaborations between researchers at the University of Oxford and African Universities

ELIGIBILITY:

Outstanding supervision from academics with world-class reputations, and an excellent management and mentoring programme, together multi-disciplinary research and strategic links with industry and Institutes and Universities in Africa

Exceptional research facilities in a new state-of-the-art medical research institute, with close links to the Jenner Institute, Nuffield Department of Medicine, Nuffield Orthopaedic Centre and the Wellcome Trust funded Structural Genomics Consortium

First-rate track-record for thesis submission with additional measures of training success including publications and successful grant applications

Career support and training in core and transferrable skills, to ensure eventual establishment of graduates as independent investigators in national and international research laboratories (over 85% of students who graduated in the last 4 years have progressed to post-doctoral research, clinical posts or healthcare-related work)

BENEFIT:

A fully funded AfOx Kennedy Trust Prize Studentship to build links between African Universities and Institutes and the Kennedy Institute.

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UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD/MASTERCARD FOUNDATION SCHOLARSHIP FOR AFRICAN STUDENTS

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Application Deadline: December, 2023/January, 2024

LOCATION: England

The University of Oxford and the Mastercard Foundation have established an innovative and ambitious partnership under the Mastercard Foundation Scholars Program and the Africa Oxford Initiative (AfOx). 60-70 Mastercard Foundation AfOx Scholarships are available for applicants to any full-time one-year taught master’s course at Oxford for 2024-25 entry who are African nationals, are ordinarily resident in African countries who are applying and intending to return to Africa upon completion of their studies.

ELIGIBILITY:

To be considered for this scholarship, submit your application for graduate study by the relevant December/January deadline for your course, and tick the relevant box on the graduate application form. If you are eligible for this scholarship, you will be contacted by email in late March and asked to submit additional material to show how you meet the selection criteria.

In awarding the Scholarships the panel looks at four areas:

Academic merit and potential

Leadership experience and capacity development

Alignment with AfOx values and themes

Commitment to Africa’s development.

For more information about these scholarships, visit the Mastercard Foundation AfOx Scholarships page.

BENEFIT:

This full-cost scholarship is available to Master’s students, covering tuition fees and living expenses for international students. The scholarship also provides logistics support, including an economy return flight, visa and Immigration Health Surcharge fees, settling down allowance, and access to a Thrive Fund for emergencies.

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