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HATFIELD LIONESS POSTGRADUATE SCHOLARSHIP 2025-26

Application Deadline: 31 March 2025

LOCATION: United Kingdom

The aim of the Hatfield Lioness Scholarship is to enable a female student from a developing country where access to tertiary education is limited to benefit from undertaking postgraduate study at Durham University.

ELIGIBILITY:

Applicants must have applied for and been offered an unconditional place on their chosen master’s programme by June 2025

Applicants must not be in receipt of any other scholarship to fund their postgraduate studies

Applicants must be or identify as a woman

Applicants must be a national of one of the following countries listed on the program website

The Scholarship is available for students starting a degree programme in September/October 2025.

Eligible programs: All except MBA, PhD and research Master’s programmes. 

Applicants should:

hold a relevant honours degree of sufficient standard to be admitted to your chosen Master’s course ; and

have all other course entry requirements including the relevant English language qualification;

not hold a Master’s degree; and

not otherwise have the financial means to study for a Master’s degree in the UK.

BENEFIT:

The Scholarship will cover:

full payment of University tuition fees

stipend for living expenses

fully funded, self-catered or fully catered, mixed accommodation at Hatfield College

one return economy air ticket from the home country to the UK, and the cost of return travel between the UK airport and Durham City

‘settling in allowance’ on arrival

cost of UK visa and the UK Health surcharge.

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NLNG THE NIGERIA PRIZE FOR SCIENCE 2025

Application Deadline: GMT Wednesday, 30th April 2025.

LOCATION: Nigeria

Entries are invited from scientists and innovators worldwide for advancing scientific solutions to a the prescribed problem as captured by the theme for the year, Innovations in ICT, Artificial Intelligence (Al) and Digital Technologies for Development.

ELIGIBILITY:

The award is open to scientists and innovators worldwide (Nigerians and non-Nigerians) involved in applying science to proffer Innovations in ICT, Artificial Intelligence (Al) and Digital Technologies for Development.

Members of the Advisory Board or Panel of Judges or their relatives are not allowed to enter their works for the science prize during their year of service as well as the following year.

NLNG staff or their family members are ineligible to enter the prize during their years of service and five (5) years post-service. Only one entry per contestant(s).

The work should be of outstanding merit and should have advanced the frontiers of knowledge and/or provide an innovative technology in ICT, Artificial Intelligence (Al) and Digital Technologies for Development.

The entry should be a completed scientific work, substantiated by either a proof of concept or tangible societal impact.

All materials in support of the entry must be submitted within the time stipulated.

All entries must be received by midnight GMT Wednesday, 30th April 2025. Late entries will not be considered

Entries not submitted by the stated deadline and according to stated conditions shall not be considered

BENEFIT:

The winner(s) would receive an award of USD100,000.00

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