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DEJI ALLI YOUNG TALENT AWARD (DAAYTA) 2025

Application Deadline: Tuesday, 14 January, 2025

LOCATION: Nigeria

The Deji Alli ARM Young Talent Award is an ARM initiative in partnership with TechnoVision’s TVC Labs that aims at providing young Nigerians with an opportunity to develop innovative start-up ventures that add sustainable economic value to Nigeria.

ELIGIBILITY:

To be eligible for the award, the applicant must:

be a citizen of Nigeria

be between 18 and 35 years of age

submit their application which must be their original work

have an MVP (minimum viable product) i.e. you have customers

must be a limited liability company duly incorporated in Nigeria

must be operating the company on a full-time basis

must commit to be physically available to fully participate in the DAAYTA programs and activities – Entrepreneurial education programme at the Pan Atlantic University’s Enterprise Development Centre in Lagos, Nigeria

must commit to be available (physically or virtually) to participate in the 5-month acceleration support for the development of their venture

be able to fund his/her/team’s travel expenses and other associated costs if required

be physically available (with co-founders/team where they exist) for the 2-day Pitch Workshop and Final Pitch Event scheduled for April 9 – 10, 2025

understand the business of ARM, what we stand for, and

be ready to represent ARM as an Ambassador

BENEFIT:

The winner of DAAYTA 2025 shall, subject to the Terms & Conditions, receive funding of ₦12,000,000 (twelve million naira) over one (1) year for the following purposes:

Contribution to working capital.

Participation in an entrepreneurial education program at the Pan Atlantic University’s Enterprise Development Centre in Lagos, Nigeria. (duration is 4 – 5 months)

5-month acceleration support services for the development of their venture by TVC Labs.

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HERTIE PHD STIPEND IN GOVERNANCE

Application Deadline: January 31, 2025

LOCATION: Germany

PhD stipends are offered within specific research areas of the Hertie School. As stipends are limited and competitive, they strongly encourage all applicants to apply for external funding as well. 

ELIGIBILITY:

They are interested in applicants with an exceptionally strong master’s degree (or equivalent) in economics, law, political science, sociology, public administration, management, data science or related fields. The master’s degree should be completed before you enter the programme.

You should ensure that the research proposal you submit closely aligns with one of the research areas outlined in this year’s call for PhD stipends. For more information on the specific research areas for which Hertie PhD stipends will be awarded, please refer to the call ‘Hertie PhD Stipends’ on our Open PhD Positions page.

Each research area is led by one or two faculty members; you can find more information about them in our list of potential supervisors.

We have a central selection committee, and individual professors cannot make admission decisions for our program. We do not provide advice on individual research proposals, so we kindly ask that you refrain from contacting potential supervisors regarding your application.

Deadline: Stipend positions in specific research areas are announced every year as of mid-November. The deadline to apply is 31 January 2025. 

BENEFIT:

Successful candidates will be funded with a Hertie PhD stipend of 1,450 Euro per month plus a monthly health insurance contribution of up to 200 Euro. Find out about available stipend positions in this year’s PhD recruitment on our Open PhD Positions page.

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