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WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY AFRICA SCHOLARSHIP PROGRAMME

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Application Deadline: 1 February 2024

LOCATION: The Netherlands

The Africa Scholarship Programme (ASP) offers talented and motivated students from Africa the unique opportunity to pursue a Master’s degree at Wageningen University and to support capacity building in Africa.

ELIGIBILITY:

You are a citizen of an African country.

You have applied for one the master’s programmes of Wageningen University & Research before the given deadline. Please see: How can I apply for the master’s programme?

You are uncondittionally amitted to this MSc programme.

You are an excellent and a proven top 5% student with a First class honours degree and a GPA of 80% or higher in a Bachelor degree.

BENEFIT:

Travel to and from The Netherlands

Living allowance for the duration of the programme (24 months)

Tuition fee coverage for the duration of the programme (24 months)

Visa costs and costs for health insurance

A budget for one seminar in Europe (travel, stay, registration fee)

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TWAS SIWEI CHENG AWARD IN ECONOMIC SCIENCES

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Application Deadline: 31 March 2024

LOCATION: Italy

With funding from the Siwei Cheng Foundation of the Education Foundation of the University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, the award will recognize economic scientists who have been living and working in a developing country for at least 10 years. The cycle of the Award is now every two years. The award reflects the Chinese Academy of Sciences’ strong support to TWAS and, more generally, seeks to build scientific capacity in the developing world. 

ELIGIBILITY:

Candidates for the TWAS-Siwei Cheng Award in Economic Sciences must be economic scientists who have been living and working in a developing country for at least ten years immediately prior to their nomination. They must meet at least one of the following qualifications:

Scientific research achievement in economic sciences of outstanding significance for the development of scientific thought.

Outstanding contribution to the application of economic sciences to sustainable development.

Members of TWAS are not eligible for the award.

Self-nominations and nominations from jury members will not be considered.

TWAS is inviting nominations from all its members as well as science academies, national research councils, universities and scientific institutions in developing and developed countries.

Nominations can only be submitted electronically through the on-line nomination platform and clearly state the candidate’s contribution to understanding and addressing economic sciences.

Nominations of women social scientists and candidates from scientifically lagging countries are particularly encouraged.

BENEFIT:

An award of US$10,000 is given in the field of Economic Sciences.

The award is accompanied by a medal.

The award will be presented on a special occasion, often coinciding with the General Conference of TWAS.

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