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PIERRE ELLIOTT TRUDEAU FOUNDATION PHD SCHOLARSHIP

Application Deadline: November 25, 2024.

LOCATION: Canada

The Pierre Elliott Trudeau Foundation Scholarship brings together remarkable individuals from various disciplines and backgrounds with a shared interest in making Canada and the world a better place into a life-changing community. It’s about more than money.

ELIGIBILITY:

You must be registered or accepted into a full-time doctoral program in year one or two.

Your field of study is broadly related to the humanities and social sciences or human sciences and is directly relevant to the future of Canada. (Read more details)

Your doctoral work must relate to at least one of the Foundation’s four general themes: 

Human Rights and Dignity, 

Responsible Citizenship, 

Canada and the World, 

People and their Natural Environment.

You must be a Canadian citizen studying at a Canadian or foreign institution. Or you are a permanent resident of Canada or a foreign national enrolled in a doctoral program at a Canadian institution.

BENEFIT:

Pierre Elliott Trudeau Foundation Scholars receive:

up to $50,000 per year for three years to cover tuition and living expenses, along with an additional $20,000 per year for research, travel, and networking costs.

Membership in a vibrant community of Scholars, Mentors, and Fellows, all of whom are leaders in their respective disciplines and sectors 

Leadership training from our Mentors and Fellows, including unique experiential learning opportunities that enrich and complement their academic experience? 

Opportunities to acquire greater proficiency in Canada’s official languages (French and English) as well as Indigenous languages 

Lifelong membership in the Foundation’s alumni network. 

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WITS-TUB-UNILAG URBAN LAB MASTER SCHOLARSHIPS

Application Deadline: 31 October 2024

LOCATION: South Africa

The WITS-TUB-UNILAG Programme is offering Masters Scholarships for studies at the School of Architecture and Planning at the University of the Witwatersrand! Calls for both South African Citizens and Sub-Saharan Citizens!

ELIGIBILITY:

The program is interdisciplinary, but we place a special emphasis on a portfolio that is inter-transdisciplinary, cutting across the fields of development planning, housing, sustainable urban development, urban management, and urban design. Candidates in architecture and urban planning as well as in the humanities, cultural studies, urban geography, or social sciences with a focus on urban studies and planning as well as candidates in related fields such as landscape architecture are also welcome to apply.

Citizens from sub-Saharan African countries other than South Africa are legible to apply

Applicants must hold a bachelor’s degree that is equivalent to a honours degree (NQF level 8) in the South African Qualification System (SAQA). There is no need to apply for SAQA if your bachelor’s degree was obtained in a South African university.

There is no age limit applying to the scholarships for study purposes. However, at the time of the application, no more than 6 years should have passed since an applicant graduated from his/ her previous studies.

Award of the scholarships is based on a combination of merit, distribution across the continent and, gender balance.

Study into the MUS programme is on a full-time basis for 11 months. Selected students will not participate in any form of employment during this period

BENEFIT:

The master’s scholarship covers the duration of one academic year. The scholarship includes:
Full tuition fee
Monthly stipend covering living expenses
Travel from home country/place of origin
Student medical aid (12 months)

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