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SCIENCE WITHOUT BORDERS CHALLENGE

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Application Deadline: Monday, March 4, 2024,

LOCATION: USA

The Science Without Borders® Challenge is an international contest that engages students and teachers in ocean conservation through art. This annual competition inspires students to be creative while promoting public awareness of the need to preserve, protect, and restore the world’s oceans and aquatic resources, contributing to the overarching goals of the Khaled bin Sultan Living Oceans Foundation. 

ELIGIBILITY:

The Challenge is open to primary and secondary school students 11-19 years old,

The theme for the 2024 Science without Borders® Challenge is “Hidden Wonders of the Deep.” To apply for this year’s contest, students should submit artwork depicting mysterious and unique deep-sea creatures or ecosystems, highlighting the beauty and diversity that often goes unseen. Learn about the theme.

This international art competition is open to all students 11-19 years old. Students must be enrolled in primary or secondary school, or the home school equivalent. College and university students are not eligible for this contest.

Work will be judged in two categories based on age, with 1st, 2nd, and 3rd place prizes awarded for each:

Students 11-14 years old

Students 15-19 years old

BENEFIT:

Winners of the Science Without Borders® Challenge will be awarded with the following scholarships:

1st Place: $500

2nd Place: $350

3rd Place: $200

We also offer a “People’s Choice” award, where the winners in each age group will receive a $50 scholarship. 

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Events, Opportunities, other events, PhD/post doctoral

NEXT GENERATION SOCIAL SCIENCES IN AFRICA: DOCTORAL DISSERTATION COMPLETION FELLOWSHIP

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Application Deadline:  February 11, 2024

LOCATION: USA

The Social Science Research Council offers fellowships to support the completion of doctoral degrees and to promote next generation social science research in Ghana, Kenya, Nigeria, South Africa, Tanzania, and Uganda. The fellowships support dissertation research on peace, security, and development topics.

ELIGIBILITY:

All applicants must:

be citizens of any sub-Saharan African country

be enrolled and working towards a PhD in an accredited university, or affiliated to an institution in Ghana, Kenya, Nigeria, South Africa, Tanzania, or Uganda

be in the final year of writing and have completed at least two doctoral dissertation chapters

BENEFIT:

The doctoral dissertation completion fellowship supports a one-year leave from teaching and administrative responsibilities through a stipend up to US$10,000 to permit the completion of a dissertation that advances research on peace, security, and development topics. This program also offers two workshops each year to help fellows further develop their chapters and complete the writing of their doctoral dissertations. Facilitators at the workshops help strengthen the capacity of fellows for scholarly writing, including academic publications.

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