African Biomedical Engineering Mobility (ABEM) for African Postgraduate Students & Academics 2018/2019

Application Deadline: 29th January 2018

Eligible Countries: African countries under this program

About the Award: The scheme is modelled on Europe’s well-established and successful Erasmus-Mundus programme. As part of the Roadmap 2014-2017 of the Joint Africa-EU Strategy, the Intra-Africa Mobility Scheme underlines the contribution of higher education towards economic and social development and the potential of academic mobility to improve the quality of higher education.

ABEM will build human and institutional capacity in Africa for needs-­based health technology research and development. The project will train postgraduate students with skills and specialisations not offered at their home institutions. Furthermore, it will support the development of biomedical engineering programmes that are being established, or have recently been established, at partner institutions and contribute toward harmonising biomedical engineering curricula across the continent. This will be achieved through the provision of scholarships to cover the full cost of mobility between African higher education institutions.

Overall, the project will enhance employment opportunities for graduates, enhance staff research profiles and teaching competencies, enhance institutional research profiles and inter-­university cooperation, and support the development of solutions for health challenges from an African perspective.

Type: Masters, PhD, Training.

Eligibility: 

Student mobility – eligibility criteria

To be eligible for a scholarship, master’s and doctoral students must comply with the following criteria:

1. Be a national and resident in any of the eligible countries covered by the Programme (see Section 2.1)
2. At the time of the application for a scholarship, be registered/admitted in their final year or have obtained their most recent degree (or equivalent) from:
   1. one of the higher education institutions included in the partnership (Target Group 1); or
   2. a higher education institution not included in the partnership but established in an eligible country (Target Group 2)
3. Have sufficient knowledge of the language of instruction in the host institution.
4. Meet the specific requirements of the host institution.

Students can only benefit from one scholarship under the Intra-Africa Academic Mobility Scheme.

Students having benefited from scholarship(s) under the previous Intra-ACP Academic Mobility Scheme cannot receive scholarships under the Intra-Africa Academic Mobility Scheme.

Academic and administrative staff mobility

Staff may undertake mobility visits for 1-6 months, at any of the African partner institutions.

• Areas of activity
  Staff mobility should contribute to strengthening the academic, management and co-operation capacity of partner institutions, through participation in research projects, teaching, production of new teaching material, development of teaching methods, harmonisation of curricula, development of joint curricula, development of administrative tools and sharing of management approaches. The mobility is also expected to be an integral part of the institutional staff development plan and recognised as such upon return of the staff member.
• Eligibility criteriaIn order to be eligible for a scholarship, staff must comply with ALL the following criteria:
  • Be a national and resident in any of the eligible countries (see Section 2.1)
  • Work in or be associated with a partner higher education institution.

Number of Awards: Up to 32

Value of Award: The scholarship will cover:

• roundtrip flight ticket and visa costs;
• participation costs such as tuition fees, registration fees and service fees where applicable
• insurance (health, accident, travel);
• a settling-in allowance;
• a monthly subsistence allowance;
• a contribution towards the research costs associated with student mobility of 10 months or longer.

Duration of Program: Scholarship awards for students are to be taken up between August 2018 and March 2019

Master’s and doctoral students may undertake:

• Credit-seeking mobility of 6 to 12 months at a partner institution, leading to academic recognition of the study period towards a degree programme at the home institution,

• Degree-seeking mobility to complete a full degree at a partner institution.The project aims for 50% of students and at least 30% of staff who participate in mobility visits to be women.

How to Apply: Interested applicants should go through the Application requirements on the Program Webpage (see Link below) before applying.

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Award Providers: The African Biomedical Engineering Mobility (ABEM) project is funded by the Intra-Africa Academic Mobility Scheme of the Education, Audiovisual and Culture Executive Agency of the European Commission.