Mobility for Breeders in Africa (MoBreed) Masters and PhD Scholarship for African Students 2018

Application Deadline: 30th March, 2018.

Eligible Countries: African countries

About the Award: MoBreed (Mobility for Breeders in Africa) is an initiative of five public universities from three African regions and one university in Europe to advance knowledge on useful crops of Africa and increase scholars’ capacity
in addressing food security. Partners include the University of Abomey-Calavi in Benin and Ebonyi State University in Nigeria (West Africa), the Jimma University of Ethiopia (Eastern Africa), the University of Namibia and the
University of KwaZulu-Natal in South Africa (Southern Africa) and Montpellier SupAgro in France.

Target Group: 
Target Group 1: This category includes students from all partner universities as follows:

• University of Abomey-Calavi; Benin
• University of Kwazulu-Natal; South Africa
• University of Namibia; Namibia
• Jimma University; Ethiopia
• Ebonyi State University; Nigeria

Target Group 2: Students from all other eligible African countries for the Intra-Africa Mobility Scheme.

Type: Masters, PhD, Job

Eligibility:  To be eligible for a scholarship (i.e. financial support to third parties), master students as well as doctoral candidates referred to as ‘’students’’ must comply with the below criteria at the time of the application for a scholarship:

• be a national and resident in any of the eligible countries covered by the Intra-Africa Mobility programme of the EACEA
• be registered/admitted in or having obtained a HEI degree (or equivalent) from
  • one of the HEIs included in the MoBreed consortium (Target group 1)
  • a HEI not included in the Mobreed consortium but established in an eligible country (Target group 2)
    and
• have sufficient knowledge of the language of the courses in the host countries.
• Students can only benefit from one scholarship under the Intra-Africa or IntraACP academic mobility scheme (regardless the type of mobility or the funding project).
• Students having benefited from scholarship(s) under the previous intra-ACP Academic Mobility Scheme cannot receive scholarship under the Intra-Africa academic mobility.

Number of Awards: Currently, 31 MSc scholarships and 10 Academic / Administrative staff exchange are available.

Value of Award: The scholarship includes subsistence and settling-in allowances, participation costs, contribution to research costs, insurance and travel in line with Agreement with EACEA. It will cover:

• roundtrip flight ticket and visa costs (using a preferred travel agent and calculated against direct linear distance);
• direct participation costs such as tuition fees, registration fees and service fees where applicable;
• comprehensive travel insurance (Health, Accident and Travel)
• a monthly subsistence allowance for the mobility period.

Female PhD scholarship holders will receive additional allowances according to the Intra-Africa Mobility Scheme. Female PhD scholars moving for more than two academic years with their children to the host country will receive an allocation for childcare on a per capita basis. In case of breaks for family reasons, mechanisms allowing women to pursue their mobility experience will be discussed. All students to consider the cropping season and orphan crops of host university (country) of their choice in writing proposals and completion of courses.

Duration of Program: 

• For MSc students: maximum twelve-months credits or degree seeking mobility.
• For academic staff: maximum two-months staff exchange mobility available for partner universities only.

How to Apply: Applicants should submit completed application and all supporting documents by email to lydia.sognon@gmail.com with copy to mobreed.uac@gmail.com by 30 March, 2018. They should indicate in the
subject line (if submitting by email) or super scribe the envelope (if submitting by post) ‘Application for MoBreed MSc/Staff exchange programme’. Incomplete applications will be rejected.

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Award Providers: MoBreed is funded by the Intra-Africa Program of the Education, Audiovisual and Culture Executive Agency (EACEA) of the European
Commission.