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The PASET Regional Scholarship and Innovation FundWhat is RSIF?The RSIF was established by African governments to help create a highly skilled labor force to propel Sub-Saharan Africa’s socioeconomic transformation. It funds PhD scholars in the fields of Applied Sciences, Engineering and Technology (ASET) fields, to address the region’s acute gap in these fields.
The RSIF is an initiative of the Africa-led Partnership for skills in Applied Sciences, Engineering and Technology (PASET). It is administered by the Association of African Universities.
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For more information, visit www.rsif-paset.org/apply or email [email protected]
Deadline: July 24, 2017 | 5:00pm GMT
Call for PhD applications now open
The following institutions, competitively selected from the World Bank-funded Africa Centers of Excellence, shall host RSIF’s PhD scholars:
UNIVERSITY OF GASTON BERGER SENEGALAfrica Center of Excellence for Mathematics, Informatics,
and ICT (MITIC)
UNIVERSITY OF FÉLIX HOUPHOUËT-BOIGNY-BOG-CÔTE D’IVOIREAfrica Center of Excellence for Climate Change
Biodiversity and Sustainable Agriculture (CCBAD)
SOKOINE UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURE TANZANIAAfrica Center of Excellence for Infectious Diseases of
Humans & Animals in Southern & Eastern Africa (SACIDS)
AFRICAN UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY NIGERIAPan African Materials Institute (PAMI)
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Who can apply?Citizens of a Sub-Saharan African country willing to enroll full-time in a PhD programme
Current applicants to at least one of RSIF’s Host University in one of these areas: - Information Communications Technology - Food security - Mining, materials and minerals engineering
Master's degree holders in a relevant field of study.
Note: Priority given to junior faculty members with 1-5 yearsof research experience.
Why apply?Study at some of Africa’s most competitive ASET programmes
Receive a competitive stipend for living expenses and part of the tuition cost
Opportunity to travel abroad to work with global researchers at premier international institutions
Further support for post-PhD, development-focused research & innovation.
The first RSIF PhD cohort begins by Oct. 2017.