Leverhulme-Royal Society Africa Award
Course(s) Offered: Sciences (incl. Engr)
Course Level: Graduate (PhD, research)
Provider: Leverhulme-Royal Society Africa
Country to Study in: UK, Ghana, Tanzania
Scholarship Description
The Leverhulme Trust for the Royal Society offers the Leverhulme-Royal Society Africa Award scheme for scientists who desire to develop a collaborative interrogation projection betwixt the United Kingdom of Great Britain in addition to Northern Ireland in addition to interrogation institutions inward either Republic of Ghana or Tanzania.
The Leverhulme-Royal Society Africa Award aims to assistance develop in addition to maintain excellence inward scientific discipline inward both countries (of Republic of Ghana in addition to Tanzania) in addition to to strengthen the interrogation in addition to preparation capacity of the African institution.
The Society's Africa Award scheme covers all areas of the life in addition to physical sciences, including engineering. African scientific discipline volition create goodness from an extra £3.4 1000000 thank you lot to a £3.4 1000000 grant past times the Leverhulme Trust for the Royal Society to maintain its capacity edifice system for Republic of Ghana in addition to Tanzania.
Eligibility
Both the United Kingdom of Great Britain in addition to Northern Ireland applicant in addition to the Ghanaian/Tanzanian applicant must:
Course(s) Offered: Sciences (incl. Engr)
Course Level: Graduate (PhD, research)
Provider: Leverhulme-Royal Society Africa
Country to Study in: UK, Ghana, Tanzania
Scholarship Description
The Leverhulme Trust for the Royal Society offers the Leverhulme-Royal Society Africa Award scheme for scientists who desire to develop a collaborative interrogation projection betwixt the United Kingdom of Great Britain in addition to Northern Ireland in addition to interrogation institutions inward either Republic of Ghana or Tanzania.
The Leverhulme-Royal Society Africa Award aims to assistance develop in addition to maintain excellence inward scientific discipline inward both countries (of Republic of Ghana in addition to Tanzania) in addition to to strengthen the interrogation in addition to preparation capacity of the African institution.
The Society's Africa Award scheme covers all areas of the life in addition to physical sciences, including engineering. African scientific discipline volition create goodness from an extra £3.4 1000000 thank you lot to a £3.4 1000000 grant past times the Leverhulme Trust for the Royal Society to maintain its capacity edifice system for Republic of Ghana in addition to Tanzania.
Eligibility
Both the United Kingdom of Great Britain in addition to Northern Ireland applicant in addition to the Ghanaian/Tanzanian applicant must:
- have a PhD or bring extensive sense at an equivalent level
- have a proven runway tape of preparation students at Master’s in addition to Doctoral level
- have a proven runway tape of publishing inward both national in addition to international journals
- be based inward the respective countries at the fourth dimension of the application
Selection:
Applications roofing the next 5 identified national interrogation priorities inward Republic of Ghana in addition to Tanzania are peculiarly encouraged:
- agriculture (including brute health);
- water in addition to sanitation;
- basic human wellness interrogation (including medicinal chemistry);
- biodiversity (including medicinal plants in addition to greenish chemistry) and
- energy (including renewables).
Citizens of ANY country, exactly must live on working inward the UK, Republic of Ghana or Tanzania
Participating Institutions
All accredited Universities in addition to interrogation institutions inward the UK, Republic of Ghana or Tanzania
Fields of Study
Applications may live on inward any surface area of the Sciences. This covers the life in addition to physical sciences, including engineering. However, interrogation studies inward the next fields of report (identified national interrogation priorities) are peculiarly encouraged:
- Agriculture (including brute health),
- Water in addition to sanitation,
- Basic human wellness interrogation (including medicinal chemistry),
- Biodiversity (including medicinal plants in addition to greenish chemistry),
- Energy (including biofuels)
The system covers iii years of funding
Scholarship benefits
The system provides funding towards interrogation expenses in addition to costs for mobility in addition to equipment.
Awards volition offering a maximum of £60,000 per annum to encompass interrogation expenses in addition to costs for mobility, including upward to £10,000 per annum for a PhD Student Bursary. Up to £10,000 per yr of the honor may live on used to buy or maintain equipment. The full maximum total of honor is £180,000. The honor does non encompass costs for salaries, per diems, course of report or tuition fees.
Method of Application
Applications are initially reviewed past times ii members of the Leverhulme – Royal Society Africa Award panel. Those applications that are shortlisted volition live on independently peer reviewed in addition to discussed at a coming together held inward June. Results are normally available at the destination of July.
DEADLINES:
The scholarship application deadline is 8 Feb 2012
PLEASE NOTE:
The Leverhulme-Royal Society Africa Award scheme, which was launched inward Oct 2008, funds interrogation collaborations betwixt scientists inward Ghana, Tanzania in addition to the UK. It aims to assistance develop in addition to maintain excellence inward scientific discipline inward both countries in addition to to strengthen the interrogation in addition to preparation capacity of the African institutions.
Application Deadline: eight Feb 2012
Open to International Students: No (ONLY Africans)
More Scholarship Information in addition to Application
Related: Early Career Fellowships of the Leverhulme Trust
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