Description:
This fellowship programme is for female students from Sub-Saharan Africa or Least Developed Countries (LDCs) who want to pursue postgraduate training/studies leading to a doctorate degree at a Centre of excellence in a developing country outside their home country.
An applicant who wants to register as a PhD student at her home institute can select a sandwich option, whereby part of the research programme is undertaken at a host institute in an other developing country. Alternatively, an applicant can enroll as a full-time research student at an institution outside her home country.
Scholarship Provider:
Host institutions must be located in a developing country other than the applicant’s home country. In case of difficulty in selecting host institutes, TWOWS can provide a list of centres of excellence in the South, compiled by TWAS. This information will be provided if the applicant informs TWOWS of the precise field of proposed research.
Area of Study:
Postgraduate research in a field of the natural sciences
Benefits of this Scholarship:
- Every fellowship will be offered for three years
- It will cover travel expenses
- A decent monthly living allowance, the amount of which will be determined in discussion with the host institution.
Eligibility:
- The fellowships are accessible to qualified young women science graduates (generally below 40 years of age) from countries in Sub-Saharan Africa and/or LDCs.
- The minimum qualification of candidates is an M.Sc. degree (or equivalent), or an outstanding B.Sc. honours degree, in the natural sciences.
- Following recent discussions with donors, earlier restrictions that limited eligible research projects to those in the basic sciences have been discontinued. Therefore, applications can now be acknowledged from female scientists in all branches of the natural sciences.
- Applicants already on site in the host country will not be considered acceptable.
- The host institute where the applicant wants to pursue her doctorate degree must be in a developing country other than her own.
- The applicant must be willing to go back to her own country after completion of the fellowship.
How to Apply:
- Applicants are recommended to apply for postgraduate admission to their selected host institution in advance. For this purpose, it is advised that applicants contact the chosen host institute(s) with the CV and short research proposal, mentioning that they are intending to apply for a TWOWS fellowship. While submitting the application to TWOWS, however, it is not obligatory that the applicant has either applied and/or obtained admission at the host institute.
- Applications must be submitted by email OR post and should reach the TWOWS secretariat by 31 July of each year.
- It is vital to visit the official website (link found below) to download the application form and to find out more about how to apply for this scholarship.
Click Here to Apply
Deadline: 31 July of each year
Contact:
Address:
Ms. Leena Mungapen
TWOWS Secretariat
c/o TWAS, ICTP Campus
Strada Costiera 11
34014 Trieste
Italy
Email address: info@twows.org
Phone: +39 040 2240-321
Fax: +39 040 2240-689
