The call for applications is ongoing for the Climate Research and Education to Advancing Green Development in Africa (CREATE-GreenAfrica 2025).
The European Union (EU), under its Intra-Africa Academic Mobility Scheme, has provided funding to support the training of graduate students in African universities under the “Climate Research and Education to Advancing Green Development in Africa (CREATE-GreenAfrica)” project. The project is a mobility programme comprising six African Partner Institutions and one EU Technical Partner.
The CREATE-GreenAfrica consortium includes the University of Dar es Salaam (UDSM, Tanzania) as the coordinating institution, Mekelle University (MU, Ethiopia), Zimbabwe Open University (ZOU, Zimbabwe), University of Free State (UFS, South Africa), University of Ghana (UG, Ghana), University of Port Harcourt (UNIPORT, Nigeria) and European Technical Partner University of Southern Denmark (SDU, Denmark).
This project aims to increase climate-oriented skills and qualifications across through mobility and experience sharing. CREATE-GreenAfrica will significantly contribute to advancing the knowledge and skills of students, trainees, consortium staff, and other non-consortium members on climate change adaptation and mitigation by ensuring the participation of women and girls, and the disadvantaged groups in the African continent in general and the consortium in particular.
The mobility project aims at:
- Producing high-level professionals through academic mobility across Africa that deal with climate change adaptation and mitigation, and other livelihood and environment-related issues.
- Conducting problem-solving action research activities in climate change adaptation, mitigation and other related environmental issues.
- Building the capacity of students/trainees through attachment with climate-smart organizations engaged in private and public businesses using traineeship programs.
- Strengthening the partner institutions’ working relationship and capacity to advance climate action in the continent through the development and dissemination of knowledge innovation schemes.
Benefits
The CREATE-GreenAfrica 2025 scholarship includes;
- a subsistence allowance of 1230 € per month for PhD candidates and 890 € for M.Sc. candidates.
- insurance coverage (accident, travel, health) for the duration of the Scholarship within the limits of the grant provisions.
- tuition fee, application fee, Registration, student ID, and quality assurance fee in line with the MOU signed by the partner institutions and the EU.
Eligibility
- The scholarships are open to all qualified African candidates residing in Africa at the time of application.
- However, applicants are only allowed to apply to study in an institution outside of their home country.
- Female and disadvantaged/vulnerable candidates are encouraged to apply.
Application Process
All interested applicants for the CREATE-GreenAfrica 2025 should submitnthe following documents
- the application form,
- certificates and
- transcripts.
To register for the Call for Scholarship Applications – The CREATE-GreenAfrica 2025, click here
Deadline: September 06, 2024.
For more information on Call for Scholarship Applications – The CREATE-GreenAfrica 2025 s, visit the official site.
