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Africa International PGR Scholarships 2020 - 2021, King’s College London, UK

Publish Date: Feb 21, 2020

Deadline: Apr 01, 2020

Africa International PGR Scholarships

Eligibility criteria

  • Open to residents of the following countries
    Zimbabwe, Zambia, Uganda, Tunisia, Togo, Tanzania, Sudan, South Africa, Somalia, Sierra Leone, Seychelles, Senegal, Sao Tome and Principe, Rwanda, Nigeria, Niger, Namibia, Mozambique, Morocco, Mauritius, Mauritania, Mali, Malawi, Madagascar, Libya, Liberia, Lesotho, Kenya, Guinea-Bissau, Guinea, Ghana, Gambia, Gabon, Ethiopia, Eritrea, Equatorial Guinea, Egypt, Djibouti, Cote d'Ivoire, Congo, Republic of, Congo, Democratic People's Republic, Comoros, Chad, Central African Republic, Cap Verde, Cameroon, Burundi, Burkina Faso, Botswana, Benin, Angola, Algeria
  • Candidates must:
    • Be African nationals and permanently resident in the relevant country
    • Be liable for tuition fees at the higher international/overseas rate
    • Plan to commence a full-time MPhil/PhD programme at King’s College London in the 2020-21 academic year (from October 2020 and by no later than July 2021)
    • Plan to conduct research that is relevant to Africa, at the intersection of two or more of the given themes or disciplines, as described below.
    • Hold an admissions offer for an MPhil/PhD programme at King’s by 1 April 2020
    • Apply for the scholarship by no later than 1 April 2020
    Please note:
  • Existing doctoral degree students are not eligible to apply
  • The scholarship cannot be held on a part-time basis
  • Professional doctorate degrees are not eligible
  • Distance learning programmes are not eligible
  • The scholarship cannot commence prior to October 2020

Application details

Applications may be submitted
from 20-Jan-2020 until 01-Apr-2020

Information about the funding

Do you have research interests that relate to Africa?
Could you take an interdisciplinary approach to your research?

Applications are invited from international students from Africa for three full scholarships to undertake a full-time PhD at King’s College London starting in 2020/21. Funding is available for up to 4 years.

The topic of the PhD must clearly be relevant to the continent of Africa. Interdisciplinary projects are especially encouraged and all projects should fall at the intersection of two or more of the following themes or disciplines:

  • Conflict, Peace and Security: King’s is world renowned for the study of violent conflict, peace and security. The School of Security Studies and the School of Global Affairs provide a range of programmes of relevance to Africa, with the African Leadership Centre offering particular focus on leadership studies at the security-development nexus.

  • Global Health: Students in this discipline are exposed to a unique international and interdisciplinary context covering broad areas such as healthcare partnerships, global surgery, palliative care, maternal health, global health governance and policy, mental health, ageing, cancer, oral health and mucosal biology, diabetes and other conditions, conflict and health, migration and health, environment and health.

  • Development: The study of development at King’s cuts across a range of disciplines with particular concentration in the School of Global Affairs including, development studies with reference to emerging economies in the Department of International Development; environment and development with a potential to examine disasters and adaptation in the Department of Geography; leadership and development at the African Leadership Centre.

  • Digital Technology: Students in this discipline undertake research into new and emerging internet technologies in the Faculty of Natural and Mathematical Sciences; and the different ways in which digital technologies and methods are transforming society in King’s pioneering Department of Digital Humanities.

    For more information click "LINK TO ORIGINAL" below.

This opportunity has expired. It was originally published here:

https://www1.kcl.ac.uk/graduate/funding/database/index.php?action=view&id=782&fbclid=IwAR2h5q8OJT1qyccGN3wI_ZEOhC2Hc4HqN2C85f6OdW-l9sKNjQZmSPyqeRE

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Disciplines

African Studies

Biology

Cancer Studies

Conflict Studies

Development Studies

Digital Humanities

Environmental Studies

Health

International Relations

Leadership

Mathematics

Natural Sciences

Peace Studies

Political Sciences

Public Health

Security

Social Sciences

Technology

Study Levels

Postgraduate

Opportunity Types

Fellowships

Financial aid

Scholarships

Eligible Countries

Algeria

Angola

Benin

Botswana

Burkina Faso

Burundi

Cameroon

Cape Verde

Central African Republic

Chad

Comoros

Congo

Cote d'ivoire (Ivory Coast)

Democratic Republic of the Congo

Djibouti

Egypt

Equatorial Guinea

Eritrea

Ethiopia

Gabon

Gambia

Ghana

Guinea

Guinea-Bissau

Kenya

Lesotho

Liberia

Libya

Madagascar

Malawi

Mali

Mauritania

Mauritius

Morocco

Mozambique

Namibia

Niger

Nigeria

Rwanda

Sao Tome and Principe

Senegal

Seychelles

Sierra Leone

Somalia

South Africa

Sudan

Tanzania

Togo

Tunisia

Uganda

Zambia

Zimbabwe

Host Countries

United Kingdom