HORIZONTAL STUDENT EXCHANGE MOBILITY FOR PhD AND MASTERS
OPEN NOW - FIRST CALL FOR APPLICATIONS
Do you have fieldwork, a research project, or a programme you'd like to pursue at one of the GREEN-STEM partner institutions (University of Nairobi, Kenya and Rwanda)? Here’s your opportunity to make it happen with the GREEN-STEM Horizontal Student Exchange Mobility Scholarship!
MASTERS
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5 months in an eligible Master’s exchange program Monthly allowance: 890€ Visa and insurance contribution: 200€ Travel costs are at the grantee's expenses. Tuition fees are waived for the grantees.
PhD
• 6 months in an eligible Doctoral exchange program • Monthly allowance: 1230€ • Visa and insurance contribution: 200€ • Travel costs are at the grantee's expenses. • Tuition fees are waived for the grantees.
ELIGIBILITY
a. This call is open to both male and female students. b. People with a disability are welcome, and will be specifically helped during their mobility c. The mobility takes place within the home program of scholarship holders’ i.e. candidates must be from Target Group 1 (TG1) TG1: Students, of & resident in an African country, registered/admitted in or having obtained a degree from one of the African partners
APPLICATION PROCESS
a. Only excellent profiles will be selected b. The scholarship application form is found on the GREEN-STEM website. It should be filled, and PDF copies of all the other required documents should be uploaded to the form d. Applications for the Master's & PhD exchange programs open on March 31, 2025 & close at on April 30,202,5:00 pm (EAT) e. Click here to access Application portal https://docs.google.com/forms/d/1RuoO7EmBhHUgUQ_aPeA2Ph39GHKQrqiFepc63oOWHYU/viewform?ts=67 c81751&edit_requested=true b. The list of eligible programs in all the partner universities for Masters and Ph.D. can be found on the GreenStem Education (uonbi.ac.ke) website https://green-stem.uonbi.ac.ke/
PARTICIPATING INSTITUTIONS
University Of Nairobi (Kenya) University of Lagos (Nigeria) University of Rwanda (Rwanda)
University of the Witwatersrand (South Africa) PSL University (France)
For more information and updates Visit: https://green-stem.uonbi.ac.ke/ and the brochure or contact memory.reid@wits.ac.za or bonita.DeKlerk@wits.ca.za at the Global Change Institute, University of the Witwatersrand. Brochure: https://green-stem.uonbi.ac.ke/wp-content/uploads/2024/05/GREEN-STEM-BROCHURE.pdf Global Change Institute: https://www.wits.ac.za/gci/