Queen Elizabeth Scholarship for Early Career Women from Africa

Applications are being accepted from appropriately qualified young African women in the latter stages of their PhD programs, postdoctoral researchers, and early career academics for the Queen Elizabeth Scholarship for Early Career Women.

The Queen Elizabeth Scholarship – Advanced Scholars West Africa initiative supports and funds the Scholarship, which focuses on Sustainable Development aim 5 (female equality) as a crosscutting or mainstream aim.

Eligibility:

To be considered for the Queen Elizabeth Scholarship for Advanced Scholars from Africa, applicants must meet the required criteria:

• Applicants must be African women.
• All applicants must be able to communicate in English or French.
• Must be enrolled i a doctoral research, post-doctoral research or early career research.
• Must be from an eligible West African countries.
• Research must fall into the eligible thematic areas.
• Applicants must be mobile and willing to travel. Travel may occur across West Africa and/or to Canada where feasible and permissible.
• Eligible Countries: Benin, Burkina Faso, Cabo Verde, Cameroon, Central African Republic, Chad, Congo, Cote d’Ivoire, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Equatorial Guinea, Gabon, Gambia, Ghana, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Liberia, Mali, Mauritania, Niger, Nigeria, Sao Tome and Principe, Senegal, Sierra Leone, Togo.

Benefits:

• Mobility expenses
• Accommodation
• Research placement expenses
• Travel and health insurance

Application:

Interested applicants for the Queen Elizabeth Scholarship for Early Career Women are to complete their application and provide all the required information and document.

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