African Economic Research Consortium (AERC) 2021-2022 PhD Fellowships for African Students

The African Economic Research Consortium (AERC) was established in 1988 as a public not-for-profit organization devoted to the advancement of economic policy research and training in Africa. The Consortium’s mandate and strategic intent is built on the basis that sustained development in subSaharan Africa requires well-trained, locally based professional economists. AERC agitates the provision of capacity building in economic policy in Francophone and Anglophone African countries through provision of support in the areas of policy research and graduate training.

AERC wishes to announce the 2021/2022 Ph.D. scholarships for applicants from Francophone and Anglophone sub-Saharan African countries admitted into any of the following AERC Collaborative PhD Programme (CPP) in Economics degree-awarding universities:

• University of Cape Town, South Africa
• University of Witwatersrand, South Africa
• University of Dar es Salaam, Tanzania
• University of Nairobi, Kenya
• University of Ibadan, Nigeria
• University of Benin, Nigeria
• University of Yaoundé II, Cameroon
• Felix Houphouet-Boigny University, Côte d’Ivoire

• Table of Content
• About African Economic Research Consortium (AERC)
• AERC PhD Fellowships
• Aim and Benefits of AERC PhD Fellowships
• Requirements for AERC PhD Fellowships Qualification
• Documents Required for Application
• Application Deadline
• How to Apply

About African Economic Research Consortium (AERC)

The launch of AERC goes back to the late 1980s, when a small group of Africanists and African scholars began to recognize the disconnect between economic policy making and economic research in sub-Saharan Africa. Available research results, applied to other economies, did not always seem appropriate to the African context. And where such results were available, they were too often not put to use. Their concern swelled into a full-fledged idea; they had a discussion about a vehicle for pooling their expertise and applying it to the development of economic policy capacity in sub-Saharan Afric... continue reading

AERC PhD Fellowships

Aim and Benefits of AERC PhD Fellowships

Fully funded.

Requirements for AERC PhD Fellowships Qualification

To qualify, an applicant must:

(a) Have applied and been admitted to any one of the listed CPP universities;
(b) Have attained at least a Second Class Honours (Upper Division) or equivalent in Economics, Agricultural Economics, or related field from an accredited university;
(c) Have a Masters degree (with coursework and thesis component) in Economics, Agricultural Economics, or related fields from a recognized University. The coursework should have covered microeconomics, macroeconomics, quantitative methods and econometrics;
(d) Possession of at least 1 relevant publication in a refereed journal will be an added advantage;
(e) Evidence of engagement in economic management, research and/or training in the public sector will be an added advantage; and
(f) Female and applicants from post-conflict and fragile states (especially the AERC PhD Bridge Programme alumni class of 2017 and 2018) are encouraged to apply.

Documents Required for Application

1. Application cover letter;
2. Curriculum Vitae;
3. Evidence of admission at any of the universities listed above; and
4. Certified copies of transcripts and certificates.

Application Deadline

How to Apply

Interested applicants must submit their applications for admission directly to the respective
universities (application procedure can be obtained from the respective university’s website). Upon receipt of an admission letter from a specific university, applicants shall send the following documents to AERC on [email protected] and copy [email protected].

For more details, visit AERC website.