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Published: 07 Jul 2020 1,726 views
The Division for Africa through the Technical Cooperation Programme requests for applications for the PhD Sandwich Programme. In 2020, IAEA will plan to award on a competitive basis at least 20 PhD sandwich fellowships to students/scientists from Chartered Universities in Africa.
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| Application Deadline | 10 Sep 2020 |
| Type | PhD |
| Sponsor | International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) |
| Gender | Men and Women |
Under this Programme, the selected candidates will be partially funded by the IAEA. However, nominating Member States will provide Government Costs Sharing estimated at half of the total training costs before the award of the PhD sandwich fellowship programme. Due attention will be given to candidates from LDCs to ensure that this programme contributes to develop/enhance their human resources capacities. It is envisaged that the second cohort of PhD sandwich fellows could start their training for the academic year 2020/2021.
Detailed information regarding the award of the PhD Sandwich Fellowship Programme will be described in the Letter of Appointment which will be sent to the selected candidates. In general, the award would include the following:
The PhD Sandwich Fellowship Programme focuses on the following regional priority thematic areas defined in the AFRA Regional Strategic Cooperative Framework 2019-2023. These include:
In 2020, IAEA will plan to award on a competitive basis at least 20 PhD sandwich fellowships to students/scientists from Chartered Universities in Africa.
Eligible Countries: African countries
The following required application materials shall be sent to Division for Africa by 18 September 2020 for the academic year 2020/2021 admission:
1) The candidate’s curriculum Vitae (one page);
2) A copy of the duly certified Master’ degree;
3) Transcripts of the Master’ degree (English version with signature and or seal by the student’s home university.); NB: Preference will be given to candidates with at least upper second class honours degree.
5) An official letter from the candidate home university confirming that the candidate is registered and enrolled in the PhD programme;
6) A Letter of admission to a foreign University;
7) A Letter from the home country University Supervisor’s confirming that he/she supervises the candidate’s PhD research work;
8) A Letter from the foreign University Supervisor’s accepting to supervise the candidate;
9) A study research plan clearly indicating preferred technical work to be carried by the candidate in the relevant research fields including detailed timeframe;
10) A recommendation letter from the Head of candidate’s institution through the AFRA National Coordinator for bonding purposes;
11) A duly completed IAEA Application form for Fellowship Training;
12) A language certificate from a certified language centre;
13) A recent medical certificate from an authorized Medical Consultant.
In this context, National Liaison Officers (NLOs), AFRA National Coordinators (AFRA NCs) and representatives of Chartered Universities in respective countries are encouraged to work closely to select the best qualified candidates competitively and recommend them to the Division for Africa with the endorsement of AFRA National Coordinators for consideration.
Note: The applicants must fill in their application form correctly and provide the above information. All the submitted application documents will not be returned, please do not send original certificates.
Applicants who meet the above-mentioned qualifications are requested to submit no later than 31 August 2020 through the online InTouchPlus platform http://intouchplus.iaea.org) their fellowship application form. Fellowship applications received after the above-mentioned deadline will not be considered.
Prepare all paper application documents and submit through the InTouch plus platform the scanned copies together with the above-mentioned application form
For more details, visit IAEA website.