Tuesday, November 20, 2012

Scholarships for sub-Saharan Africa students - Waverley – African Studies Centre Joint Scholarship

Deadline:4 January 2013 for Politics; 18 January 2013 for all other subjects
Source: The university of Oxford

Academic year: 2013-2014

Country: The UK

Training: MS/Dphil - Arts and humanities




Funding type Fully funded


Description
The Waverley Fund was established in 2001. It aims to assist academically excellent students from disadvantaged backgrounds who have shown the potential to make a significant contribution in their future careers.
The African Studies Centre was launched in October 2004, and attracts extremely high quality graduates. The Centre is a unit of the School of Interdisciplinary Area Studies (SIAS), a department in the Social Sciences Division.
One scholarship will be awarded in 2013-14 for an MSc in African Studies, and one scholarship for a DPhil student.
100% of university and college fees, and a grant for living expenses (exact amount to be confirmed) which should be sufficient to cover your costs of accommodation, food, utility bills and general living costs (clothes, books, insurance, networking/socialising etc).
The awards are made for the full duration of a student’s fee liability for the agreed course. If your scholarship is offered for a course lasting more than one year, the continuation of your scholarship each year is subject to an annual renewal process based on satisfactory academic progress.


Eligible African Countries 


Sub-sahara Africa
Field


Eligibility


Eligible candidates must be ordinarily residents in the sub-Saharan Africa. Applicants must intend to return to their home country at the end of their studies.
Candidates should be applying to start an MSc in African Studies, DPhil Development Studies, DPhil Politics, DPhil History or DPhil Social Anthropology.
Scholarships will be awarded on the basis of outstanding academic merit.
Please ensure you meet the requirements for entry to your course, including English language requirements. See the Course Guide for more information.
Deferred students are not eligible.
Application Procedure
You do not need to actively apply for this scholarship. All eligible candidates that apply for the MSc in African StudiesDPhil in International Development, DPhil Politics, DPhil History or DPhil Social Anthropology by Application Deadline 2: (4 January 2013 for Politics; 18 January 2013 for all other subjects) will be considered.
In order to be considered for this scholarship, you must have secured a place on your chosen programme of study by the expected final decision date (13 March 2013).  Applications with an outstanding admissions decision after this date, or applications which are re-evaluated against the later March deadline field, are not eligible for scholarship consideration.
Applicants who are ‘re-routed’ (accepted onto a different programme of study to the one they originally applied for e.g. transferred from an MPhil to a DPhil or from one course to another) should contact us as soon as they are notified of the change in order to ensure that their application for a scholarship is maintained on their new programme of study.


Contact
http://www.ox.ac.uk/feesandfunding/prospectivegrad/scholarships/university/waverley/
 
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