Coimbra Group Scholarship Programme for Applicants from Sub-Saharan Africa

Scholarship for Young Researchers from Sub Saharan Africa at Coimbra Group universities

Study Subject: Many (courses offered by the universities)

Employer: Coimbra Group

Level: PhD, Postdoctoral

The Coimbra Group Scholarship Programme for young African researchers aims to enable scholars to undertake research for a short research period (generally 1 to maximum 3 months) in which they are engaged in their home institution, at a selected Coimbra Group university, and to help them establish academic and research contacts. The following Coimbra Group universities are participating in the 2011-2012 edition of the scheme:

-University of Aarhus (Denmark)

-University of Barcelona (Spain)

-University of Coimbra (Portugal)

- University of Geneva (Switzerland)

-University of Granada (Spain)

-University of Graz (Austria)

-University of Groningen (The Netherlands)

-University of Leuven (Belgium)

-University of Padova (Italy)

-University of Poitiers (France)

-University of Salamanca (Spain)

-University of Siena (Italy)

- University of Turku (Finland)

Eligibility Criteria

The scheme is intended for young academics (normally those under the age of 45). Applicants should be current staff members of a university or an equivalent higher education institution, and, in most cases, should be of postdoctoral or equivalent status. A limited number of grants are available for technical/administrative staff from African universities (please see the requirement of each individual university). In most universities the language of instruction is that of the country itself, but in mostuniversities is possible to use English as the working language.

Scholarship Application Deadline: 15 March 2011

For further information, go to: http://infoscholarship.net