Application Deadline: March 30th 2018
MoBreed (Mobility for Breeders in Africa) is an initiative of five public universities from three African regions and one university in Europe to advance knowledge on useful crops of Africa and increase scholars’ capacity in addressing food security. Partners include the University of Abomey-Calavi in Benin and Ebonyi State University in Nigeria (West Africa), the Jimma University of Ethiopia (Eastern Africa), the University of Namibia and the University of KwaZulu-Natal in South Africa (Southern Africa) and Montpellier SupAgro in France.
MoBreed (Mobility for Breeders in Africa), a consortium of five African universities together with one European technical partner, intends to:
- produce 10 high profile plant breeders (PhD holders) that will address current and future challenges related to climate change and agriculture with focus on at least 10 promising underutilized plant species of Afric
- train a new generation of 38 scientists (MSc holders) with strong capacity to increase knowledge and prospects on the selected orphan crops used in Africa for food and nutrition security and the crop production and seed industry,
- harmonize seven MSc and six PhD training programmes and research agenda on the use of neglected and underutilized crops to increase resilience of food production systems,
- enhance collaboration and programmatic agenda among five African higher education institutions that promote neglected and underutilized research and training for agricultural innovations within Africa.
- roundtrip flight ticket and visa costs (using a preferred travel agent and calculated against direct linear distance);
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direct participation costs such as tuition fees, registration fees and service fees where applicable;
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comprehensive travel insurance (Health, Accident and Travel)
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a monthly subsistence allowance for the mobility period
The MoBreed mobility grant is open to all students from any of the partner universities (Target Group 1) and secondly to students from other African universities (Target Group 2).
Target Group 1:
This category includes students from all partners universities as follows:
- University of Abomey-Calavi; Benin
- University of Kwazulu-Natal; South Africa
- University of Namibia; Namibia
- Jimma University; Ethiopia
- Ebonyi State University; Nigeria
Target Group 2:
All other African countries.
As soon as the call for applications is online, students or academic / administrative staff wishing to apply should send their application to:
Mrs. Lydia Sognon, lydia.sognon@gmail.com with copy to mobreed.uac@gmail.com
Admission regulations for Doctoral and MSc Studies are to be found from prospective HEIs website. This application is for MoBreed Project scholarships only. The Scholarship application form together with other required documents should be sent as a unique PDF attachment to: eamils indicated above. You may download the MS Word version of the application form, and complete it before sending. Important also is the student proposal that should be sent together within the application as ONE SINGLE DOCUMENT, preferably PDF. Otherrequired documents are listed in the application form and include:
- Cover letter
- Scholarship Application form (this document)
- Student proposal (guidelines available online)
- National ID or Copy of Passport Data page
- Certificate of degree
- Transcript records
- Support letter from sending HEIs
- Recommendation letter of home supervisor (mandatory for all applicants)
- Enrollment proof in degree course from home institution (for MSc applicants)
- Curriculum Vitae.
- Employment certificate (only for staff)
- Certificate of English or French language skills
- Proof of socio-economic vulnerability (if available)
Guidelines
- Call for applications Mobreed
- Application form
- Guidelines student proposal
- SAQA Guidelines
- Student learning agreement
- Student agreement template
- MoBreed MoU
- Student handbooks
- MoU between Student and Supervisors
- MoU with Home University
- Template Transcript of records
- Areas of Interest for Staff Exchange
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2 comments
I am Desalegn Negasa from Ethiopia. Last year I apply for PhD study in plant breeding. But fall.
This moment I am studying the course for plant breeding and now I need short term training on Molecular breeding to get access training for my PhD thesis on
Molecular Genetic Diversity on Oromo Potato (P. edules) Which is one of the neglected root crop in Africa.
Thank you for your commitment on African case!!!
I expect your effort will do more.
I am Megersa Bayisa from Ethiopian.
I Have two years of experience (september,01/2016- Oct,2018)at Bako national maize research,EIAR.
Currently i have joined Haramaya university For MSc study in the fields of seed science &technology
Haramaya university is one of the oldest university in Ethiopia.
The cource of plant breeding is very relevant besde seed science to achive my centers feature gaol wich will add significan value to national maize research in Ethiopia.
So that if have chance to learn your breeding programme haramaya university will host me and i have full internal advisors and proposals for my final thesis…
Thank you for your readings and considration.