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African Biomedical Engineering Mobility (ABEM) Scholarships 2019/2020 for African postgraduate students & academics (Fully Funded)

by OFA December 6, 2018

written by OFA

Application Deadline:11:59pm East African Time on 29 January 2019

The African Biomedical Engineering Mobility (ABEM) project is funded by the Intra-Africa Academic Mobility Scheme of the Education, Audiovisual and Culture Executive Agency of the European Commission. The scheme is modelled on Europe’s well-established and successful Erasmus-Mundus programme. As part of the Roadmap 2014-2017 of the Joint Africa-EU Strategy, the Intra-Africa Mobility Scheme underlines the contribution of higher education towards economic and social development and the potential of academic mobility to improve the quality of higher education.

ABEM will build human and institutional capacity in Africa for needs-based health technology research and development. The project will train postgraduate students with skills and specialisations not offered at their home institutions. Furthermore, it will support the development of biomedical engineering programmes that are being established, or have recently been established, at partner institutions and contribute toward harmonising biomedical engineering curricula across the continent. This will be achieved through the provision of scholarships to cover the full cost of mobility between African higher education institutions.

Overall, the project will enhance employment opportunities for graduates, enhance staff research profiles and teaching competencies, enhance institutional research profiles and inter-university cooperation, and support the development of solutions for health challenges from an African perspective.

Benefits:

The ABEM individual scholarships cover one roundtrip flight ticket, visa costs, participation costs (which may include tuition fees, registration fees and service fees), comprehensive insurance coverage (health, accident and travel) and a monthly subsistence allowance from which scholarship recipients are to cover accommodation expenses.

Target groups and types of mobility
There are two target groups and three different types of individual mobility:

	Participants	Mobility types	Duration
Target group 1	Students registered in or having obtained a degree from one of the six African partner institutions	Master’sDoctorate	6-24 months6-48 months
Target group 1	Staff working in or associated with one of six African partner institutions	Visits for teaching and/or research, or for engagement on administration and management	1 – 6 months
Target group 2	Students registered in or having obtained a degree from a higher education institution not included in the partnership but established in an eligible country (see below)	Master’sDoctorate	6-24 months6-48 months

The eligible countries are presented in the table below:

Regions of Africa	Countries
Central	Burundi, Cameroon, Central African Republic, Chad, Congo, Congo (DRC), Equatorial Guinea, Gabon and São Tomé and Principe
Eastern	Comoros, Djibouti, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Kenya, Madagascar, Mauritius, Rwanda, Seychelles, Somalia, Sudan, South Sudan, Uganda and Tanzania
Northern	Algeria, Egypt, Libya, Tunisia and Morocco
Southern	Angola, Botswana, Lesotho, Malawi, Mozambique, Namibia, South Africa, Swaziland, Zambia and Zimbabwe
Western	Benin, Burkina Faso, Ivory Coast, Cape Verde, Gambia, Ghana, Guinea, Guinea- Bissau, Liberia, Mali, Mauritania, Niger, Nigeria, Senegal, Sierra Leone and Togo

Master’s and doctoral students may undertake:

Credit-seeking mobility of 6 to 12 months at a partner institution, leading to academic recognition of the study period towards a degree programme at the home institution,

Degree-seeking mobility to complete a full degree at a partner institution. The project aims for 50% of students and at least 30% of staff who participate in mobility visits to be women.

PLEASE NOTE: PhD full degree-seeking mobility is no longer available

The fourth call for ABEM scholarship applications is now open. The submission deadline is 11:59pm East African Time on 29 January 2019. Applications for the following mobility types will be considered:

Master’s degree-seeking mobility for women only:
Host universities: Kenyatta University and Addis Ababa University
Home universities: any of the partner universities (i.e. Target Group 1 only)

Master’s credit-seeking mobility for women only:
Host universities: Kenyatta University and Addis Ababa University
Home universities: any African university (i.e. Target Group 1 and Target Group 2)

PhD credit-seeking mobility for women and men:
Host universities: Kenyatta University and Cairo University
Home universities: any African university (i.e. Target Group 1 and Target Group 2)

Staff mobility for women and men:
Host universities: Partner universities excluding the University of Cape Town
Home universities: All partner universities

For More Information:

Visit the Official Webpage of the ABEM Scholarships 2019/2020

December 6, 2018 2 comments

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African Biomedical Engineering Mobility (ABEM) Scholarships 2018/2019 for African postgraduate students & academics (Fully Funded)

by OFA July 7, 2018

written by OFA

Application Deadline: 11:59pm East African Time on 26 AUGUST 2018

The call for applications for the 3rd round of scholarship awards is now open

The African Biomedical Engineering Mobility (ABEM) project is funded by the Intra-Africa Academic Mobility Scheme of the Education, Audiovisual and Culture Executive Agency of the European Commission. The scheme is modelled on Europe’s well-established and successful Erasmus-Mundus programme. As part of the Roadmap 2014-2017 of the Joint Africa-EU Strategy, the Intra-Africa Mobility Scheme underlines the contribution of higher education towards economic and social development and the potential of academic mobility to improve the quality of higher education.

Applications for the following will be considered:

Credit-seeking mobility (6-12 months) for registered master’s and PhD students
Degree-seeking mobility (48 months) for PhD students only
Staff mobility

ABEM will train up to 32 MSc and 10 PhD graduates, and offer development opportunities to up to 10 staff members.

Eligibility Requirements:

Student mobility – eligibility criteria

To be eligible for a scholarship, master’s and doctoral students must comply with the following criteria:

Be a national and resident in any of the eligible countries covered by the Programme (see Section 2.1)
At the time of the application for a scholarship, be registered/admitted in their final year or have obtained their most recent degree (or equivalent) from:
1. one of the higher education institutions included in the partnership (Target Group 1); or
2. a higher education institution not included in the partnership but established in an eligible country (Target Group 2)
Have sufficient knowledge of the language of instruction in the host institution.
Meet the specific requirements of the host institution.

Students can only benefit from one scholarship under the Intra-Africa Academic Mobility Scheme.

Students having benefited from scholarship(s) under the previous Intra-ACP Academic Mobility Scheme cannot receive scholarships under the Intra-Africa Academic Mobility Scheme.

Academic and administrative staff mobility

Staff may undertake mobility visits for 1-6 months, at any of the African partner institutions.

Areas of activity
Staff mobility should contribute to strengthening the academic, management and co-operation capacity of partner institutions, through participation in research projects, teaching, production of new teaching material, development of teaching methods, harmonisation of curricula, development of joint curricula, deve
lopment of administrative tools and sharing of management approaches. The mobility is also expected to be an integral part of the institutional staff development plan and recognised as such upon return of the staff member.
Eligibility criteria
In order to be eligible for a scholarship, staff must comply with ALL the following criteria:
- Be a national and resident in any of the eligible countries (see Section 2.1)
- Work in or be associated with a partner higher education institution.

Mobility must be to an institution in an eligible country other than the home country / country of the home institution.

Benefits:

The scholarship will cover:

roundtrip flight ticket and visa costs;
participation costs such as tuition fees, registration fees and service fees where applicable
insurance (health, accident, travel);
a settling-in allowance;
a monthly subsistence allowance;
a contribution towards the research costs associated with student mobility of 10 months or longer.

Allowances paid to the scholarship holder
Mobility type	Monthly allowance	Once-off settling-in allowance
Master’s	€ 600	€ 600
Doctoral	€ 900	€ 900
Staff	€ 1,200	——–

Target groups and types of mobility
There are two target groups and three different types of individual mobility:

	Participants	Mobility types	Duration
Target group 1	Students registered in or having obtained a degree from one of the six African partner institutions	Master’sDoctorate	6-24 months6-48 months
Target group 1	Staff working in or associated with one of six African partner institutions	Visits for teaching and/or research, or for engagement on administration and management	1 – 6 months
Target group 2	Students registered in or having obtained a degree from a higher education institution not included in the partnership but established in an eligible country (see below)	Master’sDoctorate	6-24 months6-48 months

The eligible countries are presented in the table below:

Regions of Africa	Countries
Central	Burundi, Cameroon, Central African Republic, Chad, Congo, Congo (DRC), Equatorial Guinea, Gabon and São Tomé and Principe
Eastern	Comoros, Djibouti, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Kenya, Madagascar, Mauritius, Rwanda, Seychelles, Somalia, Sudan, South Sudan, Uganda and Tanzania
Northern	Algeria, Egypt, Libya, Tunisia and Morocco
Southern	Angola, Botswana, Lesotho, Malawi, Mozambique, Namibia, South Africa, Swaziland, Zambia and Zimbabwe
Western	Benin, Burkina Faso, Ivory Coast, Cape Verde, Gambia, Ghana, Guinea, Guinea- Bissau, Liberia, Mali, Mauritania, Niger, Nigeria, Senegal, Sierra Leone and Togo

Master’s and doctoral students may undertake:

Credit-seeking mobility of 6 to 12 months at a partner institution, leading to academic recognition of the study period towards a degree programme at the home institution,

Degree-seeking mobility to complete a full degree at a partner institution.The project aims for 50% of students and at least 30% of staff who participate in mobility visits to be women.

PLEASE NOTE: PhD degree-seeking mobility was only available during the first round of applications, which has closed

For More Information:

Visit the Official Webpage of the African Biomedical Engineering Mobility (ABEM) Scholarships

July 7, 2018 2 comments

African Biomedical Engineering Mobility (ABEM) Scholarships 2018/2019 for African postgraduate students & academics (Fully Funded)

by OFA December 7, 2017

written by OFA

Application Deadline: 29 January 2018

The African Biomedical Engineering Mobility (ABEM) project is funded by the Intra-Africa Academic Mobility Scheme of the Education, Audiovisual and Culture Executive Agency of the European Commission. The scheme is modelled on Europe’s well-established and successful Erasmus-Mundus programme. As part of the Roadmap 2014-2017 of the Joint Africa-EU Strategy, the Intra-Africa Mobility Scheme underlines the contribution of higher education towards economic and social development and the potential of academic mobility to improve the quality of higher education.

ABEM will train up to 32 MSc and 10 PhD graduates, and offer development opportunities to up to 10 staff members.

Mobility must be to an institution in an eligible country other than the home country / country of the home institution.

Student mobility – eligibility criteria

To be eligible for a scholarship, master’s and doctoral students must comply with the following criteria:

Be a national and resident in any of the eligible countries covered by the Programme (see Section 2.1)
At the time of the application for a scholarship, be registered/admitted in their final year or have obtained their most recent degree (or equivalent) from:
1. one of the higher education institutions included in the partnership (Target Group 1); or
2. a higher education institution not included in the partnership but established in an eligible country (Target Group 2)
Have sufficient knowledge of the language of instruction in the host institution.
Meet the specific requirements of the host institution.

Students can only benefit from one scholarship under the Intra-Africa Academic Mobility Scheme.

Students having benefited from scholarship(s) under the previous Intra-ACP Academic Mobility Scheme cannot receive scholarships under the Intra-Africa Academic Mobility Scheme.

Academic and administrative staff mobility

Staff may undertake mobility visits for 1-6 months, at any of the African partner institutions.

Areas of activity
Staff mobility should contribute to strengthening the academic, management and co-operation capacity of partner institutions, through participation in research projects, teaching, production of new teaching material, development of teaching methods, harmonisation of curricula, development of joint curricula, development of administrative tools and sharing of management approaches. The mobility is also expected to be an integral part of the institutional staff development plan and recognised as such upon return of the staff member.
Eligibility criteria
In order to be eligible for a scholarship, staff must comply with ALL the following criteria:
- Be a national and resident in any of the eligible countries (see Section 2.1)
- Work in or be associated with a partner higher education institution.

Financial information

The scholarship will cover:

roundtrip flight ticket and visa costs;
participation costs such as tuition fees, registration fees and service fees where applicable
insurance (health, accident, travel);
a settling-in allowance;
a monthly subsistence allowance;
a contribution towards the research costs associated with student mobility of 10 months or longer.

Allowances paid to the scholarship holder
Mobility type	Monthly allowance	Once-off settling-in allowance
Master’s	€ 600	€ 600
Doctoral	€ 900	€ 900
Staff	€ 1,200	——–

Funds managed by the partnership
Mobility type	Participation costs per academic year for mobility equal to or longer than 10 months	Research costs per academic year for mobility equal to or longer than 10 months	Insurance (maximum per month)
Master’s	€ 3,500	€ 600	€ 75
Doctoral	€ 4,000	€ 2,000	€ 75
Staff	——–	——–	€ 75

Female master’s and doctoral scholarship holders will receive an additional allowance corresponding to one month’s subsistence per academic year, for mobility equal to or longer than 2 academic years. (For example: A female student pursuing a 2-year course will be paid the settling-in allowance and 26 monthly allowance instalments.)

Target groups and types of mobility
There are two target groups and three different types of individual mobility:

	Participants	Mobility types	Duration
Target group 1	Students registered in or having obtained a degree from one of the six African partner institutions	Master’sDoctorate	6-24 months6-48 months
Target group 1	Staff working in or associated with one of six African partner institutions	Visits for teaching and/or research, or for engagement on administration and management	1 – 6 months
Target group 2	Students registered in or having obtained a degree from a higher education institution not included in the partnership but established in an eligible country (see below)	Master’sDoctorate	6-24 months6-48 months

The eligible countries are presented in the table below:

Regions of Africa	Countries
Central	Burundi, Cameroon, Central African Republic, Chad, Congo, Congo (DRC), Equatorial Guinea, Gabon and São Tomé and Principe
Eastern	Comoros, Djibouti, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Kenya, Madagascar, Mauritius, Rwanda, Seychelles, Somalia, Sudan, South Sudan, Uganda and Tanzania
Northern	Algeria, Egypt, Libya, Tunisia and Morocco
Southern	Angola, Botswana, Lesotho, Malawi, Mozambique, Namibia, South Africa, Swaziland, Zambia and Zimbabwe
Western	Benin, Burkina Faso, Ivory Coast, Cape Verde, Gambia, Ghana, Guinea, Guinea- Bissau, Liberia, Mali, Mauritania, Niger, Nigeria, Senegal, Sierra Leone and Togo

Master’s and doctoral students may undertake:

Credit-seeking mobility of 6 to 12 months at a partner institution, leading to academic recognition of the study period towards a degree programme at the home institution,

Degree-seeking mobility to complete a full degree at a partner institution.The project aims for 50% of students and at least 30% of staff who participate in mobility visits to be women.

Application process

Preparation

The applicant should:

Verify the eligibility criteria (if a candidate does not fulfil all of the eligibility criteria, he/she should not submit an application, as the application will be considered invalid and will not be evaluated).

Identify the Target Group to which (s)he belongs and the available scholarships.

Select at least one host institution. It is highly recommended that applicants select up to 3 different host institutions from the available options but always with consideration to language and background requirements defined by each host institution and programme.

Create an account on the application website for the project.

Read attentively the Guidelines for Applicants, the FAQs and the online Application Form.

Collect all necessary information and documents to complete the Application Form:
Several documents are mandatory and the online system will not allow the application to be submitted without them. In case of unreadable documents, the application will be considered invalid and will not be evaluated.

Select the host institution(s) with consideration to the following:
1. The language requirements of the host institution.
2. The identified areas of excellence and available projects in each partner institution.
3. The required academic background for the field of study, research project or activity.
4. The cost of living at prospective host institutions, personal needs for subsistence, and the monthly stipend for the scholarship.
5. The need to adapt to different cultural realities at the hosts institution and also to different climate conditions, in case of selection

Prepare a mobility project proposal describing the aims, activities and foreseen study/work plan and taking into consideration the objectives and goals of the host programme and of the ABEM project. The proposal must be clear in its methodology, impact and benefit, as well as its feasibility within the time-frame established by the duration of the scholarship. Staff should liaise with the home and host universities on the programme of activities, eg lectures or administrative work to be delivered; research activities to be carried out; type of training to be followed; etc.

Prepare a motivation with regard to the benefits and expected outcomes of the mobility

For More Information:

Visit the Official Webpage of the African Biomedical Engineering Mobility (ABEM) Scholarships 2018/2019

December 7, 2017 3 comments