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Call for Application: AERC 2024-25 PhD Scholarships

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Application Deadline; August 31, 2024

The African Economic Research Consortium (AERC) is inviting applications for its 2024-25 PhD fellowships. The consortium’s mandate is built on the basis that sustained development in Sub-saharan Africa requires well-trained, locally based professional economists. This scholarship is open to applicants from Francophone and Anglophone sub-saharan African countries into any of the following AERC Collaborative PhD Programme (CPP) in Economic-degree awarding universities

  • University of Cape town, South Africa
  • University of Abomey-Calavi Benin
  • University of Dar es Salaam, Tanzania
  • University of Benin Nigeria
  • Felix Houphouet-Boigny University, Cote d’Ivoire
  • Univeristy Cheik Anta Diop in Dakar, Senegal
  • University of Ibadan, Nigeria
  • University of Nairobi Kenya
  • Univeristy of Yaounde II, Cameroun
  • University of Pretoria
  • University of Witwatersrand South Africa

Eligibility

  • Have applied and admitted into any of the listed CPP universities
  • Have obtained at least, a second class Honors (upper division) in Economics, Agricultural economics or related field in an accredited university
  • Have a master’s degree (with coursework and thesis component) in economics, Agricultural economics, or related fields in recognized university. The coursework should have covered in microeconomics, macroeconomics, quantitative methods and econometrics.
  • Possession of at least 1 relevant publication in a referred journal will be an added advantage
  • Evidence of engagement in economic management, research and/or training in the public sector will be an added advantage
  • Female and applicants from post-conflict and fragule states are encouraged to apply

Application Details

  • Application cover letter
  • Curriculum Vitae
  • Evidence of admission into any of the universities listed
  • Certified copies of transcripts and certificates
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