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African Economic Research Consortium (AERC) PhD Fellowships. Free entry. Deadline 31 Aug 2021.

African Economic Research Consortium (AERC) PhD Fellowships 2021

About African Economic Research Consortium (AERC) PhD Fellowships 2021

AERC wishes to announce the 2021/2022 Ph.D. scholarships for applicants from Francophone and Anglophone sub-Saharan African countries admitted into any of the following AERC Collaborative PhD Programme (CPP) in Economics degree-awarding universities:

• University of Cape Town, South Africa.
• University of Witwatersrand, South Africa.
• University of Dar es Salaam, Tanzania.
• University of Nairobi, Kenya.
• University of Ibadan, Nigeria.
• University of Benin, Nigeria.
• University of Yaoundé II, Cameroon.
• Felix Houphouet-Boigny University, Côte d’Ivoire.

APPLICATION PROCESS:
Interested applicants must submit their applications for admission directly to the respective universities (application procedure can be obtained from the respective university’s website). Upon receipt of an admission letter from a specific university, applicants shall send the following documents to AERC on jfe@aercafrica.org and copy training@aercafrica.org.

Application cover letter;
Curriculum Vitae;
Evidence of admission at any of the universities listed above; and Certified copies of transcripts and certificates.

Who can participate?

To qualify, the applicants must:

• Have applied and been admitted to any one of the listed CPP universities.
• Have attained at least a Second Class Honours (Upper Division) or equivalent in Economics, Agricultural Economics, or related field from an accredited university.
• Have a Masters degree (with coursework and thesis component) in Economics, Agricultural Economics, or related fields from a recognized University. The coursework should have covered microeconomics, macroeconomics, quantitative methods and econometrics.
• Possession of at least 1 relevant publication in a refereed 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 fragile states (especially the AERC PhD Bridge Programme alumni class of 2017 and 2018) are encouraged to apply.

Eligible Regions: Francophone and Anglophone sub-Saharan African countries.

Awards/Prizes/Benefit

AERC was deliberately designed to foster both the independence of the research agenda and the accountability of resource management.

The research program approach aims to improve the technical skills of local researchers, allow for regional determination of research priorities and strengthen national economic policy research institutions. To know more please visit the official website.

Deadline

Application Deadline is 31 Aug, 2021.

Entry fee

There is no entry fee.

Some useful information

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