CORAF Doctoral Thesis (PhD) Scholarships 2025 – Opportunities For Africans

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Application Deadline: July 15, 2025. 

Applications are actually open for the 2025 CORAF Doctoral Thesis (PhD) Scholarships. The Food System Resilience Program (FSRP) is a flagship regional funding program geared toward strengthening the resilience of the meals system in West Africa, by a strategic regional method.

Requirements

• Students should be enrolled in one of many Universities in CORAF member nations. As part of this program, CORAF recommends co-supervision of profitable college students. Thus, the scholar can be supervised by a Professor from the University the place the scholar is enrolled, a researcher from one of many National Agricultural Research Systems (NARS) analysis centres concerned, and/or researcher from the CORAF government secretariat.

To be eligible for this program, candidates should meet the next situations:

• Be a nationwide of one of many CORAF member nations;
• Be at most 40 years outdated
• Have a analysis Master’s diploma associated to the chosen discipline and theme;
• Provide written and signed settlement from a tutorial Supervisor(s)
• Have demonstrated capability in utilized analysis, willingness to be taught and suppose throughout disciplines and professions
• Have a demonstrated curiosity in agricultural analysis for improvement;
• Be capable of communicate and write both French or English fluently; a great working data of the opposite language can be an asset
• Have good expertise to work in a multicultural surroundings
• Have wonderful communication expertise

Benefits

The scholarship allowance will embody:
(i) registration and laboratory charges;
(ii) a month-to-month subsistence allowance;
(iii) discipline bills together with journey, surveys or labor associated to analysis actions, acquisition of small analysis gear and consumables;
(iv) worldwide journey bills (participation in conferences, scientific stays);
(v) and supervision charges.

Application Procedure:

To apply for this program, the application file should embody:

• A motivation letter from the applicant demonstrating his/her suitability and specifying his/her availability.
• Certificates and transcripts of grasp’s and bachelor’s levels
• A curriculum vitae (Maximum 5 pages)
• Two letters of advice from supervisors (1 University and 1 Centre of Specialization or 1 National Agricultural Research Institute member of CORAF) bearing their addresses
• A budgeted thesis analysis proposal on one of many proposed analysis matters overlaying FSRP precedence areas (appended proposals)
• A pre-registration kind from the doctoral college or college of registration, the title and full deal with of the supervisors

Please submit your application by e mail to [email protected] no later than July 15, 2025. 

For More Information:

Visit the Official Webpage of the CORAF Doctoral Thesis (PhD) Scholarships