scholarships available
The CaReFoAfrica mobility project offers different types of mobility scholarships.
Each mobility is hosted in an African country, different from the country of nationality and of residence of the scholarship holders at the time of application for the scholarship. The technical EU partner, HSWT in Germany, does not host mobility in this project.
Both students that are registered or have obtained a degree from one of the African universities involved in the consortium, and students from other universities established in Africa are welcome to apply.
scholarship information
The scholarships shall cover travel, installation and subsistence costs. The scholarship is calculated as follows:
- Master students: EUR 890/month x duration in months of the mobility.
- Doctoral candidates/trainees: EUR 1 230/month x duration in months of the mobility.
- Staff member: EUR 2 370/month x duration in months of the mobility.
The exact amount paid to the scholarship holder may differ as a result of fluctuations in exchange rates.The exact amount paid to the scholarship holder may differ as a result of fluctuations in exchange rates.
The host institute will cover tuition and registration fees, medical insurances and a contribution to research costs.
The mobility should normally respect the following durations:
| Type of mobility | Min/max duration |
| Master students | 4 to 24 months |
| Doctoral candidates | 6 to 36 months |
| Trainees | 3 to 6 months |
| Staff members | 2 weeks to 3 months |
As an indication, the project is expected to allocate:
- 18 bursaries to degree seeking M.Sc. students
- 8 bursaries to degree seeking Ph.D. students
- 6 bursaries to credit seeking M.Sc. students
- 4 bursaries to credit seeking Ph.D. students
- 5 bursaries to traineeships
- 7 bursaries to staff members
| Student mobility
Student mobility opportunities are provided to students at Masters or Doctorate level.
Student mobility can be of short term, i.e. credit-seeking mobility. This mobility leads to the academic recognition by the home institute of the study/research period spent at the host. Mechanisms to guarantee recognition of the time spent abroad and the studies or research conducted in that period by the home institute are put in place before the mobility takes place.
Student mobility can take place for a complete course of an academic programme, i.e. degree-seeking mobility, leading to the award of a degree by the host university after the successful completion of the studies.
Only the African universities involved in the project can host mobility of students and staff. At the time of application, applicants must be national of and resident in an African country.
| Trainee mobility
The mobility of trainees will entail placement periods (traineeship) in private or public
organisations / business actors as part of the trainees’ academic programme. Trainees will gain substantial and meaningful workplace experience in the project priority area(s) to increase their employability.
Candidates should be enrolled in a Bachelor/Master/Doctorate programme in one of the African universities involved in the consortium. At the time candidates apply for a scholarship, they must be national of and resident in an African country.
| Staff mobility
Staff mobility can involve academic, administrative, and technical staff. The related activities may vary from teaching assignments, research activities, to administrative tasks, attendance in/delivery of training courses, curriculum development activities, technical support etc.
Candidates must be staff members working for one of the universities involved in the project consortium including the EU Technical Partner.
| Special needs
A budget to support students with special needs is available to scholarship holders with disabilities whose long-term physical, mental, intellectual or sensory impairments are certified by a competent national authority and of such nature that their participation in the action would not be possible without the special needs items or services.