The United Nations University invites applications for the 2016 Ekwueme fellowship for Nigerians that will start in March 2016. The fellowship is called after Nigeria’s first vice president and the founder of the political party PDP.
The United Nations University invites applications for the 2016 Ekwueme fellowship for Nigerians that will start in March 2016. The fellowship is called after Nigeria’s first vice president and the founder of the political party PDP.
Eligibility
The eligibility conditions for enrollment are
- Fellows must be Nigerian nationality.
- Fellows must be working on Governance research.
- Fellow is younger than 40 when applying
- The fellowship recipient will complete the application form – and fulfill all programme application requirements, before 15 October 2015.
- The fellowship recipient applies for the fellowship, starting the GPAC2 programme on 1 March 2016.
- The fellowship recipient receives a fellowship including coverage of the tuition fees for enrollment in the years 2, 3 and 4. (6.000 euro each, in total 18.000 euro)
- The fellowship recipient will pay him/herself the tuition for year one (8.000 euro), as well as tuition for all years that he/she will remain enrolled after year four.
- The fellowship recipient will pay his/her own travel expenses , visa/permit expenses, accommodation expenses in Maastricht, fieldwork expenses, books and other expenses.
To apply for the 2016 Ekwueme fellowship, please check the appropriate box on the application form, and submit all other requested materials. For more information and in case of remaining questions on the fellowship, please use the FAQ blog.