GENES II Project -Scholarships
SCHOLARSHIPS
The following types of mobility are eligible:
- Mobility of students
The mobility of students must take place in the framework of accredited master level courses and doctoral programmes offered by the African HEIs involved in the project as applicants (beneficiaries) and linked to the chosen priority area(s) of the project.
At the time they apply for a scholarship, candidates must be national of and resident in an African country.
Two categories of students will be supported:
- Target group 1: students registered/admitted in or having obtained a degree from one of the African applicant HEIs (beneficiaries) involved in the consortium
- Target Group 2: students registered/admitted in or having obtained a degree from another HEI which is not participating as applicant (beneficiary) but is established in Africa
Students can only receive one scholarship under the projects selected in the framework of the Intra-Africa Academic Mobility Scheme 2022-2027.
Student mobility can be of short term, i.e., credit-seeking mobility (leading to the academic recognition by the home HEI of the study/research period spent at the host HEI8) or for a complete course of an academic programme, i.e., degree-seeking mobility (leading to the award of a degree by the host HEI after the successful completion of the studies).
- Mobility of trainees
At the time they apply for a scholarship, candidates must be national of and resident in an African country.
They should be enrolled in a Bachelor/Master/Doctorate programme in one of the applicants HEIs (beneficiaries) from Africa involved in the consortium.
⦾ 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.
⦾ The applicant HEIs established in the host country should be involved in the organisation and implementation of the mobility, and it is therefore expected to reinforce their career/job placement services and their partnerships with the private and public sector.
⦾ The consortium should ensure the academic recognition by the home HEI of the traineeship period abroad.
- Staff mobility
At the time they apply for a scholarship, candidates must be staff members working for one of the applicant HEIs (beneficiaries) involved in the consortium (including the EU Technical Partner).
⦾ 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.
⦾ Staff mobility should aim at fostering exchange of practices, capacity building as well as improvement of (management/ academic/ technical/ administrative) skills.
⦾ It should also lead to improvement in the harmonisation and recognition of studies within the participating HEIs as well as in the quality of teaching and research.
⦾ Staff from the EU Technical partner will be eligible to participate in mobility periods in one of the applicants (beneficiaries) HEIs in Africa9 with the aim of further supporting the management and implementation of the project and mobility scheme from an academic, administrative and financial point of view.
⦾ Scholarship holders cannot benefit from another EU funded scholarship scheme (e.g., Intra-Africa Academic Mobility Scheme, Erasmus+: Erasmus Mundus Joint Master Degrees) to implement the same activity during their Intra-Africa mobility period.
To avoid irregularities in the selection of scholarship holders, the scholars must:
⦾ To the students: declare (both at application stage and in the scholarship holder agreement) not to have already benefitted from a previous student scholarship under the projects selected in the framework of the Intra-Africa Academic Mobility Scheme 2022-2027.
⦾ To students, trainees and staff: commit (both at application stage and in the scholarship agreement) not to benefit from another EU funded scholarship scheme (e.g., Intra-Africa Academic Mobility Scheme, Erasmus+: Erasmus Mundus Joint Master Degrees) to implement the same activity during their Intra-Africa mobility period.
⦾ To students, trainees, and staff: eimburse the financial support in case of incomplete or false declaration.
Concerning the individual mobility types specified above, the following indicative targets must be respected:
⦾ Minimum percentage of scholarship holders per type of mobility:
|
S/N |
Type of Mobility/Scholarship |
Percentage |
|
1 |
Master students |
50% |
|
2 |
Doctoral candidates |
15% |
|
3 |
Trainees |
10% |
|
4 |
Staff members |
10% |
⦾ Minimum 25% of the number of student scholarship holders (Master students and Doctoral candidates) are credit-seeking.
⦾ Balanced distribution of the number of mobility flows among the applicant (beneficiaries) HEIs from Africa (taking into account the operational capacity to manage mobility and the capacity to host and send scholarship holders).
⦾ Minimum 25% of the total number of scholarship holders are women.
⦾ Minimum 10% of the total number of scholarship holders are with special needs or vulnerable status (e.g., coming from disadvantaged socio-economic backgrounds, fragile and least developed countries/regions, with a refugee status).
⦾ Maximum 20% of the total number of scholarship holders are of the same nationality.
Scholarship Amount
The scholarship to individuals (students, trainees and staff) shall cover travel, installation and subsistence costs. It is calculated based on a monthly unit contribution (pro-rata of the actual number of days), as follows:
|
Type of Mobility/Scholarship |
Amount/month |
Duration |
|
Master students |
EUR 890 |
x months of the mobility |
|
Doctoral candidates/trainees |
EUR 1,230 |
x months of the mobility |
|
Staff member |
EUR 2,370 |
x months of the mobility |
