CIALCA Agriculture PhD Scholarship for Researchers in Africa (Fully-funded to Brussels, Belgium) 2018

 IITA and BioversityInt are announcing a new sandwich PhD scholarships under CIALCA R4D. Develop your career and agriculture- based livelihoods in Central Africa!

Application Deadline: 30th June 2018 (midnight Brussels time)

Eligible Countries: Burundi, Rwanda, DR Congo.

To Be Taken At (Country): Belgium, Eligible Countries

About the Award: The Consortium for Improving Agriculture-based Livelihoods in Central Africa (CIALCA) is a unique international research and capacity building consortium that brings together international research centers, African and European universities and national and international development partners with a vast experience in the science and the practice of agricultural development.

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• You will be part of a cohort of CIALCA PhD students, each one of you working on an individual research project at the interface of science and international development in the African Great Lakes Region).
• You will be co-supervised by a team of highly qualified researchers: at least one from your host international university, one from the national partner organization, and one from the CGIAR international agricultural research institutes.

Type: PhD, Research

Eligibility: Candidates need to have Rwandese, Burundese or Congolese nationality AND need to be contracted by a local academic or research institution in those countries at the time of application and throughout the PhD trajectory.

Number of Awards: CIALCA can accommodate 4 new PhD positions for candidates from Burundi (1), Rwanda (2) and DR Congo (1).

Value of Award:

• You will get international experience by spending between 18 and 24 months in a Belgian international university.
• In addition to your individual research project, you will benefit from an exciting network-wide training program, including workshops, courses, and joint practical projects with the other PhD students. This will give you hands-on experience as well as a suite of transferable skills, including in communicating scientific results and ICT skills to perform research in innovative and applied ways.

Duration of Programme: A 4-year PhD sandwich scholarship contract of which 18 to 24 months are spent in Belgium.

How to Apply: 

1. PhD POSITION 1: HOUSEHOLD HETEROGENEITY TO STRENGTHEN AGRICULTURAL AND RURAL DEVELOPMENT
   (open to applicants from Rwanda)
2. PhD POSITION 2: MANAGING NUTRITIONAL AND ENTREPRENEURIAL OBJECTIVES
   (open to applicants from Rwanda)
3. PhD POSITION 3: AGRI-FOOD SYSTEMS PATHWAYS TO IMPROVE HUMAN NUTRITION IN BANANA- AND CASSAVA-BASED SYSTEMS
   (open to applicants from Burundi)
4. PhD POSITION 4: TO BE ANNOUNCED SOON
   (open to applicants from DR Congo)

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