ISU-SGAC Space Africa Scholarship 2021 for Young Africans

We are proud to announce that the International Space University (ISU) in a partnership with the Space Generation Advisory Council (SGAC) will offer six scholarships to attend their programs to the winners of a competition organized by the second. Three scholarships for the Space Studies Program (SSP) and three for the Master of Space Studies (MSS).

Application Deadline: 8th March 2021

About the Award: ISU is long-standing partner of SGAC and have supported the organization of the 4th African Space Generation Workshop (Af-SGW) to be hold in Ghana between the 25th and 26th of February. On this occasion, ISU joins forces with SGAC to give young African students and professionals the opportunity to join one of their two most popular programs.
The competition will require proposing a team project topic within the thematic of Africa and Space for one of ISU’s programs. The competition will consist of two phases. In the first one, the applicants will have to submit a one-minute video talking about themselves and the topic they want to propose.
The second phase will require the applicants to submit a formal proposal for the team project topic, a letter of motivation explaining why they want to attend ISU and deserve this scholarship, as well as a plan on how they intend to gather the necessary funds to cover the rest of the fee (and living expenses in the case of the MSS program).

Type: Conference

Eligibility: In order to qualify for this competition you must meet the following eligibility criteria:

• You just be a national from one or more of the 55 member states of the African Union.
• You must not be eligible for other ISU scholarships based on nationality.
• You must be between 18 and 35 years old at the time of the start of the program you are applying for.
• You must have a Bachelor’s Degree or the equivalent, including 3 years of studies as a minimum, awarded by an accredited university.
• All applicants to ISU programs must demonstrate that they are sufficiently proficient in English to follow classes and to conduct project work.
• You must be part of one of the 100 delegates selected for the Af-SGW, part of the Af-SGW Organizing Team, or have held a position in SGAC in the past two years.

Eligible Countries: African countries

To be Taken at (Country): Ghana

Number of Awards: Three scholarships for the Space Studies Program
(SSP) and three for the Master of Space Studies (MSS).

Value of Award: A total of six winners will be selected: three for each category.

➢ SSP21 Category: 12,000 euros scholarship.
➢ MSS21 Category: 16,000 euros scholarship.

Note that these are not full scholarships, and the winners will be eventually responsible for fundraising the rest of the fee.

➢ The full SSP fee is 18,500 euros and it covers living expenses.
➢ The full MSS fee is 25,000 euros and it does not cover living expenses.

Note that winning the competition does not guarantee admission to either of the two programs and the winners will have to go through the formal application process to get accepted into both the SSP and MSS programs.

How to Apply: Apply here

• It is important to go through all application requirements in the Award Webpage (see Link below) before applying.
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