VW Summer School 2022 for Young African & German Leaders (Fully-funded)
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When is the Application Deadline:
22nd April 2022
Tell Me About VW Summer School:
The VW-summer school series intends to train participants on the knowledge and skills of how landscape ecology can contribute to improve the status of achieving the SDGs and the AU Agenda 2063 objectives. The summer school will entail joint engagement of scientists and practitioners from urban, regional and national planning as well as from governmental institutions who are engaged in socio-ecological system development from multiple perspectives.
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What Type of Scholarship is this?
Short course
Who can apply for VW Summer School?
Each summer school is planned for about 30 participants to be selected from African countries and Germany. The summer school will be a mixture of early career and young scientists as well as established scholars and input providers from practice, such as policy makers/representatives of governmental institutions preparing and implementing environmental policies, planners, actors from business and economy and local knowledge holders. For the young scientists, the focus will be on PhD and postdoctoral students from African and German institutions.
How are Applicants Selected?
Requirements
- Be a PhD student, Postdoctoral student or early career scientist from based in Sub Saharan Africa or Germany. Landscape ecology scientists from Sub Saharan Africa may also be considered
- Consistently participate in all planned webinar series
- Motivation and interest in Landscape Ecology, Cities and Urban Ecological Resilience
- Brief CV (Maximum 2 pages)
Selected applicants will be required to attend Webinars during which time final selection will be made.
Which Countries are Eligible?
sub-Saharan countries
Where will Award be Taken?
Online & Makerere University, Uganda
How Many Scholarships will be Given?
30
What is the Benefit of VW Summer School?
The summer school series are fully funded by the Volkswagen Foundation, which will cover costs for travel, accommodation, Visa and meals physical meeting in Kampala in July 2022.
How to Apply for VW Summer School:
Applications to participate in the first summer school should be submitted online at vwsummerschool.mak.ac.ug. The application deadline is April 22, 2022.
It is important to go through all application requirements before applying.
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