Ruforum/Mastercard Foundation Tagdev Scholarships 2024/2025 For African Students

African students from Uganda and Kenya can apply for the Ruforum/Mastercard Foundation Tagdev Scholarships 2024/2025 to help with the cost of their education. Apply Below: 

When is the Application Deadline:

The application deadline for the Ruforum/Mastercard Foundation Tagdev Scholarships for African Students is June 30, 2024. 

Tell Me About The Ruforum/Mastercard Foundation Tagdev Scholarships For African Students:

The Regional Universities Forum for Capacity Building in Agriculture (RUFORUM), in partnership with the Mastercard Foundation and other African countries, is implementing a 10-year program called Transforming African Agricultural Universities to Meaningfully Contribute to Africa’s Growth and Development (TAGDev 2.0) from 2023 to 2033. 

Additionally, the program aims to strengthen universities and TVET institutions to better serve communities by providing skills and empowering Africa’s young people and their institutions to drive an inclusive, equitable, and climate-resilient transformation of agriculture and agrifood systems. The program will support economically disadvantaged but academically competent young African students to enable them to complete their studies. 

The scholarship is open to both female and male applicants. However, applications from females, refugees, and persons with disabilities are highly encouraged. Scholarships for the 2024/2025 academic year are only available at Gulu University in Uganda and Egerton University in Kenya.

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Which Fields are Eligible?

The following fields are eligible:

Gulu University Undergraduate

• BSc. Agriculture
• BSc. Food Bioscience and Agribusiness
• BSc. Biosystems Engineering
• BSc. Agrienterpreneurship and Communication Management
• MSc. Food Security and Community Nutrition
• MSc. Agri-Enterprises Development
• MSc. Agronomy
• MSc. Biosystems Engineering

Egerton University

• BSc. Agricultural Education and Extension
• BSc. Science in Agriculture
• MSc Agri Enterprise Development
• MSc Environmental Studies

Type:

Fully funded 

Who can Apply for the Ruforum/Mastercard Foundation Tagdev Scholarships For African Students?

Interested candidates must meet the following eligibility criteria: 

• Be a national of Kenya and Uganda to benefit from the national respective scholarship quota
• Be a refugee residing in Uganda and Kenya to benefit from a regional quota
• Be from economically disadvantaged, marginalized communities, coming from conflict and post-conflict areas.
• Be less than 25 years for undergraduate and less than 30 years for master studies at the time of application.
• Be 29 years and below for a refugee and persons with disability for undergraduate studies and 34 years and below for refugees and persons with disability for master studies at the time of application.
• Should have completed secondary school and/or a diploma for a bachelor’s degree application not more than two years from the time of this call.
• The applicant should meet admission criteria to eligible programs in the university of choice (Egerton University or Gulu University).
• For admission into Gulu University for an undergraduate degree program one must have attained a High School Certificate (HSC) also known as Uganda Advanced Certificate of Education (UACE) or its equivalent.
• For admission into Egerton University, one must have completed the Kenya Certificate of Secondary Education (KCSE) or its equivalent.
• Demonstrate interest in agriculture, agribusiness, and entrepreneurship
• Demonstrate leadership qualities and commitment to service of humanity

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Which Countries Are Eligible?

Uganda and Kenya

Where will the Award be Taken?

Uganda and Kenya

How Many Awards?

Not specified

What is the Benefit of the Ruforum/Mastercard Foundation Tagdev Scholarships? 

This is a fully funded opportunity that covers the following:

• Tuition fees
• Research costs
• Workshop and conference costs
• Living expenses including stipend and hostel, laptop
• Internship attachment
• Community engagement and field attachment
• Entrepreneurship training.

Consequently, considering the level of investment, successful applicants will be required to become high achievers, highly engaging and focused students/graduates and change makers contributing to outreach services in the communities, capable of creating enterprises that create jobs for themselves and others and have the personal satisfaction and dynamism.

How to Apply:

Applicants are encouraged to fill out the online application and print it out to attach to their application for admission to the university of choice. The procedure for submitting the TAGDev 2.0 scholarship application through the RUFORUM Information Management System (RIMS) is as follows: 

• Access the RIMS Web Portal through; https://rims2.ruforum.org/
• Create your account by clicking on Register 
• An email will be sent to your valid email address to activate your account. Please check in the Spam or Junk for messages in case activation mail is not reflected in your inbox.
• Login using your email and password you used for creating.
• After successful login, the Applicant Dashboard will appear with different options. 
• Go to Calls – > Scholarship Calls 
• Select the Call ID: RU/2024/TAGDev-2.0/001 
• Click Apply to start filling out the Application Form. 
• Remember to save while filling out the form by “Clicking Save Draft” 
• Download, print, and submit it with your application form for admission to the University of your choice. 
• Depending on the University you are applying to, you may either submit the document in hard copy or simply attach it to the university’s online portal. 

For any assistance, kindly contact the administrator at mcf@ruforum.org

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