Scholarships & Funding
The AAM-CSD project, funded by the European Union, offers scholarships to postgraduate students and trainers, researchers, and university staff across Africa. This financial support promotes travel between African partner universities for master’s degree programs, PhD students’ degree programs, short-term visits by staff, and postgraduate researcher students for training.The funding includes costs for travel, health insurance, tuition, and daily living expenses.
Skills & Career Development
Applicants must have a solid educational foundation and live in or be citizens of Africa. Candidates will be chosen based on their academic achievements and their ability to carry out climate change research in a variety of industries and promote sustainable development in Africa.
Community & Opportunities
The project improves skills and career development by offering specialized courses and research at top African universities, strengthening both technical and soft skills. It also fosters an African community of scholars who continue to interact after the program concludes, expanding potential in a variety of fields.
About the AAM-CSD Project
The AAM-CSD project is funded by the European Union through the Intra-Africa Academic Mobility Scheme, with its overall objective, was to enhance human capital development on the continent while strengthening intra‑African cooperation in higher education, as called for by Agenda 2063. The programme’s specific objectives were to: Increase the employability of students, improve the quality of higher education in Africa and its relevance to Africa’s development vision, strengthen the modernisation and internationalisation of African higher education institutions, and promote the development of an African higher education and research space.
The main aim of the AAM-CSD project is to improve education and research in African mobility by allowing Master’s students, PhD students, academic staff, and trainees to travel between partner universities. By encouraging the sharing of knowledge, skills, and effective practices, the AAM-CSD project seeks to enhance the quality and importance of higher education, boost the abilities of institutions, and support global collaboration among African universities. This initiative plays a vital role in developing a more connected and active higher education environment in Africa.
The project focuses on important topics necessary for climate change adaptation and mitigation, sustainable development, like agriculture, climate change, water management, renewable energy, natural resources, and environment. It offers scholarships and grants to participants for studying, researching, or training at a partner institution outside their home country. The AAM-CSD project produces skilled graduates and researchers who can tackle the climate change and urgent development issues facing the African continent. This organized mobility not only advances personal careers but also enhances the research and innovation capabilities of the universities involved, promoting long-term sustainable growth and improvement across Africa.
Important Disclaimer
The disclaimer emphasizes the European Union’s funding for the AAM-CSD project while clarifying that this does not imply that the EU endorses the project’s content, which is entirely based on the authors’ perspectives. This demonstrates that the European Commission and its agencies, such as EACEA, are not responsible for how the information is used, leaving the project team solely responsible for academic accomplishments.
EACEA also handles some scholarship candidates’ personal information from the Intra-Africa Academic Mobility Scheme in accordance with its privacy policy.
⚠️ Be cautious of fraudulent scholarship offers. Before giving any personal details, make sure that any messages you receive asking you to apply for an Intra-Africa scholarship or asking for a fee are legitimate. Candidates for a scholarship should not have to pay any fees.
⚠️ Beware of Fraudulent Scholarship Offers
The AAM-CSD project strongly advises all potential students and applicants to be very careful about fake scholarship offers and misleading messages from unauthorized people or groups. The official project team and its partner universities will never require any fees for applications, processing, or other hidden charges related to joining the program or receiving a scholarship. All genuine selection processes rely only on academic performance and are handled directly through the official AAM-CSD website and the official channels of the partner universities. Any communication asking for payment should be treated as a scam, and applicants are highly encouraged to confirm the legitimacy of any offer by contacting the project coordinators using the official contact details listed on the project’s website. The Scholarship Program of the AAM-CSD project is conducted entirely in English. All courses, lectures, and study materials will be provided in English.
Applicants need to have a solid grasp of the English language to join the program. If necessary, proof of English proficiency may be requested during the application
Partners
Wageningen University (WU)
Njala University (NU)
Arba Minch University
University for Development Studies (UDS)
