DAAD is offering three-year PhD scholarships for full-time study towards the PhD degree in Biochemistry and Microbiology at Rhodes University at the beginning of 2020. The programme is funded by the German Federal Ministry of Economic Cooperation and Development (BMZ). A maximum of 5 scholarships are available for admission in 2020. The scholarships cover costs associated with the degree and include a monthly stipend of 500 euros.

Eligibility

Citizens of a sub-Saharan country (excluding South Africa)
M.Sc. degree (or equivalent) in Biochemistry, Microbiology, Biotechnology or a related science completed not more than 6 years ago. Note that if your M.Sc. is not completed, you should submit a letter from your current supervisor indicating that the degree will be completed by June 2020

Good working knowledge of English
Strong motivation and commitment
Application Procedure

The application procedure starts by application to Rhodes University which is due on Friday 17th May, 2019. A committee will screen applications, and shortlisted candidates will be contacted and required to submit documentations to DAAD via the DAAD online portal, DAAD will make the final selection of resourceful candidates.

Please submit the following documentation as a single PDF File

Letter of motivation (explaining your interest in Biochemistry/Microbiology and why you wish to do a PhD, Maximum 1 page)
CV using the template found here: https://europass.cedefop.europa.eu/editors/en/cv/compose
certified copy of academic transcript/degree certificates
reference letters from 2 academic references
passport/ID as proof of citizenship
Please email the above documents as a single PDF file to pgfunding@ru.ac.za by 17:00 on Friday 17th May 2019. Please name the file “DAAD-Your name”.

Female applicants and applicants from less privileged backgrounds are encouraged to participate in the programme.



Queries may be addressed to Prof Adrienne Edkins on a.edkins@ru.az.az

https://desertbloomadvisory.com/2019/05/14/call-for-applications-for-daad-phd-scholarships-to-study-biochemistry-microbiology/

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