IITA and Bioversity International Rwanda organise a competitive call for BSc or MSc thesis research students affiliated with the University of Rwanda.

Conditions and Eligibility

•The call is open for students who are already enrolled in an University of Rwanda BSc
or MSc program;

•This is not a full scholarship grant. The grant supports BSc- or MSc-thesis research
projects of max 6 months;

• Students can only put 1 application per person;

• Students apply for an individual project (group applications are not allowed);

• Applications must be online: https://goo.gl/forms/Ez34BnrH5KQSekqE2;

• Students will identify a university supervisor who has agreed on student supervision;

• Students can only commence their research with an approved research proposal by
their university supervisor;

• Students receive a fixed stipend of $300 per month, for a max period of 6 months;

• Students have access to ~$700 research budget (approx. $120 per month); Research
budget needs to be agreed with the IITA supervisor and needs to be accounted for;

• Students have access to IITA Rwanda office facilities (desk, internet), but agree to
use their own laptop or PC;

• Students agree to comply with general ITA research and student policies.

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Value and selection process

As we have only limited amount of space and capacity, students will be selected using a competitive process through which students submit their proposals. Shortlisted students will be pitching their proposal to a panel of IITA and Bioversity researchers after which between 2 and 4 students will be selected for the year 2019. Student projects will have a budget of $2500, which includes stipend and research costs.

More information on terms and conditions can be found by clicking this link.

How to apply

Students that comply with the criteria and who accept the terms and conditions can submit their application online through Google Forms.

Only completed applications will be analysed.

The deadline for submissions is 31 December 2018, 6PM Central Africa Time.