European Union CREATE Green Africa Scholarship 2025 [Study In Europe]

The European Union (EU), under its Intra-Africa Academic Mobility Scheme, has provided funding to support graduate students in African universities under the CREATE Green Africa Scholarship project.

The CREATE Green Africa Scholarship will cover costs such as tuition fees, 1230 € monthly stipends, Application fees, Student Union, Accommodation, Student ID, and travel costs in line with the MOU signed by the partner institutions and with the EU.

SCHOLARSHIP AT A GLANCE:

Detail	Information
Scholarship Provider	European Union (EU) under its Intra-Africa Academic Mobility Scheme
Project	Climate Research and Education to Advancing Green Development in Africa (CREATE-GreenAfrica)
Aim	Increase climate-oriented skills and qualifications across Africa through mobility and experience sharing
Degrees Offered	35 Masters and 12 PhDs from 2024-2028
Thematic Areas	Environmental Sustainability, Climate/weather processes, Food production resilience, Gender-climate-food nexus, Climate change and water, Collective action and natural resource management
Scholarship Coverage	Tuition fees, 1230€/month PhD stipend, 890€/month MSc stipend, Application fees, Student Union, Accommodation, Student ID, Travel costs, Insurance
Eligibility	African citizens residing in Africa, study outside home country, female and disadvantaged candidates encouraged
Selection Criteria	Eligibility, academic documents, admission qualification, appeal process
Application Deadline	September 6, 2024

Fact About The European Union CREATE Green Africa

1.  The EU is providing funding for this scholarship under its Intra-Africa Academic Mobility Scheme to support graduate students in African universities.
2.  The scholarship will cover all costs including tuition fees, application fees, student union, accommodation, student ID, and a generous monthly stipend of 1230 € for PhD candidates and 890 € for M.Sc. candidates.
3.  This project aims to train an astonishing total of 35 Masters and 12 PhDs from 2024 to 2028 across 6 African countries.
4.  The scholarship is open to all qualified African candidates residing in Africa at the time of application, with a unique twist – applicants can only apply to study in an institution outside their home country!
5.  Female and disadvantaged/vulnerable candidates are strongly encouraged to apply, showcasing the scholarship’s commitment to diversity and inclusion.
6.  The CREATE Green Africa project will significantly advance the knowledge and skills of students, trainees, and staff on climate change adaptation and mitigation through mobility and experience sharing.
7.  The scholarship covers a wide range of fascinating climate-related research areas such as environmental sustainability, climate forecasting, food system resilience, gender-climate nexus, water resources, and ecosystem-based adaptation.

Details For European Union CREATE Green Africa Scholarship 2025

The European Union (EU), under its Intra-Africa Academic Mobility Scheme, has provided funding to support the training of graduate students in African universities under the “Climate Research and Education to Advancing Green Development in Africa (CREATE-GreenAfrica)” project.

This project aims to increase climate-oriented skills and qualifications across the African continent through mobility and experience sharing. CREATE-GreenAfrica will significantly contribute to advancing the knowledge and skills of students, trainees, consortium staff, and other non-consortium members on climate change adaptation and mitigation.

A total of 35 Masters and 12 PhDs will be trained from 2024 to 2028 in the thematic areas of;

• Environmental Sustainability (impact assessment, adaptation and mitigations of climate variability and change),
• Climate/weather related processes at local and global level for proper forecast, prediction and early warning,
• Resilience of food production systems to climate change and variability impacts,
• Gender-climate-food system nexus, policies and institutions related to climate and development,
• Climate change and water resources,
• Collective action, and natural resource management, and Ecosystem-based adaptation to climate change.

The project will provide scholarships for full degree programs and short-term credit-seeking mobility for students.

Eligibility Requirements For European Union CREATE Green Africa Scholarship 2025

Applicants considered for the European Union Green Africa Scholarship must meet the following criteria:

• The scholarships are open to all qualified African candidates residing in Africa at the time of application to be trained in the host institutions for respective programs in Tanzania, Zimbabwe, Ethiopia, Ghana, Nigeria and South Africa.
• Note: Applicants are only allowed to apply to study in an institution outside of their home country. Female and disadvantaged/vulnerable candidates are encouraged to apply. All applications will be handled confidentially.

Rewards For European Union CREATE Green Africa Scholarship 2025

The scholarship includes a subsistence allowance of 1230 € per month for PhD candidates and 890 € for M.Sc. candidates. This will cover research cost, travel, travel insurance, subsistence and accommodation.

Insurance: During the study, insurance coverage (accident, travel, health) will be provided for the duration of the Scholarship within the limits of the grant provisions.

Tuition fees and research contribution: The Intra-Africa Academic Mobility Scholarship Scheme, CREATE-GreenAfrica will cover costs such as tuition fee, Application fee, Student Union, Registration, Caution Money, Student ID and Quality assurance fee in line with the MOU signed by the partner institutions and with EU.

Selection Criteria For European Union CREATE Green Africa Scholarship 2025

The following eight steps will be used in the selection process of students to benefit from the CREATE-GreenAfrica project:

• The coordinating institution will receive applications and forward them to the target host university, which will subsequently shortlist the candidates.
• The coordinator will receive the compilation of shortlisted candidates from the host institution.
• The CREATE-GreenAfrica selection committee will review the shortlisted candidates and carry out the selection of candidates to receive scholarships (based on eligibility, authenticity of academic documents and qualification for admission by the target host university).
• Communication of results by the coordinator to the applicants, scholarship awardees and host institutions.
• Create-GreenAfrica selection committee may go further review, if there is any, appeal regarding the selection process.
• Signing of the contracts between the CREATE-GreenAfrica and the scholarship beneficiaries and subsequent sending of the signed contracts to the host universities.
• The hosting university will facilitate the travel and settling in/out of the awardees to/from the respective university and subsequently assign an academic mentor to assist them in successfully completing their study.
• The awarded candidates will be required to bear the air ticket cost to the hosting institution and will be reimbursed the air ticket cost and any direct cost they incur during the admission process after arrival to the hosting institution.

How To Apply For European Union CREATE Green Africa Scholarship 2025

To apply for the 2025 CREATE Green Africa Scholarship, interested and qualified applicants should;

• Click on the button below to visit the scholarship webpage
• All interested applicants should download the application form, fill it and together with certificates and transcripts of results and other required documents and submit through email.
• The application for scholarship should be sent to the project coordinating office (email: [email protected]).
• Admission criteria and procedure can be found at the hosting university website and scholarship application form is available
• In order to facilitate and fasten the mobility process, each applicant is advised to apply concurrently to the host University for admission.
• Admission process varies between hosting universities during scholarship application.
• Deadline is September 6, 2024