African Biomedical Engineering Mobility (ABEM) 2021 Scholarship For African Postgraduate Students and Staff

Published: 14 Nov 2020

As part of the Roadmap 2014-2017 of the Joint Africa-EU Strategy, the Intra-Africa Mobility Scheme underlines the contribution of higher education towards economic and social development and the potential of academic mobility to improve the quality of higher education and are thus inviting applications from interested and qualified candidates.

The scheme is modelled on Europe’s well-established and successful Erasmus-Mundus programme. 

ABEM will build human and institutional capacity in Africa for needs-­based health technology research and development. The project will train postgraduate students with skills and specialisations not offered at their home institutions.

Furthermore, it will support the development of biomedical engineering programmes that are being established, or have recently been established, at partner institutions and contribute toward harmonising biomedical engineering curricula across the continent. This will be achieved through the provision of scholarships to cover the full cost of mobility between African higher education institutions.

ABEM Postgraduate Scholarship

Application Deadline	January 13, 2021
Country to study	Egypt, Kenya, Uganda
School to study	Addis Ababa University, Cairo University, Kenyatta University
Type	Postgraduate
Sponsor	African Biomedical Engineering Mobility (ABEM)

ABEM Postgraduate Scholarship Benefits

The scholarship will cover:

1. Roundtrip flight ticket and visa costs;
2. Participation costs such as tuition fees, registration fees and service fees where applicable
3. Insurance (health, accident, travel);
4. A settling-in allowance;
5. A monthly subsistence allowance;
6. A contribution towards the research costs associated with student mobility of 10 months or longer.

Requirements for ABEM Postgraduate Scholarship

To be eligible for a scholarship, master’s and doctoral students must comply with the following criteria:

1. Be a national and resident in any of the eligible countries covered by the Programme (see Section 2.1)
2. At the time of the application for a scholarship, be registered/admitted in their final year or have obtained their most recent degree (or equivalent) from:
   1. one of the higher education institutions included in the partnership (Target Group 1); or
   2. a higher education institution not included in the partnership but established in an eligible country (Target Group 2)
3. Have sufficient knowledge of the language of instruction in the host institution.
4. Meet the specific requirements of the host institution.

Students can only benefit from one scholarship under the Intra-Africa Academic Mobility Scheme.

Students having benefited from scholarship(s) under the previous Intra-ACP Academic Mobility Scheme cannot receive scholarships under the Intra-Africa Academic Mobility Scheme.

Staff may undertake mobility visits for 1-6 months, at any of the African partner institutions

Application Documents

Digital copies of several documents are required. If a candidate fails to submit all required documents the application will be excluded without any possibility of appeal.

1. Copy of passport
2. Degree certificate(s) – Must have been issued by a higher education institution, dated, signed and stamped, otherwise it will not be considered valid and the application will be excluded.
3. Transcript of academic records for degrees completed, stating in detail all courses taken and grades obtained in the course.

Application Deadline

January 13, 2021

How to Apply

Interested and qualified? Go to African Biomedical Engineering Mobility (ABEM) on apply.africanbmemobility.org to apply