Fully Funded Africa Health Research Institute Scholarships 2022/23: (Deadline 1 April 2022)
Applications for the Africa Health Research Institute/UCL MSc Scholarship 2022-2023 are now open. This scholarship is a singular award for the UK academic year September 2022 to September 2023. It is funded by UCL’s Division of Infection and Immunity.
The scholarship is administered via AHRI and is for applicants whose academic background and interests are aligned with the programs of research at AHRI. This opportunity is open to applicants who permanently reside in South Africa. Applicants must have a high-quality academic record to be considered for this opportunity.
Benefit From Health Research Institute Scholarships
The Scholarship will cover:
Full UCL tuition fees for a one-year full-time taught master’s degree.
A round-trip economy airfare to and from the UK.
A monthly stipend to cover housing and living costs for 50 weeks.
National Health Service (NHS) surcharge and Tier 4 visa costs.
Eligibility Required for Health Research Institute Scholarships
The candidate:
Firstly, Must be permanently based in South Africa at the time of application.
Secondly, Must hold a valid passport at the time of application.
Thirdly, Must have an Honours degree equivalent to a Bachelor (Honours) degree with Second Class Division 1 Honours or 70% in an appropriate subject.
Lastly, The successful applicant will need to be in London to start their chosen course in September 2022.
We encourage women candidates to apply.
Application Details of Health Research Institute Scholarships
Application form guidelines:
Personal statement: You are requested to complete a ‘Personal statement” which allows you to express your motivations and suitability for the program you are applying to. There is a 1000-word limit for the personal statement.
Details of two referees: At least one of your references must be academic and someone who has taught you at degree level. If you wish you may provide one professional reference in place of the second academic reference. Ensure you have spoken to your chosen referees, so they are expecting an invitation to provide a reference for you and are happy to do this. When providing the email address for your referee, use an academic or professional one rather than a personal one, e.g. john.smith@university.ac.uk rather than johnsmith@hotmail.com
The title of the UCL MSc course you wish to study: See below a list of UCL’s Master’s courses related to AHRI’s research areas. This includes but is not limited to:
Firstly, Global Health and Development MSc
Secondly, Health and Society: Social Epidemiology MSc
Thirdly, Health Economics and Decision Science MSc
Additionally, Health Informatics
Moreover, Health Data analytics
Furthermore, Health data science (CODING)
Health Psychology MSc
Infancy and Early Childhood Development MSc
Infection and Immunity
Medicine MScs (includes Infection and Immunity)
Pediatrics and Child Health: Global Child Health MSc
Population Health MSc (USA, Japan, Europe)
Prenatal Genetics and Foetal Medicine MSc
Reproductive Science and Women’s Health MSc
Applied Infectious Disease Epidemiology
Women’s Health MSc
Candidates will go through a competitive round of selection at AHRI and the successful candidate gets a nomination for the UCL selection. Application for acceptance onto an MSc taught course is separate, and the AHRI nominee gets guidance through this process.
Complete the online AHRI/UCL MSc Scholarship application form and provide a copy of your academic transcript and CV. The application deadline is 5 pm on Friday, 01 April 2022.
Lastly, It is important to visit the official website link found below to access the application form.
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