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Information on scholarships

MSc Scholarships

MSc Scholarships

Competitive selection process for master students

Degree opportunities for African Master students:

  • UWC: Development Studies, Biotechnology, Computer Science, Statistics
  • UP: Agricultural Economics, Food Science, Agriculture, Computer Science
  • LUANAR: Agricultural Economics, Human Nutrition, Gender & Development, Extension & Innovation and Development
  • UMP: Agricultural Extension; Agriculture, Information & Communications Technology

For German Master students:

  • Exchange scholarships for students from Agricultural Economics, AgriTropics, Economics

For all: participation in summer schools, certificate courses, transfer workshops and courses on success skill

 

 

PhD scholarships

PhD scholarships

The funding includes scholarships for PhD candidates enrolled at the University of Hohenheim. Embedded in an existing research group, the doctoral students will work together with an African counterpart under supervision of post-doctoral fellows and senior scientists at the Centre. The research project of the doctoral student will focus on a topic within the thematic scope of the Centre. The link to cross-cutting themes of the Centre as well as the potential for knowledge transfer to stakeholders should be already addressed in the proposal. The research project should also clearly demonstrate how the activity will benefit from the Centre's data science platform. The PhDs are (further) trained in the field of applied and transdisciplinary research. The research results of the PhD projects will contribute to the transfer cycles and will be made accessible (with the help of the postdoc supervision team) to an pan-African and international specialised public. PhD students hosted by a core partner will also be enrolled in the Graduate Centre and benefit from activities such as summer schools and workshops organised by the Centre. The PhD students participate in the Graduate Centre programme, which offers modules and courses in the Graduate Programme in Food Systems Analysis and Data Science. Phd candidates are further qualified and have gained international and intercultural teaching, research and learning experience. For a maximum period of 42 months, 9 German doctoral candidates will be hosted by one of the Centre's core partner institutions. The competitive application process for a PhD scholarship and research funding involves the preparation of a research proposal in exchange with a supervisory team from the Centre and German University. Each PhD project can apply for its own well-justified research funding of up to EUR 25,000.00. Additional support can be obtained from the Centre For each doctoral candidate, the German supervision team is equipped with two trips for 14 days of supervision.

Postdoctoral scholarships

Postdoctoral scholarships

Postdoctoral positions for German scientists will be established at the Centre to conduct advanced academic research to deepen expertise, develop new skills, conduct (digital) teaching, and contribute to knowledge generation and transfer. The postdocs will work independently and lead a thematic research area of the Centre, based at one of the core institutions. They will lead and supervise their own team of PhD and MSc students while collaborating with African postdocs and being mentored by senior academics at the Centre. During their fellowship, they will design and conduct applied and transdisciplinary research using theoretical or practical approaches, analyse data, and contribute to the Centre's data science hub. The postdoc position comes with a research grant of 15,000.00 Euro/year + material support from the Centre. Postdocs will organise and contribute to thematic feedback/forward & transfer workshops to support the concept of transfer cycles, present results at conferences and seminars. In that way postdocs will build contact and exchange with relevant African, German and international stakeholders. They will also contribute to the development of e-learning modules and digital transfer tools based on their specific expertise, thus making the results of the applied and transdisciplinary research projects accessible to a pan-african and international specialised public. The postdocs will be further qualified and have gained international and intercultural teaching, research and learning experience. In a competitive process, the postdocs will apply for a fellowship with a research proposal that will be evaluated by the Centre's Management Committee.

Summer schools

By providing an immersive learning experience, Summer Schools play a crucial role in building research capacity, fostering innovation and promoting the next generation of scientists and researchers. The objectives are to transfer knowledge in specific scientific fields, to develop skills in data analysis and methodological training, and to network by facilitating interactions between participants, scientists and stakeholders. We use (digital) lectures and seminars, in presence excursions and hands-on sessions, field trips and group work as educational components of our programme. A series of 5 summer schools is planned, alternating between Africa and Germany. The target groups are MSc and PhD students from Germany and Africa. Interdisciplinary content along the Centre's cross-cutting research themes will be offered at the different host universities, representing regions with contrasting agri-food systems.

Starting in 2025, the UWC in Cape Town will focus on data science and food systems based on perennial crop production systems, including post-harvest technologies and market analysis. In 2026 and 2028, the summer school will be hosted by the University of Hohenheim and focus on skills development training methods for advanced data analysis using existing computing and training facilities. Here we will offer a digital component to reach out to a larger number of students. To facilitate interdisciplinary exchange and networking with relevant German, African and international stakeholders, the Summer School will also visit the Tropentag, an annual interdisciplinary international conference on research in tropical and subtropical agriculture, natural resource management and rural development with more than 800 participants from all over the world. As an hybrid conference the Tropentag also offers online participation. In 2027, the Summer School will be hosted by LUANAR (Malawi), which will present mainly maize-based mixed agri-food systems representative of much of southern Africa. The summer school will focus on smallholder crop and livestock production. Aquaculture will also be considered as a promising system for food security. The final year in 2029 will be hosted by UP and the University of Mpumalanga. Topics will include large and small-scale farming systems, human-wildlife conflicts and animal health. The last summer-school will also be used to summarise the activities of the Centre and develop a concept for future learning. The summer schools will be jointly attended by German and African MSc and PhD students to enable a cross-continental exchange of knowledge.