{"id":3072,"date":"2021-03-11T12:15:57","date_gmt":"2021-03-11T11:15:57","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/ensak.usms.ac.ma\/ensak\/?p=3072"},"modified":"2021-03-12T12:44:25","modified_gmt":"2021-03-12T11:44:25","slug":"excellence-in-africa-100-phds-for-africa-programme-2021-call-for-proposals","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/ensak.usms.ac.ma\/ensak\/excellence-in-africa-100-phds-for-africa-programme-2021-call-for-proposals\/","title":{"rendered":"Excellence in Africa \u2013 100 PhDs for Africa programme: 2021 call for proposals"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"rtejustify\">The\u00a0<span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><a style=\"color: #0000ff;\" href=\"https:\/\/africancitiesjournal.us18.list-manage.com\/track\/click?u=3d2e0d7edf9a799f431eb2a2e&amp;id=1451386064&amp;e=dfa89204c4\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" data-saferedirecturl=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?q=https:\/\/africancitiesjournal.us18.list-manage.com\/track\/click?u%3D3d2e0d7edf9a799f431eb2a2e%26id%3D1451386064%26e%3Ddfa89204c4&amp;source=gmail&amp;ust=1615538571047000&amp;usg=AFQjCNFh3GW7ShhX5-8mvTlpWKgA8XqucA\">EXAF Centre<\/a><\/span>\u00a0is initiating a new programme called \u201c100 PhDs for Africa\u201d, as part of the\u00a0\u00a0<strong><em>Excellence in Africa<\/em><em>\u00a0<\/em><\/strong>initiative, jointly launched by\u00a0<span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><a style=\"color: #0000ff;\" href=\"https:\/\/africancitiesjournal.us18.list-manage.com\/track\/click?u=3d2e0d7edf9a799f431eb2a2e&amp;id=781f0d369d&amp;e=dfa89204c4\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" data-saferedirecturl=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?q=https:\/\/africancitiesjournal.us18.list-manage.com\/track\/click?u%3D3d2e0d7edf9a799f431eb2a2e%26id%3D781f0d369d%26e%3Ddfa89204c4&amp;source=gmail&amp;ust=1615538571048000&amp;usg=AFQjCNE0RCGzKV_J8DVQUQo93jOip048_Q\">UM6P<\/a><\/span>\u00a0(the Mohammed VI Polytechnic University in Morocco) and by\u00a0<span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><a style=\"color: #0000ff;\" href=\"https:\/\/africancitiesjournal.us18.list-manage.com\/track\/click?u=3d2e0d7edf9a799f431eb2a2e&amp;id=f53f2d365f&amp;e=dfa89204c4\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" data-saferedirecturl=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?q=https:\/\/africancitiesjournal.us18.list-manage.com\/track\/click?u%3D3d2e0d7edf9a799f431eb2a2e%26id%3Df53f2d365f%26e%3Ddfa89204c4&amp;source=gmail&amp;ust=1615538571048000&amp;usg=AFQjCNEBLGtbmA4c4E27gvnf3EkYwNggDA\">EPFL<\/a><\/span>\u00a0(the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology in Lausanne).<\/p>\n<p class=\"rtejustify\">The 100 PhDs for Africa programme will give to science and engineering graduates the opportunity to pursue a PhD at an African higher education institution. The PhD candidates benefiting from this programme will be jointly supervised by a professor of an African institution and by an EPFL professor. They will conduct their doctoral studies and their thesis research at their institution in Africa, and they will spend short periods of time at EPFL and at UM6P (summer and spring schools, workshops, conferences).<\/p>\n<p class=\"rtejustify\">The first call for proposals is now open, with a\u00a0<span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><strong>deadline<\/strong><\/span>\u00a0for applications set for\u00a0<span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><strong>20 April 2021<\/strong><\/span>. Talented master graduates who have the endorsement of a professor at an African higher education institution for PhD supervision are very welcomed to apply.<\/p>\n<p class=\"rtejustify\">We kindly invite you to disseminate this information on your website and, if possible,\u00a0amongst your network of contacts. You will find\u00a0<span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><strong><a style=\"color: #0000ff;\" href=\"https:\/\/africancitiesjournal.us18.list-manage.com\/track\/click?u=3d2e0d7edf9a799f431eb2a2e&amp;id=87ecf17403&amp;e=dfa89204c4\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" data-saferedirecturl=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?q=https:\/\/africancitiesjournal.us18.list-manage.com\/track\/click?u%3D3d2e0d7edf9a799f431eb2a2e%26id%3D87ecf17403%26e%3Ddfa89204c4&amp;source=gmail&amp;ust=1615538571048000&amp;usg=AFQjCNE20fVtpjZzOY7x7ysomyuFgmbfoA\">here<\/a><\/strong><\/span>\u00a0a flyer which you can circulate and\u00a0<span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><a style=\"color: #0000ff;\" href=\"https:\/\/africancitiesjournal.us18.list-manage.com\/track\/click?u=3d2e0d7edf9a799f431eb2a2e&amp;id=b9ab66fbca&amp;e=dfa89204c4\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" data-saferedirecturl=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?q=https:\/\/africancitiesjournal.us18.list-manage.com\/track\/click?u%3D3d2e0d7edf9a799f431eb2a2e%26id%3Db9ab66fbca%26e%3Ddfa89204c4&amp;source=gmail&amp;ust=1615538571048000&amp;usg=AFQjCNGVw1E6-TTVNilo-KgeEaY5h6tlQQ\"><strong>here<\/strong><\/a><\/span>\u00a0the application guidelines. Please feel free to contact us with any further questions\u00a0(<span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><a style=\"color: #0000ff;\" href=\"mailto:exaf@epfl.ch\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">exaf@epfl.ch<\/a><\/span>).<\/p>\n<p><h4><strong>Find us on : <\/strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/EPFLexaf\"><i class=\"fa fa-facebook-square fa-lg\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/i><\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/exaf_epfl\/\"><i class=\"fa fa-instagram fa-lg\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/i><\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/channel\/UClMJeVIVyGp-3_kWtspkS0Q\"><i class=\"fa fa-youtube-play fa-lg\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/i><\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/showcase\/exaf-center\"><i class=\"fa fa-linkedin-square fa-lg\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/i><\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/EPFLexaf\"><i class=\"fa fa-twitter-square fa-lg\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/i><\/a><\/h4><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The\u00a0EXAF Centre\u00a0is initiating a new programme called \u201c100 PhDs for Africa\u201d, as part of the\u00a0\u00a0Excellence in Africa\u00a0initiative, jointly launched by\u00a0UM6P\u00a0(the Mohammed VI Polytechnic University in Morocco) and by\u00a0EPFL\u00a0(the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology in Lausanne). The 100 PhDs for Africa programme will give to science and engineering graduates the opportunity to pursue a PhD at [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"ngg_post_thumbnail":0,"cybocfi_hide_featured_image":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/ensak.usms.ac.ma\/ensak\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3072"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/ensak.usms.ac.ma\/ensak\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/ensak.usms.ac.ma\/ensak\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/ensak.usms.ac.ma\/ensak\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/ensak.usms.ac.ma\/ensak\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3072"}],"version-history":[{"count":16,"href":"http:\/\/ensak.usms.ac.ma\/ensak\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3072\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3088,"href":"http:\/\/ensak.usms.ac.ma\/ensak\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3072\/revisions\/3088"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/ensak.usms.ac.ma\/ensak\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3072"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/ensak.usms.ac.ma\/ensak\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3072"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/ensak.usms.ac.ma\/ensak\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3072"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}