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2017/2018 MastercardFDN@RUFORUM Scholarship Award

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The MasterCard Foundation, in collaboration with the Regional Universities Forum for Capacity Building in Agriculture (RUFORUM), is committed to educating scholars at the tertiary level, making them agents of change within their communities.

The aim of this partnership is to transform the African agricultural university into a meaningful contributor to growth and development within the continent.

Scholarship Overview

  • The Regional Universities Forum for Capacity Building in Agriculture (RUFORUM) in partnership with The MasterCard Foundation, Gulu University, and Egerton University are implementing an eight-year program aimed at transforming African agricultural universities and their graduates to better respond to developmental challenges through enhanced application of science, technology, business and innovation for rural agricultural transformation.
  • This eight-year program (2016-2024) will be supporting students that are economically disadvantaged, those from post-conflict and conflict-affected areas of Africa. Interested applicants will undertake their training at Gulu University (Uganda) and Egerton University (Kenya).

Host school

  • Egerton University (Kenya)

Field(s) of Study

Following are the courses offered at Egerton University under this scholarship program:

  1. Bachelor of Science in Agriculture
  2. Bachelor of Science in Animal Science
  3. Master of Science in Enterprise Development
  4. Master of Science in Community Studies and Extension

What does the Scholarship Cover?

  • This comprehensive scholarship covers:
  • Tuition fees
  • One return air ticket for African students from outside Kenya
  • Research costs
  • Workshop and conference costs
  • Living expenses including stipend and hostel
  • Laptop
  • Internship attachment
  • Community engagement and field attachment
  • Entrepreneurship training
  • Considering the high investment involved, the MasterCard Foundation requires that successful applicants become high achievers, highly engaging and focused graduates, and change makers in their communities as well as Africa as a whole.

How many scholarships are given?

  • There are 20 undergraduate and 10 master’s scholarships available for African students.
  • 70% of these scholarships are reserved for Kenyan and Ugandan nationals.
  • 60% of the undergraduate and 50% of the master’s scholarships are awarded to women.

Which countries are targeted?

  • This scholarship is open to African students regardless of colour, race, or dissent

Am I Eligible to Apply?

To apply for this scholarship, you must:

  • Be an African student of any race, colour, and dissent
  • Be economically disadvantaged or from a marginalized area
  • Come from conflict and post-conflict areas of Africa
  • Be a national of Kenya to benefit from the National respective scholarship quota
  • Be a citizen of any African country to benefit from the Africa region scholarship quota
  • Be less than 25 years for undergraduate and less than 30 years for masters studies at the time of application
  • Have completed secondary school and/or diploma for a Bachelors degree application not more than two years from the time of the call
  • Meet admission criteria for eligible programs in Egerton University
  • Have completed the Kenya Secondary Education Certificate (KSCE) or its equivalent for admission into Egerton University
  • Demonstrate interest in agriculture, agribusiness and entrepreneurship
  • Demonstrate leadership qualities
  • Have a commitment to working in the agriculture sector and agricultural value chains
  • Have a strong commitment to community transformation

How do I Apply – Next Steps

  • Application Procedure
  1. Get the scholarship and admission forms from the university of your choice.
  2. The forms that you require can be downloaded from the following sites:
  1. Send your application for admission to the university first, before you apply for the scholarship.
  2. Study the application guidelines carefully, and provide all the information required, as well as supporting documents.
  3. Note that female applicants stand a higher chance of acceptance into the scholarship program.

Submission

  • Completed applications can be sent in either as hard-copy or via email to the university of choice.
  • Email applications must not have PDF attachments larger than 1MB (for both the scholarship application and the university admission).
  • Hard-copy applications can be mailed to the address below:

Egerton University

  • Prof. Nancy W. Mungai
  • TAGDev Program Coordinator, Egerton University
  • Board of Undergraduate Studies
  • P.O Box 536-20115, Egerton – Njoro, Kenya
  • Tel: +254 711 68 9880 or +254 720 390 893
  • Email: mcf.chs@egerton.ac.ke

Closing Date

  • The closing date for all applications is March 15, 2017.

How do I get more information?

  • For more information, visit the following sites:

 

Comments

  1. Kimeze Wilson Edwin says

    i just entend à bottle of thanks to you for thé many things you have done and you are Still doing for African children iam in central uganda sat S. 6 Last year with BCM/IT got 15 points but my parents told me they got no funds to take me to higher institutions i need yo assistance in my studies. hope my request will be put under considération thank you

  2. Juach Akuien Juach Kun-jok says

    I am a south sudanese by nationality having south sudan certificate of secondary education with grade A ( 78.1%) I have applied recently for the scholarship awarded by master card foundation in collaboration with ruforum to the university of my choice, Egerton university. I am so interesting to study Agriculture in Egerton
    university and indeed with your co,operation, I hope I will be doing Agriculture in Egerton university. I am really very excited to hear such educative studies being put in place. my desire is to study Agriculture in Egerton university and incase of inconvenience, I am very sorry. thank you so much for your time you have given me.

  3. Garang Deng Garang Deng says

    I am a south Sudanese by nationality holding south sudan of secondary education with grade A (83.1%) I have recently applied for the scholarship awarded by master card foundation in collaboration with ruforum to the university of my choice, Egerton university. we that I am very thankful and grateful to hear such educative things being put in place. since I was young, I have been desiring to advance my education basically on agriculture. thanking you in anticipation

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