Deadline: April 30, 2024
Applications are open for the Mozida Africa Excellence Scholarship 2024. The Mozida Africa Excellence Scholarship is a merit-based scholarship that has been established by the Mozida Foundation to attract high-performing students who are leaders and agents of communal change to pursue a master’s degree at institutions of higher learning in Bolivia.
The scholarship will be split into two categories:
- Academic Excellence Award: The first category comprises African students with excellent academic backgrounds, verifiable from their graduating class of degrees, academic transcripts and excellent commendations from previous tutors, lecturers and university staff.
- Communal Impact Award: The second comprises African students who, for one reason or another (e.g hardship), may have graduated with a lower-class degree but have gone all the way to become agents of change in their respective communities. Examples of hardships they will take into consideration include but are not limited to, childbearing, loss of a parent or guardian, victimization by national unrest, war, etc. Students in this category should have pictorial or documentary evidence to back up their claims of communal impartation.
Benefits
- Fully-funded scholarship will cover 100% of tuition fees.
- A monthly allowance for all scholarship recipients ($1,600 per month) throughout the duration of study provided that the awardee meets up with the departmental CGPA requirements.
- Shared same-sex accommodation (two per room for singles, one per room for married couples)
- Reimbursement of one-way economy flight to Bolivia (only once) as well as return flight ticket (economy class)
- 60% of national health insurance, including annual medical check-ups.
- All MS students participating in research projects will receive a research assistantship of $1,000.
- Opportunity to study at a top Bolivian university without worrying about financial expenses and a chance to explore the Bolivian culture.
Eligibility
- Be a citizen and hold a valid passport (or verifiable means of identification) from one of the 54 countries of Africa.
- Hold a recognized university bachelor’s degree (or equivalent) from a recognized university in any field.
- Be ready to commence study in an eligible master coursework degree program at a Bolivian university.
- Not be a current beneficiary of a separate Bolivian University scholarship.
- Meet all of the financial obligations of a full-fee paying international student, including the full tuition fee and other expenses, in the event that eligibility for the scholarship is not maintained.
Selection Criteria
- Scholarship offers will be made on only two bases: the basis of academic merit and the basis of communal impact. All academic merit determinations are determined according to the University’s procedures for determining GPA.
- Successful students will receive notification of the value of their scholarship with their Letter of Offer and should review the full terms and conditions before accepting the offer.
- The value of the awarded scholarship, the length of program, the primary language of instruction and whether there will be a pre-semester for language classes will all be indicated clearly on the offer letter.
- Mozida foundation reserves the right not to award the scholarship
- There is no age restriction.
- French, Arabic and English speakers are strongly encouraged to apply as there is no language preference or restriction
- Women are strongly encouraged to apply.
Application
The required documentation include:
- Copy of International Passport or other valid means of identification.
- Bachelor Certificates (Also attach an English translation if the original certificate is not in English or French).
- Complete official bachelor transcripts (The transcript should contain names and grade of all courses taken and should be attached with an English translation if the original transcript is not in English or French)
- Two (2) Recommendation Letters from your referees
- Statement-of-Purpose (A maximum two-page essay focusing on your career and research goals).
- Passport Size Photo with single-color background
Note: The application portal accepts PDF, JPG, JPEG and PNG only. The total size of all uploaded documents must not exceed a maximum of 15 MB.
For more information, visit Mozida Africa Excellence Scholarship.