Applications call for In-Region Eastern Africa Scholarships for 2021/2022. The Collaborative Master of Science in Agricultural and Applied Economics (CMAAE) program of the African Economic Research Consortium (AERC) is run in a network of 17 participating universities in 13 countries in Eastern, Central and Southern Africa.

The CMAAE PhD fellowship program aims at building the staff capacity of network universities that may not have adequate capacity in research and teaching at the post graduate level. The PhD should be in Agricultural Economics through coursework, research, and thesis in Sub-Saharan Africa among CMAAEaccredited universities within East Africa (Egerton University and University of Nairobi in Kenya, Makerere University in Uganda, the Sokoine University of Agriculture in Tanzania, and Haramaya University in Ethiopia).

Criteria

A. PhD Fellowship Programme for CMAAE Network Faculty Members

• All applicants must be holders of a masters degree in agricultural and applied economics, or related discipline.
• Applicants must be staff or potential staff members of a participating CMAAE university who are earmarked for staff retention to build the teaching and research capacities of departments of agricultural economics.
• Applicants must be recommended by a participating network university. The recommendation letter must indicate the willingness of the university to absorb the candidate upon successful completion of his/her PhD.

B. PhD Programme for CMAAE Graduates

• Must have attained at least a Second Class Honours (Upper Division) or equivalent in their undergraduate degree in Agricultural Economics or related field from an accredited University.
• Must have a master’s degree with coursework and thesis component in Agricultural Economics, Economics or related fields from a CMAAE network university.
• The coursework should have covered microeconomics, macroeconomics, and quantitative methods.
• Possession of at least one relevant publication in a refereed journal will be an added advantage.
• Evidence of engagement in economic management, research and/training in the public sector will be an added advantage.

Eligible Fields

Fields of specialization covered in the CMAAE programme include Agricultural and Rural Development, Agricultural Policy and Trade, Environment and Natural Resource Management, and Agribusiness Management.

Duration and Commencement

In-Region Eastern Africa Scholarships for 2021/2022 are available for up to a maximum of three years, initially granted for one year, and may be extended upon individual request and receipt of a complete application by using forms to be provided. The duration of the PhD programme is 3 years, generally starting in September 2021.

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