The University of Nairobi-IDRC Scholarships: The School of Computing and Informatics of the University of Nairobi, in partnership with the International Development Research Centre (IDRC), is pleased to announce a call for Scholarships on Information and Communication Technologies (ICT) for Development.

IDRC is a Canadian Crown corporation that works in close collaboration with researchers from the developing world in their search for the means to build healthier, more equitable, and more prosperous societies.

The School of Computing and Informatics takes its name from the core competencies that it seeks to nurture: Computing, to cover the theory and science of computation and Informatics to exemplify the practical outworking of this theory in technology and application

These scholarships seek to help build the capacity of graduate students in sub-Saharan Africa to carry out studies and research on different aspects of ICTs and development that correspond to regional needs and the priorities of IDRC’s Acacia program.

Four full-study Master’s scholarships and eight doctoral research awards will be awarded to students registered in universities within Eastern and Southern Africa.

The main objective of the proposed project is to:

• Enable registered students in universities within the Eastern and Southern Africa countries to carry out research on different aspects of ICTs and development.
• Specifically, this project seeks to obtain a grant to enable registered Masters students to carry out research in ICTs and development in universities in the ESARO region.
• The grant will sponsor Masters students and enable registered Ph.D. students who do not have any funding for their field work to carry out their field work.

Deadline: 30th November

For more information and application, visit: The University of Nairobi-IDRC Scholarships Website