2020 Learn Africa Scholarship Program

About this Program 

The program Learn Africa aims to promote the transfer of knowledge, exchange and training of African female students through scholarships offered by Spanish universities.

Since 2013 and up to now, 153 African female students from 34 countries have been beneficiaries of this program and have studied different subjects and levels at 40 Spanish universities, 1 Portuguese and 2 educational centers in Morocco.

Learn Africa presents this year a different call than usual. Given the global travel restrictions established by the covid-19 pandemic, all the studies offered for the 2020-2021, except those of Planeta Formation and University, are online and have been specially designed by Spanish universities to avoid the impact of the coronavirus in your training and in your future

Therefore, and in view of the impossibility that students can travel and study in person in Spain, the scholarships for this call cover only tuition and academic fees.

Enrollment period

Scholarships can be requested from the 30th of June to the 15th of July (2020), both dates inclusive. This period may be extendable depending on the number of requests received

Only requests made online will be accepted.

General requirements

• Be a woman and have the nationality of an African country.
• Be enrolled in an African university or have a university degree issued in an African country. For Postgraduate Scholarships, the Degree title is required. The required degree can vary depending on the requested scholarship (See details of each scholarship).
• Meet the specific requirements and technical/technologic material of each type of scholarship.
• Only one application per person

Required documents

To apply for a scholarship you will need to attach the following documents:

• National identity document
• Picture
• CV + INFO
• Diploma / certificate / university degree (as required)
• Academic record
• Motivation letter + INFO
• Reference or recommendation letter/s + INFO
• Official language level accreditation if required + INFO
• Research project 

Evaluation criteria

A committee of experts will make a first evaluation of all the candidatures according to the following documents:

• CV
• Reference letter
• Motivation letterCarta personal de motivación
• Languages
• Research Project if required

The final selection will be agreed with each of the participating universities and the results will be published at the end of August on our website, in addition to being personally communicated to each of the selected candidates.

The decision will not be personally communicated to unsuccessful candidates.

Scholarship acceptance

Once the award of the scholarships has been published, the selected candidates will have seven working days to accept it. Failure to express acceptance within the established period implies resigning the scholarship and its reassignment to another applicant according to the order established on a reserve list.

Beneficary commitment

Once the scholarship has been completed, they are committed to providing a report about their academic experience.

Also, they must answer to a survey so the entity can assess the results, and where necessary, introduce modifications to the scholarship program to improve it if deemed appropriate.

Likewise, The Foundation and the Spanish universities of destination may make full or partial use, on their website or in some of their publications, regarding the content of the report prepared by the scholarship holders after their stay in Spain. In this case, the Women for Africa Foundation may mention the author (s) of said content.

Read More about this Program Here  https://mujeresporafrica.es/en/2020-learn-africa-scholarships-program/

Application Link https://mujeresporafrica.es/en/learn-africa-en/

Staff Writer

This article was written and edited by a staff writer.