African Economic Research Consortium
(AERC)
Announcement for PHD Fellowships
2015/2016
The African Economic Research
Consortium (AERC) was established in 1988 as a public not-for-profit
organization devoted to the advancement of economic policy research and
training in Africa.
AERC agitates the provision of
capacity building in economic policy in Francophone and Anglophone African
countries through provision of support in the areas of policy research and
graduate training.
AERC in collaboration with the
Government of Kenya, through the National Treasury, seeks to build a pool of
qualified Economists and Policy Analysts in the following areas of
specialization in Economics, through a Scholarship Programme for PhD students:
- Financial Economics
- Environmental and Natural Resource Economics
- Energy Economics
- Monetary Economics
- Infrastructural Economics
- Agricultural Economics
- Public Sector Economics
- International Trade
To qualify for scholarship,
candidates must have applied and been admitted to any one of the following
Collaborative PhD Programme (CPP) in Economics degree-awarding universities
across the region with whom AERC has partnerships:
- University of Cape Town
- University of Nairobi
- University of Ibadan, Nigeria
- University of Dar es Salaam
- University of Benin, Nigeria
- University of Witwatersrand, South Africa
- University of Yaoundé II, Cameroon
- University of Cocody, Cote D’Ivoire
Requirements:
To qualify, applicant must:
- Be a Kenyan citizen;
- Have applied and been admitted to any one of
the CPP universities;
- Have attained at least a Second Class Honours
(Upper Division) or equivalent in Economics or related field from an
accredited university;
- Have a Masters Degree (with coursework and
thesis component) in Economics, Agricultural Economics or related fields
from a recognized University. The coursework should have covered
microeconomics, macroeconomics and quantitative methods;
- Female candidates are highly encouraged to
apply;
- Possession of at least 1 relevant publication
in a refereed journal will be an added advantage;
- Evidence of engagement in economic management,
research and/or training in the public sector will be an added advantage.
Interested applicants must submit
their applications for admission directly to the respective Universities
(application procedure can be obtained from the respective university’s website).
Upon receipt of an admission letter
from specific university, the applicants shall submit their application for
scholarship to AERC on training@aercafrica.org and attach a copy of the
admission letter.
In addition, applicants shall attach
their curriculum vitae and certified copies of their academic certificates and
transcripts.
The deadline for applying for the
scholarship is July 15, 2015.
For more information on AERC, you can visit our website on www.aercafrica.org