UNFPA Cameroon Scholarship for a First Level Master Program in Coffee Economics and Science 2024/2025: (Deadline: 30 June, 2024)

Applications are open for the UNFPA Cameroon Scholarship for a First Level Master Program in Coffee Economics and Science 2024/2025. With the vision of scaling up investment in the development of the full potential of the young people in Cameroon, their innovation capital and addressing the gender gap, the United Nations Population Fund in Cameroon, in partnership with the Ernesto Illy Foundation in Italy, is launching a call for applications to select one female candidate to benefit from a scholarship to participate in the 14th edition of the International First Level Master Program in Coffee Economics and Science, a collaboration between the University of Udine and the University of Trieste, of a value of 60 CFU, for the academic year 2024-2025,

The Ernesto Illy Foundation offers annual financial aid to worthy graduates coming from coffee producing countries to cover the Master tuition fee and most of the logistics costs. Cameroon is the seventh largest coffee producer in quantity of unique Robusta and Arabica coffee quality.

UNFPA is implementing its 8th Cooperation Programme (CPD8) between the Government of Cameroon and UNFPA for the period 2022-2026 that is women and youth centered and targets people’s vulnerabilities in order to leave none behind while contributing to three transformative results (end unmet need for family planning, end preventable maternal death and end gender-based violence and harmful practices). Innovation and digitalization are key accelerators of UNFPA work in Cameroon and human rights based and gender transformative approaches are guiding the design and implementation of UNFPA interventions.

Scholarship

The scholarship includes:

• 100% of the university tuition fee (equivalent to 15,000 Euro) of the International Master of 1st level in Coffee Economics and Science “Ernesto Illy”
• All the teaching materials (texts books, handouts and lecture notes) needed to attend the residential period of the Master program in Trieste, Italy (4/5 weeks);
• All meals provided during the days of class of the Master program in Italy;
• Accommodations for the residential period in Italy;
• The round-trip ticket from the country of origin to Trieste, Italy;
• A subscription for the public transport network of Trieste, Italy (bus) for the residential period;
• The transfer service from and to Venice or Trieste Airport.

Eligibility

To be eligible for this scholarship, candidates must meet the following conditions:

• Be a woman;
• Be of Cameroonian nationality or a Refugee living in Cameroon for the last 3 years;
• Be younger than 24 years old;
• Hold at least a bachelor’s degree in economics, engineering, science, agriculture, or any other similar/related discipline;
• Not have previously received this scholarship;
• Being enrolled in a Cameroonian university in a course closely related to the programme.

Deadline: 30 June, 2024

Application

The application must include the following documents:

• A copy of the student’s valid passport et/ou and identity card (the passport will be necessary once the master starts) 
• A Cover and Motivation Letter
• An up-to-date Curriculum Vitae in the European format (available here)
• A copy of the student card or receipts and registration form for the current year
• A letter of recommendation from a teacher in the course of study (University , head of department, etc);
• A summary (1 page) of an initial idea of the final Project Work

Those interested in participating in the process and meeting the eligibility criteria should forward their expression of interest encompassing the document listed, uniquely in a digital format (a single PDF file) to [email protected] by the midnight of June 30, 2024 (WAT).

For more information, visit UNFPA