Fully Funded Africa Health Research Institute Scholarships 2022/23: (Deadline 1 April 2022)

Applications for the Africa Health Research Institute/UCL MSc Scholarship 2022-2023 are now open. This scholarship is a singular award for the UK academic year September 2022 to September 2023. It is funded by UCL’s Division of Infection and Immunity.

The scholarship is administered via AHRI and is for applicants whose academic background and interests are aligned with the programs of research at AHRI. This opportunity is open to applicants who permanently reside in South Africa. Applicants must have a high-quality academic record to be considered for this opportunity.

Benefit From Health Research Institute Scholarships

The Scholarship will cover:

• Full UCL tuition fees for a one-year full-time taught master’s degree.
• A round-trip economy airfare to and from the UK.
• A monthly stipend to cover housing and living costs for 50 weeks.
• National Health Service (NHS) surcharge and Tier 4 visa costs.

Eligibility Required for Health Research Institute Scholarships

The candidate:

• Firstly, Must be permanently based in South Africa at the time of application.
• Secondly, Must hold a valid passport at the time of application.
• Thirdly, Must have an Honours degree equivalent to a Bachelor (Honours) degree with Second Class Division 1 Honours or 70% in an appropriate subject.
• Lastly, The successful applicant will need to be in London to start their chosen course in September 2022.

We encourage women candidates to apply.

Application Details of Health Research Institute Scholarships

Application form guidelines:

• Personal statement: You are requested to complete a ‘Personal statement” which allows you to express your motivations and suitability for the program you are applying to. There is a 1000-word limit for the personal statement.
• Details of two referees: At least one of your references must be academic and someone who has taught you at degree level. If you wish you may provide one professional reference in place of the second academic reference. Ensure you have spoken to your chosen referees, so they are expecting an invitation to provide a reference for you and are happy to do this. When providing the email address for your referee, use an academic or professional one rather than a personal one, e.g. john.smith@university.ac.uk rather than johnsmith@hotmail.com

• The title of the UCL MSc course you wish to study: See below a list of UCL’s Master’s courses related to AHRI’s research areas. This includes but is not limited to:
  • Firstly, Global Health and Development MSc
  • Secondly, Health and Society: Social Epidemiology MSc
  • Thirdly, Health Economics and Decision Science MSc
  • Additionally, Health Informatics
  • Moreover, Health Data analytics
  • Furthermore, Health data science (CODING)
  • Health Psychology MSc
  • Infancy and Early Childhood Development MSc
  • Infection and Immunity
  • Medicine MScs (includes Infection and Immunity)
  • Pediatrics and Child Health: Global Child Health MSc
  • Population Health MSc (USA, Japan, Europe)
  • Prenatal Genetics and Foetal Medicine MSc
  • Reproductive Science and Women’s Health MSc
  • Applied Infectious Disease Epidemiology
  • Women’s Health MSc

Candidates will go through a competitive round of selection at AHRI and the successful candidate gets a nomination for the UCL selection. Application for acceptance onto an MSc taught course is separate, and the AHRI nominee gets guidance through this process.

Complete the online AHRI/UCL MSc Scholarship application form and provide a copy of your academic transcript and CV.  The application deadline is 5 pm on Friday, 01 April 2022.

Lastly, It is important to visit the official website link found below to access the application form.

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