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🎓 Scholarship for Chemistry Students
The BOC Sciences Chemistry Scholarship offers a $1,000 award to eligible students pursuing chemistry and related fields.
📅 Deadline: 31 October 2026
🔗 Apply: bocsci.com/chemistry-scholar…
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Dont miss out on this
Internship in computational drug design
The Insilico Lab Graduate Intern Application is now open.
You have just 12 hours to apply for one of the 3 available slots.
Note: Application Window: 12 Hours Only (12th October 2026, 11:59 AM to 11:59 PM WAT), so don’t wait.
Apply now, and best of luck to all applicants!
Follow this link to apply.
Link: theinsilicolab.org/blognews/…
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🎓 DAAD ICIR MPhil Scholarship!
Apply for the MPhil in Molecular Cell Biology of Infectious Diseases at WACCBIP, University of Ghana as a Sub-Saharan African graduate?
📅 Deadline: November 12, 2026
🔗 Apply: static.daad.de/media/daad_de…
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Humboldt University of Berlin in Germany invites application for vacant (81) Students Assistants, Research and Academic Positions scholaridea.com/2026/10/07/h…
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Lunch break update 🔊
University of Reading is inviting applications from ONLY international students for several spots of fully funded PhD for all courses.
- full tuition cover
- £21,805 stipend
- £1,000 development allowance
Apply: reading.ac.uk/doctoral-resea…
Watch out for a video breaking down the process.
Dear Science Students,
Not all the time will opportunities come looking for you.
Sometimes, you have to keep searching until you find the door that opens.
Do have a fruitful week.🎉
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Call for Applications: AfDB-JADS Scholarship 2027 in Japan - Fully Funded Graduate Scholarship at APU - Global South Opportunities
Apply:globalsouthopportunities.com…
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If you’re struggling with where or how to write your Letter of Motivation (LOM), this may help.
I usually write my LOM in 5 paragraphs. This approach worked well for me, and I’ve also used it when guiding applicants who later secured DAAD EPOS scholarships...
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Make this bold declarations before you open your laptop or write a single word of your SOP today:
My story is worthy of fully funded global opportunities.
My unique background is my advantage, not my limitation.
One well-crafted application can transform the next 5 years of my life.
I am not just sending applications, I am claiming my future.
Claim it, prepare with excellence, and make today count.
Good morning 🌄
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Call for Applications: FOR-GHP Fellowship in Outbreak Readiness
Public health professionals in sub-Saharan Africa can now apply for the Fellowship in Outbreak Readiness for Global Health Protection (FOR-GHP)—a 1.5-year capacity-building programme focused on strengthening outbreak preparedness, health emergency response and the One Health approach.
Funded by the German Federal Ministry of Health through the Global Health Protection Programme, FOR-GHP is delivered by a consortium including AFENET, the Bernhard Nocht Institute for Tropical Medicine (BNITM), the Robert Koch Institute (RKI), and Swiss TPH.
🎓 What the programme offers:
• Three face-to-face workshops in Hamburg, Accra and Kampala
• E-learning and remote support
• Certificate and 10 ECTS credits from the University of Basel
• Travel, visa and accommodation support for the three workshops
• Access to an active alumni network
✅ Who can apply?
Public health professionals who:
• Are nationals of a sub-Saharan African country and work there in the public health sector
• Have at least two years’ experience in public health or biomedical fields
• Hold a relevant qualification in public health, medicine, epidemiology, microbiology, biology or a related discipline
• Have employer authorisation to participate in all three workshops
• Have a good command of English and access to a computer, stable internet and a working microphone
⏳ Application deadline: 21 October 2026, midnight CET
🔗 Apply online: redcap-itcb.bibbox.bnitm.de/…
ℹ️ Learn more: go4ghp.de/for-ghp
Share this opportunity with public health professionals working to strengthen outbreak readiness and health security across Africa.
#ASLM #FORGHP #PublicHealth #OutbreakReadiness #HealthSecurity #Epidemiology #OneHealth #OutbreakManagement #GlobalHealthProtection #Africa
Dear Science Student,
While you wait for the opportunity to express yourself, keep building yourself. Develop your skills, deepen your knowledge, and become ready for the doors you are praying to walk through.
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The race has started.
The GLOBE Erasmus Mundus Joint Masters is Out for 2027 resumption.
Qualifying Bachelor’s degrees include biology, agriculture or environmental sciences, forestry, earth and environmental geography, natural resources, or equivalent Bachelor’s degrees.
Link: globe-master.eu/about-globe/
Do not sleep on it.
Ask your questions below.
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APPLY NOW‼️
PAIP Cohort 4.0 is officially open for applications.
A 6-week, hands-on global program equipping young professionals (16–35), in and outside Africa, with real skills in digital and precision agriculture.
From drone technology, GIS, and smart agriculture tools to research, enterprise development, data-driven solutions, and practical sessions, PAIP gives you a broader understanding of how technology and innovation are transforming agriculture and agrifood systems, and backed by a globally accredited certification.
Who should apply? Agriculture students and young professionals ready to build a career in Agricultural Technology.
Women are strongly encouraged to apply.
Applications close October 5th, 2026.
Apply now:
bit.ly/PAIP4
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I found this scholarship application template really useful. You can add the application date, deadline, status and other details, so you can easily keep track of everything and avoid missing deadlines.
Sharing it here in case it helps someone too. 🫶🏽🤍
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📢 𝗙𝘂𝗹𝗹𝘆 𝗙𝘂𝗻𝗱𝗲𝗱 𝗣𝗵.𝗗. 𝗣𝗼𝘀𝗶𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻𝘀 | 𝗖𝗟𝗦 | 𝟮𝟬𝟮𝟳
Sharing this opportunity independently for researchers interested in AI, ML, robotics, and related fields.
🎓 Max Planck ETH Center for Learning Systems (CLS)
🔬 Areas include:
• Machine Learning & Deep Learning
• Robotics & Physical AI
• Computer Vision
• Reinforcement Learning
• AI for Science & AI Safety
• Control & Optimization
• Human-Robot Interaction
• NLP, Medical Robotics, Computational Biology & more
💰 𝗙𝘂𝗹𝗹𝘆 𝗳𝘂𝗻𝗱𝗲𝗱 | Ph.D. awarded by ETH Zurich
🌍 ETH Zurich + Max Planck/ELLIS research institutes
📅 𝗗𝗲𝗮𝗱𝗹𝗶𝗻𝗲: November 2, 2026, 23:59 CET
🔗 Apply: learning-systems.org/apply
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𝗜 𝗮𝗺 𝗻𝗼𝘁 𝗮𝗳𝗳𝗶𝗹𝗶𝗮𝘁𝗲𝗱 𝘄𝗶𝘁𝗵 𝗖𝗟𝗦, 𝗘𝗧𝗛 𝗭𝘂𝗿𝗶𝗰𝗵, 𝗼𝗿 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗽𝗮𝗿𝘁𝗶𝗰𝗶𝗽𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗹𝗮𝗯𝘀. Please verify details through the official website.
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