BRIEF DESCRIPTION: As part of efforts to achieve the goals of Vision
20:2020 and the Transformation Agenda, the Federal Government of Nigeria
plans to develop a critical mass of professionals who would serve as
catalysts of change and agents of scientific and technological
advancement, as well as sustainable economic development. This would be
achieved through the sponsorship of outstanding students for
postgraduate studies in the top 25 universities in the
world. To this end, the Federal Government has instituted the Presidential Special Scholarship Scheme for Innovation and Development.
world. To this end, the Federal Government has instituted the Presidential Special Scholarship Scheme for Innovation and Development.
The PRESSID
Implementation Committee now invites applications from qualified
candidates for the second edition of the scheme (2014/2015 academic
session).
ELIGIBILITY: Interested candidates should:
- be graduates from the 2010/2011 and 2011/2012 academic sessions, who would have completed their National Youth Service by October 2013;
- have obtained First Class Honours degree from any recognised and approved University in the following disciplines and aim at postgraduate degrees in the specified and allied disciplines:
- Sciences: Nuclear Physics, Operations Research, Industrial Chemistry, Quantitative Genetics, etc
- Basic Medical Sciences: Anatomy, Physiology, Medical Biochemistry, etc;
- Special Aspects of Biology: Biometrics, Molecular Biology, etc;
- Economics: Econometrics, Development Economics, etc;
- Engineering & Technology: Aeronautical Engineering, Mechatronics, Metallurgy, Material Science and Production Engineering, Nanotechnology, Cyber-Security, Software Engineering, etc;
- Medicine: Oncology, Human Genetics, Hepatology, Nuclear Medicine, Geriatrics, etc;
DEADLINE: November 8, 2013
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