Apply for the Japan Africa Dream Scholarship (JADS) Program
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Apply for the Japan Africa Dream Scholarship (JADS) Program

Summary

The JADS Program is open to applicants from AfDB member countries with relevant professional experience and a history of supporting their countries’ development efforts who are applying to a graduate degree program in energy development and related discipline. The program does not provide scholarships to any other graduate degree program.


Benefit

Full tuition, monthly living stipend, round-trip airfare, health insurance, and travel allowance.


Eligibility

  • Be a national of an AfDB member country;

  • Be in good health;

  • Hold a Bachelor (or equivalent) degree in the energy area (or related field) earned at least 1 years prior to the application deadline date;

  • Have 1 years or more of recent development-related experience after earning a Bachelor (or equivalent) degree;

  • Be accepted unconditionally to enroll in the upcoming academic year in at least one of the JADS partner universities for a Master’s degree;

  • Applicants living or working in a country other than his or her home country are not eligible for scholarships.

  • JADS does not support applicants who are already enrolled in graduate degree programs.

  • Not be an Executive Director, his/her alternate, and/or staff of all types of appointments of the African Development Bank Group or a close relative of the aforementioned by blood or adoption with the term "close relative" defined as: Mother, Father, Sister, Half-sister, Brother, Half-brother, Son, Daughter, Aunt, Uncle, Niece, or Nephew.

Deadline

August 31, 2021


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