General information

• Intra-ACP academic mobility
• About ECCAM
• Scholarships
• Who can apply?

Intra-ACP academic mobility

The intra-ACP academic mobility scheme promotes cooperation between higher education institutions (HEIs) and supports mobility in Africa, the Caribbean and the Pacific (ACP) regions. The programme aims to increase access to quality education that will encourage and enable ACP students to undertake postgraduate studies, and to promote student retention in the region along with mobility of staff (academic and administrative), while increasing the competitiveness and attractiveness of the institutions themselves.

About ECCAM

ECCAM is a mobility scheme that involves three selected Universities. ECCAM provides Master and Doctorate (PhD) scholarships for students and staff (academic and administrative) from the Caribbean and Pacific region. The project is premised upon the leadership in social learning as a critical part of innovations for adaptation and mitigation of climate change. The project will look at climate resilient pathways and transformation by means of facilitating cooperation and recognition of studies at the postgraduate level.

Scholarships

The scholarship covers:

1. Tuition fees (registration, library fees etc.)
2. Travel cost (to and from the host University)
3. Insurance (travel, health, accident)
4. Monthly allowance + one-month settling-in allowance (students only)
   
   

   Master	600 EUR/Month
   Doctorate	900 EUR/Month
   Staff	1000 EUR/Month

Types of scholarships

The types of mobility differ based on the target group:

Target Group 1:

Mobility type	Duration	Description
Master exchange	6 -12 months	Aimed at those fully enrolled in master level studies at partner Universities and offered for one or two semesters.
Master full	24 months	Aimed at those who have completed Bachelor degree (no postgraduate diploma is required). The duration of the mobility is 2 academic years.
Doctorate full	36 months	Aimed at those who have completed Master degree. The duration is 36 months.
Staff	1-6 months	Aimed at academic staff (teachers, lecturers and researchers) and administrative staff (office workers, librarians, IT experts, members/employees of administrative units, etc.) and offered for up to 6 months.

 

Target Group 2:

Mobility type	Duration	Description
Master full	24 months	Aimed at those who have completed Bachelor degree (no postgraduate diploma is required). The duration of the mobility is 2 academic years.
Doctorate full	36 months	Aimed at those who have completed Master degree. The duration is 36 months.

Who can apply?

In order to be eligible to apply for the scholarship, potential applicants must fulfill the following general criteria:

1. Be nationals of one of the Caribbean or Pacific countries.

   Eligible countries:

   Region	Countries
   Caribbean	Antigua & Barbuda, The Bahamas, Barbados, Belize, Commonwealth of Dominican Republic, Grenada, Guyana, Haiti, Jamaica, St. Kitts & Nevis, Saint Lucia, St. Vincent & the Grenadines, Suriname, Trinidad & Tobago
   Pacific	Cook Islands, Federated States of Micronesia, East Timor, Fiji, Kiribati, Nauru, Niue, Palau, Papua New Guinea, Republic of the Marshall Islands, Samoa, Solomon Islands, Tonga, Tuvalu, Vanuatu

   
   
2. Belong to one of the two eligible Target Groups (TG)
   

   TG 1	Students enrolled/registered or associated with one of the ECCAM Partner Universities at the time of the application; Staff (academic or administrative), employed full-time in one of the Partner Universities at the time of the application
   TG 2	Students, who are nationals of eligible Caribbean or Pacific Countries that have obtained a Degree from a non-partner University of the Caribbean or Pacific Countries.

There is no restriction of age, gender, religion, social group membership or financial resources.