Coimbra Group is inviting application for scholarship programme for young researchers from Sub-Saharan Africa. The young researchers will undertake research (generally 1 to maximum 3 months) at participating Coimbra Group universities. Researchers must be under 45 years of age and holds nationality or current residents in a country in Sub-Saharan Africa. Researchers must be current staff members of a university or an equivalent higher education institution in Sub-Saharan Africa and have postdoctoral or equivalent status. The Coimbra GroupThe Coimbra Group Scholarship Programme for young African researchers aims to enable scholars to undertake research for a short research period (generally 1 to maximum 3 months) in which they are engaged in their home institution, at a selected Coimbra Group university, and to help them establish academic and research contacts. The following Coimbra Group universities are participating in the 2013-2014 edition of the scheme:
- University of Aarhus (Denmark)
- University of Barcelona (Spain)
- University of Coimbra (Portugal)
- University of Granada (Spain)
- University of Graz (Austria)
- University of Groningen (The Netherlands)
- University of Leuven (Belgium)
- University of Padova (Italy)
- University of Poitiers (France)
-University of Salamanca (Spain)

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