{"id":23131,"date":"2013-10-18T20:30:44","date_gmt":"2013-10-18T19:30:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/joblistnigeria.com\/?p=23131"},"modified":"2013-10-18T22:40:51","modified_gmt":"2013-10-18T21:40:51","slug":"national-universities-commission-nuc-scholarship-scheme-2014-2015-academic-session","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/joblistnigeria.com\/national-universities-commission-nuc-scholarship-scheme-2014-2015-academic-session.html","title":{"rendered":"National Universities Commission (NUC) Scholarship Scheme 2014 \/ 2015 Academic Session"},"content":{"rendered":"

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.<\/p>\n

The PRESSID Implementation Committee now invites applications from qualified candidates for the second edition of the scheme (2014\/2015 academic session).<\/p>\n

CALL FOR APPLICATIONS FOR THE 2ND EDITION OF PRESSID<\/p>\n

<\/strong>Eligibility Criteria for the Scheme<\/strong><\/p>\n

Interested candidates should:<\/p>\n

1.)<\/strong>\u00a0Be graduates from the 2010\/2011 and 2011\/2012 academic sessions, who would have completed their National Youth Service by October 2013;
\n2.)<\/strong>\u00a0Have 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:<\/p>\n

a.)<\/strong>\u00a0Sciences: Nuclear Physics, Operations Research, Industrial Chemistry, Quantitative Genetics, etc
\nb.)<\/strong>\u00a0Basic Medical Sciences: Anatomy, Physiology, Medical Biochemistry, etc;
\nc.)<\/strong>\u00a0Special Aspects of Biology: Biometrics, Molecular Biology, etc;
\nd.)<\/strong>\u00a0Economics: Econometrics, Development Economics, etc;
\ne.)<\/strong>\u00a0Engineering & Technology: Aeronautical Engineering, Mechatronics, Metallurgy, Material Science and Production Engineering, Nanotechnology, Cyber-Security, Software Engineering, etc;
\nf.)<\/strong>\u00a0Medicine: Oncology, Human Genetics, Hepatology, Nuclear Medicine, Geriatrics, etc;<\/p>\n

Exceptions<\/strong><\/p>\n