CLIFOOD PhD Scholarship

There are certain topics provided by Hawassa University in the field of agricultural and natural sciences from which the applicants have to select as their doctoral research topic when they are applying for the scholarship. All topics are part of the research program within CLIFOOD.

Applicants who successfully applied for FSC`s CLIFOOD scholarship are so-called “pre-selected candidates” fulfilling all the formal criteria. Only after the selection commission at Hawassa University has accepted the „pre-selected candidate“ fulfilling the qualitative criteria, he/she will be ultimately selected and awarded a CLIFOOD scholarship to conduct his/her doctorate.

However, after being selected for the CLIFOOD scholarship, all candidates are obliged to apply for an admission to enroll as a doctoral student at Hawassa University.  

The candidate who has been selected for a CLIFOOD scholarship has to follow the doctoral degree regulations of the School of Graduate Study (SGS) of Hawassa University. Only the SGS can enroll a successful applicant to become a full PhD candidate at Hawassa University. 

Following the aforementioned, an applicant who successes in being selected for the CLIFOOD scholarship as well as in receiving the acceptance as a doctoral candidate at Hawassa University, will be awarded the CLIFOOD scholarship for a 3-year-stay at Hawassa University in Hawassa, Ethiopia. 

The monthly grant is EUR 500.00 (including health and liability insurance). In addition, the travel costs to and from Hawassa for starting the PhD studies, and to and from Stuttgart for attending the block seminars at the University of Hohenheim will be covered.