The Center offers the full scholarship to regional candidates admitted into Masters and Ph.D. programs in the Center.  Full scholarship in ACEDHARS covers:

1. Admission application fee,
2. Student’s visa fee (if required)

Student’s Return ticket (only one irrespective of program and only if required)

1. Postgraduate Tuition and sundry fees (University approved rate for student’s category)
2. Accommodation fee for University hostel except for regional Female student with a child or children.  The latter will be accommodated outside campus in a one-bedroom apartment chosen and paid for by the Center. The admission of regional females is not affected by her choice to come to the University with or without children (the question does arise during admission process).
3. A monthly stipend of $150 for a maximum of 18 months for Masters candidates and three years for a PhD candidate.

• Research grant:  A small one-time research grant of $1000 for Masters and $4,000 for Ph.D. is provided for each student.  It should be noted that the allocated amount will be accessible by way of requesting for specific research needs (consumables, reagents, cost of analysis/bench fees) through the procurement office of the Center.   The grant will be awarded to the student following agreement on the research topic with the proposed supervisor and submission of a research proposal showing timeline and cost of execution of research to the Center Research Committee.  On no account will cash be disbursed to any student. Any student who requires additional fund to complete the research will be allowed to make such request by submitting a justification for the extra expenses and defending the additional budget before the Center Research Committee. In this case, a maximum amount of $500 for Masters and $1,500 Ph.D.  can be assessed subject to approval of the Center Research Committee. 

1. Partner Staff-candidatesare offered full scholarship for Masters and Ph.D. programs in the Center irrespective of country of origin based on the partnership agreement.  This category of students are Full-time staff of ACEDHARS’ Sectoral and Institutional partner establishments that have been recommended for admission by the establishment and is successful at the admission process of the Center.
2. National and International candidates (excluding those in category b. above) for Masters and Ph.D. programs in the Center will be offered all grants available in the Center (see 4.0 below) but no Scholarship.