The Jeroen Ensink Memorial Scholarship is offered to students from sub-Saharan Africa and South Asia who are committed to improving public health in developing countries and wish to undertake the MSc Public Health for Development course.

Application Deadline: Sunday 11th April 2018 midnight (GMT).

Eligible Countries: Sub-Saharan or South-Asian Countries

To be taken at (country): UK

Type: Masters

Eligibility: To be eligible for a scholarship under this fund, applicants must:

• have been accepted onto the 2018-19 MSc Public Health for Development course; and
• be a citizen of one of the following sub-Saharan African or South Asian countries:
  • Afghanistan; Angola; Bangladesh; Benin; Botswana; Bhutan; Burkina Faso; Burundi; Cameroon; Cape Verde; Central African Republic; Chad; Comoros; Republic of Congo; Democratic Republic of Congo; Djibouti; Equatorial Guinea; Ethiopia; Eritrea; Gabon; Gambia; Ghana; Guinea; Guinea-Bissau; India; Ivory Coast; Kenya; Lesotho; Liberia; Madagascar; Malawi; Maldives; Mali; Mauritania; Mauritius; Mozambique; Namibia; Nepal; Niger; Nigeria; Pakistan; Rwanda; São Tomé and Príncipe; Senegal; Seychelles; Sierra Leone; Somalia; South Sudan; South Africa; Sri Lanka; Sudan; Swaziland; Tanzania; Togo; Uganda; Zambia; Zimbabwe.
• Preference will be given to those applicants with experience and/or interest in the area of water, sanitation, hygiene and public health.
• Applicants must meet the School’s minimum English Language Proficiency Requirements if shortlisted for this funding.

Selection Criteria: The MSc Public Health for Development Course Directors will assess all applications for suitability for the course. Successful applications (i.e. those with applicants who will be made an offer of admission) will be considered for the Scholarship.

Number of Awardees: One

Value of Scholarship: A full scholarship covers

• full-time overseas tuition fees for 2018-19 (including the mandatory field trip fee), and
• flights from the student’s home country to the United Kingdom, and return on expiry of the scholarship (to be booked by the Scholarships team in Registry), and
• a tax free stipend (living allowance) of GBP 16,750.00

Duration of Scholarship: 1 year

How to Apply: Applicants should follow both steps outlined below by the scholarship deadline.

Step 1: Submit an application for study for the MSc Public Health for Development, via the School’s Admissions portal.

Please ensure that all the necessary supporting documents have been uploaded to your study application before the Scholarship deadline. Applicants are encouraged to communicate with their referees as early as possible in the application process, notifying them of this deadline. It is the responsibility of the applicant to ensure that their references have been submitted by the scholarship closing date.

Step 2: Submit a Scholarship Application, via the School’s Online Scholarship Application, indicating that you are applying for the 2018-19 Jeroen Ensink Memorial Fund Scholarship. As part of this application you should upload

• a complete Curriculum Vitae (CV), and
• a statement of motivation of no more than 1,000 words. Your statement of motivation should address the following:
  • a brief biography of your life and career, and
  • your reasons for choosing the MSc Public Health for Development, and
  • your future plans and ambitions in the field of public health.

Applicants must submit both a CV and a statement of motivation with their scholarship application to be considered for this funding, even though they may have already submitted both documents with their application for admission. You may choose to tailor this statement for the funding (and therefore submit something different to your standard MSc course application statement).

Applicants should be aware that their application for this scholarship award may be considered alongside the documents submitted for their application to the MSc Public Health for Development course.

Incomplete applications will not be considered for this funding. Please note that Scholarship documents must be uploaded onto the Scholarships Portal before submission.

By submitting an application for this funding applicants agree to its Terms & Conditions.

Visit Scholarship Webpage for details

Award Provider: London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine (LSHTM)