Tuesday, May 1, 2018

Re: USA Africa Dialogue Series - Scholarship: Philosophy

wow!

great salutations

the kind of thing we need to irradiate scholarship in Africa and about Africa.

the choice of philosophy is wonderful.

i wonder, though,  if the award creators can share why they chose philosophy?

toyin

On 1 May 2018 at 16:54, Toyin Falola <toyinfalola@austin.utexas.edu> wrote:

The Toyin Falola Center

hereby announces the

Olabisi Falola Scholarship

 

Objective of the Scholarship

 

Dr. Toyin Falola and Mrs. Olabisi Falola hereby institute a scholarship scheme to benefit young people graduating from university who seek to pursue philosophy as an academic discipline, and advance the discipline in a variety of ways. For the 2018-2019 competition, only final year Philosophy students from the University of Ibadan will be considered.

 

The aim of the scholarship is to contribute to the development of philosophy as a discipline, as well as pursuing the means to spread its relevance.

 

Award Amount

The award will be N100,000 given in one installment.

 

Administration of the Award

The process of advertisement, evaluation of applications, selection of candidates, verification of claims and documents, monitoring of progress, disbursement of award, and sundry other related tasks shall be undertaken by the Toyin Falola Center on behalf of Toyin and Olabisi Falola, the grantors.

 

Criteria for selection

The scholarship will be awarded to a student who demonstrates high academic achievement and promise in the discipline of philosophy. Two criteria shall be considered:

  • Transcript of current GPA, no less than at the level of Second Class Upper division
  • A five-page essay addressing the following question:

 

Is there a future for philosophy as a discipline in Nigeria?

 

Application dates

Applications may be submitted every year between May 1 and July 15. The selected candidate for each year will be announced by August 15 of that year.

 

Submission of documents

Candidates must ensure that all documents are sent in a single email as one attachment to   Ms. Anna Lee Carothers <annalee.carothers@utexas.edu> between May 1 and July 15. Documents arriving late for any reason at all will not be considered.

 

Documents may be scanned and emailed to Ms. Anna Lee Carothers <annalee.carothers@utexas.edu>. Possible jurors for determining the recipient of this scholarship are Dr. Bola Dauda, Dr. Sunday Dada, and Dr. Chika Mba.

 

 

 

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