Toyin Falola and Joseph Friesen Scholarship
(TFJF Scholarship)
Dr. Toyin Falola (Jr) and Joseph Friesen Scholarship benefits young people wishing to pursue university education in Nigeria. This scholarship award aims to help two young Nigerians over a three year period achieve their dreams in order to make contributions to the development and progress of the Nigerian nation.
For the 2018-2019 competition, only Biology students from the Adeyemi College of Education and Agricultural & Environmental Engineering students from the University of Ibadan will be considered.
Award Amount
The award will be for a 5,000 US dollars per candidate, divided up into annual installments over three years total. There will be two scholarship winners per year. The goal will be to cover tuition, books and other school related expenses.
Application dates
Applications may be submitted every year between May 1 and July 15 . The selected candidates for each year will be announced by August 15 of that year.
Required application documents:
o A completed application form
o A letter of application (5300 character maximum), convincingly setting forth the need for the scholarship and demonstrating the candidate's goals in pursuing a university education o Certified true copy of WAEC/NECO result, at one sitting only
o Certified true copy of Jamb result
o Certified true copy of university admission letter
o First year transcripts/results, sent directly from the University to the Center
o Two recommendation letters attesting to the candidate's academic achievement and promise, leadership potentials and character
o Other (variable) evidence of leadership abilities and of character
Shortlisted candidates may be required to submit additional documents or verification.
Submission of documents
Candidates must ensure that all documents reach the Toyin Falola Center between May 1 and July 15. Candidates may send the documents in a single email as one attachment to tfjfscholarship@gmail.com . Candidates may also send documents in a single packet by post. Candidates may also upload documents to toyinfalolacenter.org under the scholarship portion of the site. Documents arriving late for any reason at all will not be considered .
Documents may be scanned and emailed to tfjfscholarship@gmail.com , scanned and uploaded to toyinfalolacenter.org, or mailed to the following address:
Toyin Falola
Department of History
The University of Texas at Austin
104 Inner Campus Drive
Austin, TX 78712-0220
USA
512 475 7224
512 475 7222 (fax)
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