Eni Young Talents from Africa Prize Award for Research 2021 Application

Filed in Scholarships Update by on June 4, 2021

Young Talents from Africa Prize: Applications are invited from masters degree holders, Postgraduate Diploma holder or any equivalent criterion for Eni Award 2021 – Debut in Research:

Young Talents from Africa Prize. The deadline for awarding the applications is indicated below. See more Details;

Young Talents from Africa Prize

Eni is rated among the vital, perpendicularly  integrated energy companies in the world. It operates in the oil, natural gas, electricity production, engineering, construction, and petrochemical products sectors. It is constantly working to build a future where everyone can access energy resources efficiently and sustainably.

Eni is also involved in several scientific research projects on renewable energies, particularly in the major areas of biofuels and solar energy. Operating in about eighty-five countries in a responsible way towards its stakeholders, Eni invests in people and their empowerment, and it takes part in development through the integration of social, environmental, and cultural issues in the growth process, in full respect of rights and diversities.

Since 2008 Eni has been offering the Eni Award, aimed to promote and award research and technological innovation in the fields of energy and the environment.

Benefits of Eni Young Talents from Africa Prize.

  • Each of the two winners will be awarded a customized plaque and a scholarship for the attendance of a 3 years Ph.D. course to be conducted in Italy, in an Italian university or research institute with a solid reputation on the above-mentioned topics. Where authorized within the PhD course framework, it will be possible to carry out a research period outside Italy. It will be also allowed to propose a non-Italian thesis advisor, collaborating with the Italian university or research institute hosting the student.
  • The Prizes will be assigned to the winning candidates, proclaimed by the Organizing Committee within June 2019.

Eligibility & Requirements for Eni Young Talents from Africa Prize.

  • Candidates must own a Master’s degree or any equivalent – according to the European system – academic qualification, granting access to a Ph.D. course in an Italian university. The theses must have been defended at an African University during the same year of the annual Official Announcement, or in the precedent year.
  • The Prize is awarded to students born in or after the year 1988.
  • The Prize is reserved for students graduated from an African university and of African citizenship, coming from one of the 58 African countries listed in the World Population Prospects: The 2015 Revision, compiled by the United Nations.
  • The thesis and the curriculum vitae – which will prevail in the evaluation of the candidate – must be submitted together with a research proposal in connection with the Eni Award main topics and highlighting the potential benefits of the proposal in a country, in an African region, or in the whole African continent. The main topics covered by the Eni Award are action against water, air, and land pollution, prevention of climate warming and pollution, rehabilitation and reuse of industrial sites; renewable energy and energy storage; innovative use of hydrocarbons and of the energy efficiency as a bridge to the decarbonization of the energy system.
  • The research proposal must explicit topics, methodologies, and disciplinary areas suitable for the realization of the submitted project. The information provided by the candidate in the research proposal will be used in order to identify PhD courses as coherent as possible with it.

Countries Eligible  for Eni Young Talents from Africa Prize:

Algeria, Angola, Benin, Botswana, Burkina Faso, Burundi, Cabo Verde, Cameroon, Central African Republic, Chad, Comoros, Congo, Cote d’Ivoire, the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Djibouti, Egypt, Equatorial Guinea, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Gabon, Gambia, Ghana, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Kenya, Lesotho, Liberia, Libya, Madagascar, Malawi, Mali, Mauritania, Mauritius, Mayotte, Morocco, Mozambique, Namibia, Niger, Nigeria, Reunion, Rwanda, Saint Helena, Sao Tome and Principe, Senegal, Seychelles, Sierra Leone, Somalia, South Africa, South Sudan, Sudan, Swaziland, Togo, Tunisia, Uganda, United Republic of Tanzania, Western Sahara, Zambia, Zimbabwe.

How to Apply for Eni Young Talents from Africa Prize.

Applications for the Debut in Research: Young Talents from Africa must be presented and guaranteed by Professors, Directors of Department, Faculty Deans and Chancellors of universities and polytechnic universities, or by researchers of research institutes operating in the specific – or similar – fields for which the Prize is awarded.

Self-candidatures will not be considered.

The deadline for the presentation of the candidatures to the Debut in Research: Young Talents from Africa falls on November 23, 2018, before and no later than 5 p.m. CET – Central European Time. Please note that, after 5 p.m. CET of November 9, 2021, the Scientific Secretariat won’t create new accounts, in order to provide the most suitable assistance to the already registered Candidatures, within the deadline. Two weeks after the November 23 deadline, the Scientific Secretariat will provide the Candidates with formal confirmation, by email, for the acceptance of their Candidature.

The Candidature application forms are available on the website: www.eni.com/eniaward/eni-award- announcement-2021. and must be sent as follows:

  1. The Candidature Proposal, the Summary of the Thesis, the CV, and the Research Proposal will have to be uploaded on the Eni Award Candidates’ private area. Access to the private area must be requested to the Eni Award Scientific Secretariat ([email protected]) that will provide an account for the procedure.
  2. A copy of the Thesis in electronic form as well as possible recognitions, certificates, letters of reference, list of publications and the related publications must be sent by e-mail to the following address: [email protected].
  3. The Candidate will have the possibility to provide a self-made video of no more than 3 minutes describing the main aspects and applications of his/her research proposal. Such presentations will be sent as indicated during the Candidature’s registration process and will be accepted in the following formats: .MOV, .MPEG4, .AVI, .FLV.
  4. Following the safe receipt of all the application’s documents, a file named Summary of the Candidature Proposal, containing the main data of the candidature and the Completion Code, will be provided to each candidate.

The aforesaid file must be duly checked and signed by the Candidate as well as by his/her Guarantor and sent to the Eni Award Scientific Secretariat by fax (+39 0248197724) or email ([email protected]) before and no later than the deadline defined by this Official Announcement.

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