Awards

UN SDG Action Challenge Awards 2018 in Germany

December 27, 2017

The UN SDG Action Challenge Awards recognize outstanding achievement and innovative efforts to promote action on the sustainable development goals. In order to achieve Agenda 2030, The UN will need to learn ... Read More...

UN SDG Action Challenge Awards 2018

December 24, 2017

Awards

Washington College of Law Human Rights Essay Award 2018

December 20, 2017

Awards, Essay Competition

The Academy on Human Rights and Humanitarian Law at American University Washington College of Law is now accepting submissions for the Human Rights Essay Award. The Human Rights Essay Award is an annual competi... Read More...

WISE Awards 2018

December 14, 2017

Awards

The 2018 WISE Awards will identify, celebrate, and promote six innovative projects for their positive contribution to education and society. The Awards highlight initiatives found to be most creative and effect... Read More...

Fulbright Distinguished Awards in Teaching Program for International Teachers 2018 (Fulbright DAI)

December 13, 2017

Awards

The Fulbright Distinguished Awards in Teaching Program for International Teachers (Fulbright DAI) brings international primary and secondary teachers to the United States for a semester-long program to pursue i... Read More...

Open Technology Fund (OTF’s) Digital Integrity Fellowship Program (DIFP) 2018

December 4, 2017

Awards

The Digital Integrity Fellowship Program (DIFP) provides fixed monthly stipends to individuals capable of addressing short-term and long-term threats to freedom of expression online. Fellows provide organizatio... Read More...

Aid & Development Africa Summit 2018 – Innovator of the Year Award, Kenya

December 4, 2017

Awards

The Aid & International Development Forum is currently accepting nominations for the Innovator of the Year Award. This competition celebrates individuals as well as teams who have introduced game-changing i... Read More...

MRC/DFID African Research Leader Scheme 2018

December 2, 2017

Awards

The MRC and the UK Department for International Development is now accepting proposals for the prestigious African Research Leader awards. This MRC/ DFID jointly funded scheme aims to strengthen research leader... Read More...

Global Study Awards 2018 – Win £10,000 to Expand Your Horizon and Study Abroad!

November 27, 2017

Awards, Scholarship

Applications are open for the Global Study Awards for Spring 2018. The Global Study Awards recognises studying abroad as a positively life changing experience for many students, opening their minds to alternati... Read More...

World Innovation Summit for Education (WISE) Awards Program 2018 ($USD 20,000 prize)

November 24, 2017

Awards

Pan-African Re/Insurance Journalism Awards 2018

November 24, 2017

Awards

The 2018 edition of the Pan-African Re/Insurance Journalism Awards ceremony shall be held in April 2018 in Namibia. Sponsored by Continental Reinsurance, the Pan-African Re/Insurance Journalism Awards recogn... Read More...

Fully-funded Westerwelle Young Founders Programme 2018 in Berlin

November 20, 2017

Awards, Fellowships

Applications are now open for the Spring 2018 Westerwelle Young Founders Programme. This is a fully funded year-long programme for 25 exceptional entrepreneurs from developing and emerging economies. As part of... Read More...

Aptly described by the Independent newspaper as “a man of many parts”, Prof. Mahfouz A. Adedimeji, the pioneer Vice Chancellor of Ahman Pategi University, Patigi, Nigeria, is a Fulbright scholar, interdisciplinary researcher, university don, public affairs analyst, communication consultant, peace advocate, interfaith worker and public intellectual.

He obtained his academic degrees from the University of Ilorin, Ilorin, where he was a Professor of English (Pragmatics and Applied Linguistics) before his appointment as Vice Chancellor. He started his academic career in 2000 at Ladoke Akintola University of Technology (LAUTECH), Ogbomoso, shortly after which he joined the services of his alma mater, the University of Ilorin.

A man of eclectic academic background, Prof. Adedimeji was educated in Arabic and Islamic Studies at Markaz Shabaabil Islam, Iwo, Osun State and Markaz Ta’aleemil Araby, Agege, Lagos. He obtained advanced training in Education, Political Science, Communication and Media, Research and Peace Studies at the National Universities Commission’s (NUC) Virtual Institute for Higher Education Pedagogy (VIHEP); the United Nations Educational Scientific and Cultural Organisation’s (UNESCO) Virtual Institute for Higher Education in Africa (VIHEAF); Governors State University, University Park, Illinois, USA; University of Ghana, Accra, Ghana; and Kroc Institute for International Peace Studies, Notre Dame University, South Bend, Indiana, USA.

Apart from serving as a cultural ambassador to the US under the auspices of the Institute of International Education (IIE), New York, Prof. Adedimeji had won or co-won the research and conference awards/grants of the Tertiary Education Trust Fund (TETFund) of the National Research Council, Nigeria, the Council for the Development of Social Science Research in Africa (CODESRIA) and the Association of Commonwealth Universities (ACU). He has written extensively for a wide range of newspapers and periodicals including “Unilorin Bulletin”, “Unilorin Watch”, “DeLight”, “National Pilot”, “Daily Independent”, “Newswatch Times”, “New York Parrot” and “New Telegraph”, among others.

A versatile academic and award-winning scholar, Prof. Adedimeji has attended academic conferences and undertaken research in several universities across Nigeria as well as in Ghana, Cameroon, Kenya, Malaysia, Sierra Leone, Australia, France and United States of America, among others. His hundreds of academic, Islamic and general/opinion articles have been published across outlets in Nigeria and beyond. He has also facilitated and participated in seminars and workshops both nationally and internationally.

A former Deputy Director/ Head of the Directorate of Corporate Affairs of the University of Ilorin, Prof. Adedimeji was the Director of the Centre for Centre for Peace and Strategic Studies, University of Ilorin, between 2013 and 2017. Apart from serving as Rappouteur-General to the Presidential Committee that organised the 2017 Federal Executive Council’s Retreat on Education in Nigeria, he has consulted for the Nigerian Supreme Council for Islamic Affairs (NSCIA), Nigeria Inter-religious Council (NIREC), the Nigerian Security and Civil Defence and Corps (NSCDC) and the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP).

For years, he was a Coordinator and Facilitator of the Executive Management Course of the Nigerian Army Education Corps (NAEC) and Editor-in-Chief of the “Journal of Peace, Security and Development”, University of Ilorin. He has also served as a resource person to agencies like the Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB), National Orientation Agency (NOA), National Institute for Security Studies as well as a number of Civil Society Organisations.

He is a recipient of several awards and honours including those of the International Chartered World Learned Society, American Biographical Institute, National Congress of Nigerian Students (NACONS), Union of Campus Journalists, University of Ilorin, the Nigerian Army Education Corps, Postgraduate Students Association, UNILORIN, Muslim Students Society of Nigeria (MSSN), UNILORIN, Students’ Union, UNILORIN, and National Association of Osun State Students (NAOSS), just to mention a few.

A Fellow of bodies like the Institute of Corporate Administration, Nigeria, Society for Peace Studies and Practice and World Institute for Peace, Prof. Adedimeji is a former Member of the Governing Council of the International Peace Research Association (IPRA) and Member of the Executive Council of the English Scholars’ Association of Nigeria (ESAN). He has written, co-written, edited and co-edited more than a dozen books.

DStv Eutelsat Star Essay and Poster Competition, 2018

ESAN 36TH ANNUAL NATIONAL CONFERENCE – Call for Papers

Commonwealth PhD Scholarships (for low and middle income countries)

AussieWritings Essay Writing Contest 2018

UN SDG Action Challenge Awards 2018 in Germany

UN SDG Action Challenge Awards 2018

Washington College of Law Human Rights Essay Award 2018

WISE Awards 2018

Fulbright Distinguished Awards in Teaching Program for International Teachers 2018 (Fulbright DAI)

Open Technology Fund (OTF’s) Digital Integrity Fellowship Program (DIFP) 2018

Aid & Development Africa Summit 2018 – Innovator of the Year Award, Kenya

MRC/DFID African Research Leader Scheme 2018

Global Study Awards 2018 – Win £10,000 to Expand Your Horizon and Study Abroad!

World Innovation Summit for Education (WISE) Awards Program 2018 ($USD 20,000 prize)

Pan-African Re/Insurance Journalism Awards 2018

Fully-funded Westerwelle Young Founders Programme 2018 in Berlin