Awards

TWAS-DFG Cooperation Visits Programme 2018 for Post-Doctoral Researchers

November 16, 2017

Call for application is ongoing for the TWAS-DFG Cooperation Visits Programme 2018. The Programme provides postdoctoral researchers from sub-Saharan Africa, including South Africa, with the opportunity to make ... Read More...

TRACE Prize for Investigative Reporting 2018

November 9, 2017

Awards

Entries are now being accepted for the TRACE Prize for Investigative Reporting 2018. The TRACE Prize recognizes journalism that uncovers business bribery with the goal of increasing commercial transparency. Cor... Read More...

Global Volunteer Programme in Indonesia by AIESEC in UNDIP

October 26, 2017

Awards

Sunshine 8 is a project based on SDG number 4, which is Quality Education. Several events are being done in this project include Teaching, Sharing is Loving, and Sunshine Education Festival. This project runs f... Read More...

Emerson Society Awards announcement

October 21, 2017

Awards

The Ralph Waldo Emerson Society announces four awards for projects that foster appreciation for Emerson. *Graduate Student Paper Award* Provides up to $750 of travel support to present a paper on an Emer... Read More...

Applications for the 2018 Tourism for Tomorrow Awards are open

October 4, 2017

Awards

WTTC’s Tourism for Tomorrow (T4T) Awards are the world’s top accolade in sustainable tourism; they recognise the highest ethical standards in the sector and are respected by industry leaders, governments and in... Read More...

Islamic Development Bank Prize for Women’s Contribution to Development, 2018

October 3, 2017

Awards

Applications are invited for IDB Prize available for both individuals and organizations. To be eligible, women candidate should be engage in activities and /or reside in one of the IDB member countries or in a ... Read More...

Gro Brundtland Award 2018 in Taiwan

September 26, 2017

Awards

The ‘Gro Brundtland Award’ offers you an opportunity to meet and discuss with other female researchers in the same field and establish the international connection. It’s a great chance to introduce your own res... Read More...

Write and Win $10,000 Scholarship Award “How to promote Peace and Tolerance”

September 16, 2017

Awards

The Peace & Tolerance Scholarship Award $10,000, is going to be given to the holder of an innovative project on “How to promote Peace and Tolerance“. The donor is Mohamed Dekkak a Moroccan businessman, i... Read More...

The Research Society of American Periodicals Article Prize 2017

September 13, 2017

Awards, Call for papers

The Research Society of American Periodicals invites submissions for its 2016-17 Article Prize. The prize is awarded to the best article on the subject of American periodicals published in a peer-reviewed ac... Read More...

Contemporary Women’s Writing Essay Prize, 2017

August 18, 2017

Awards, Essay Competition

Contemporary Women’s Writing (Oxford University Press) is delighted to announce the launch of a new annual Essay Prize. The Contemporary Women’s Writing Essay Prize aims to encourage new scholarship in the fiel... Read More...

Do you write about racism and cultural diversity? You stand a chance to win $10,000 – Apply Now

August 8, 2017

Awards

The Anisfield-Wolf Book Awards recognize books that have made important contributions to our understanding of racism and our appreciation of the rich diversity of human cultures. For over 80 years, the distingu... Read More...

Call for Applications: Win $50,000 in the Reimagine Education Awards 2017, USA

August 4, 2017

Awards, Competition

The rating agency QS Quacquarelli Symonds and Wharton School (USA) invite the world's leading universities to participate in the Reimagine Education Awards. The prize fund is 50,000 dollars, which will be used... 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.

International Seminar on Linguistics 2017

ESAN 36TH ANNUAL NATIONAL CONFERENCE – Call for Papers

Commonwealth PhD Scholarships (for low and middle income countries)

AussieWritings Essay Writing Contest 2018

TWAS-DFG Cooperation Visits Programme 2018 for Post-Doctoral Researchers

TRACE Prize for Investigative Reporting 2018

Global Volunteer Programme in Indonesia by AIESEC in UNDIP

Emerson Society Awards announcement

Applications for the 2018 Tourism for Tomorrow Awards are open

Islamic Development Bank Prize for Women’s Contribution to Development, 2018

Gro Brundtland Award 2018 in Taiwan

Write and Win $10,000 Scholarship Award “How to promote Peace and Tolerance”

The Research Society of American Periodicals Article Prize 2017

Contemporary Women’s Writing Essay Prize, 2017

Do you write about racism and cultural diversity? You stand a chance to win $10,000 – Apply Now

Call for Applications: Win $50,000 in the Reimagine Education Awards 2017, USA