Grants

British Council New International Voices Grant for West African Artist in UK, 2018

December 13, 2017

Residency opportunity for West African artists: The British Council, LIFT and Battersea Arts Centre have an opportunity for two West African artists currently living and working in Ghana, Nigeria, Senegal or... Read More...

ACT Foundation Grant Programme for Nonprofits in Africa 2018

December 2, 2017

Grants

Calling on non-profits in the areas of health, entrepreneurship, environment and leadership! Are you creative, innovative and passionate about improving human capacity and development? Do you have ideas that ca... Read More...

AABS Dissertation Grants for Graduate Students

November 28, 2017

Grants

The Association for the Advancement of Baltic Studies invites applications for grants of up to $2,000 to support doctoral dissertation research and write-up in any field of Baltic Studies. Funds may be ... Read More...

Call for Applications for Ph.D. Research Grants 2018

November 16, 2017

Grants

The Orient-Institut Istanbul is pleased to invite applications for Ph.D. research grants for 2018 and for the academic year of 2018/19. The purpose of the grant is the support of field research in Istanbul/Turk... Read More...

Commonwealth Foundation Grants 2018 for Civil Society Organisations

November 14, 2017

Grants

The Commonwealth Foundation’s mission is to support civic voices to share their stories, learn and act together and influence the institutions that shape people’s lives. The Foundation works to promote peace... Read More...

Special Grant Programme for International Students at Hokkaido University in Japan, 2018

November 13, 2017

Grants

The Hokkaido University is organizing Special Grant Program for the students who are applying to a doctoral course with one of the graduate school. The programme will cover tuition fee for international student... Read More...

Sage Foundation’s Enterprise Fund for Non-profits 2017 (Up to $25,000 Grant)

November 4, 2017

Grants

Applications are now open for Sage Foundation’s Enterprise Fund. The Fund will support the creation of either new or piloted entrepreneurial programmes or initiatives that may go no further due to funding chall... Read More...

Call for Applications for NSfK Research Grants 2018

October 30, 2017

Grants

Call for NSfK Research Grants 2018 has been opened on Monday October 2017, the application period being 30.10.-1.12.2017. The Scandinavian Research Council for Criminology (NSfK) provides grants for 2018 to ... Read More...

Care – Call for Applications – MENA

October 25, 2017

Grants

UNFPA, the United Nations Population Fund’s Arab States Regional Office (ASRO) and CARE’s regional office for the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) are in the process of identifying and documenting the im... Read More...

Center on Conflict and Development (ConDev) Student Media Grant 2018

August 12, 2017

Grants

The Center on Conflict and Development (ConDev, condev.org) Student Media Grant is now open! This photojournalism grant, funded by the Howard G. Buffett Foundation Chair on Conflict and Development, awards up t... Read More...

14th International Conference on the History of The Language Sciences, Paris

July 31, 2017

Conferences, Grants

The Fourteenth International Conference On The History of the Language Sciences, ICHoLS XIV, will be held from August 28 to September 1 2017 in Paris. Since 1978 ICHoLS conferences have brought together spec... Read More...

Win up to €6,000 in Luis Valtueña International Humanitarian Photography Award 2017

July 25, 2017

Awards, Competition, Grants

Luis Valtueña International Humanitarian Photography Award 2017 is now open for entries. The competition is organised by the Médicos del Mundo. You may submit a maximum of 10 photographs, which can be dis... 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.

“If you were a leader, what would you do to ensure that peace and security is achieved and sustained in Africa?”

ESAN 36TH ANNUAL NATIONAL CONFERENCE – Call for Papers

Commonwealth PhD Scholarships (for low and middle income countries)

AussieWritings Essay Writing Contest 2018

British Council New International Voices Grant for West African Artist in UK, 2018

ACT Foundation Grant Programme for Nonprofits in Africa 2018

AABS Dissertation Grants for Graduate Students

Call for Applications for Ph.D. Research Grants 2018

Commonwealth Foundation Grants 2018 for Civil Society Organisations

Special Grant Programme for International Students at Hokkaido University in Japan, 2018

Sage Foundation’s Enterprise Fund for Non-profits 2017 (Up to $25,000 Grant)

Call for Applications for NSfK Research Grants 2018

Care – Call for Applications – MENA

Center on Conflict and Development (ConDev) Student Media Grant 2018

14th International Conference on the History of The Language Sciences, Paris

Win up to €6,000 in Luis Valtueña International Humanitarian Photography Award 2017