Fully Funded 2025 Mkpouto Pius Foundation Scholarship Programme for Nigerian Students. – SCHOLARSHIPS AND AID

The WomanUp Scholarship Programme intends to raise a crop of excellent women who will excel in their academics and subsequent career, and move us significantly towards achieving gender equality.

Benefits

• Full university tuition fees paid directly to the University bank account per year for 4 years of university.
• Stipend of 100,000 Naira per semester.
• 50,000 Naira to cover the cost of departmental and faculty registration.
• Fees and stipend for the next year will only be paid upon providing evidence of top academic performance in the previous year.
• Monthly internet subscription for members of the cohort so that there are no limitations for them to study, do part-time remote work, or attend monthly coaching or check-in sessions.
• Dedicated mentoring for each cohort so that they don’t just focus on academics, but also develop professional and leadership excellence.
• Conference attendance will be funded for members of the cohort, especially if they are presenting a paper at the conference.
• Opportunities for them to work part-time (10 hours a week), virtually, so that they can add work experience to their CV when they graduate.
• Pre-graduation support, including support with application for postgraduate studies and scholarship applications to top Universities abroad.
• Application fees will be paid for members of the cohort who graduate with a First Class and wish to apply to the University of Cambridge, Oxford, Harvard, Yale, or other IVY league universities.
• International passport application fees will be paid for members of the cohort who graduate with excellent grades and stand a high chance of getting foreign scholarships or fellowships abroad.This also applies to members of the cohort who, at any point in their study, get a travel grant to present a paper at an international conference.
• Monthly coaching sessions for in-demand professional skills such as grant writing, CV writing, cover letter writing, applying for fellowships, and applying for postgraduate studies.
• Invitations to top professional events and provision of recommendations to top mentors within their field.
• Workshops to teach members of the cohort how to develop business ideas from their fields of expertise.
• Lifetime membership of The Mkpouto Pius Foundation with additional benefits.

Requirements

To be eligible, you must meet all of the following requirements.

• Female ?Nigerian 
• Recently admitted to study in a Nigerian public university (only for females looking to start their first year of university)
• Academic excellence 
• Demonstrate financial need 
• Be willing to fill in a monthly reports and attend monthly check-in sessions 
• ?Be willing to attend mentoring events 
• ?Ready to participate in career development opportunities like attending conferences, taking up fellowships, and publishing papers.

Application Documents

• WAEC/NECO result
• JAMB result
• Admission letter
• Proof of nationality (NIN, Voter’s card, international passport, etc)

Method of Application

Application Deadline: June 20, 2025.

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