The Association of Commonwealth Universities (ACU) and the Center for Environment, Fisheries and Aquaculture Science (CIFAS) on 17 October announced the launch of 56 fully funded Ocean Country Partnership Program (OCPP) scholarships for students from Bangladesh, India, Ghana and declare. belize.
Funded by the UK government’s £500 million Blue Planet Fund, the scholarships are open to students from these destinations who wish to pursue a master’s degree in their home country of citizenship and develop a career in marine science, according to a press release .
Following a successful pilot program in the South Pacific last year, the OCPP Scholarship is now open for application in selected universities in Ghana, India, Bangladesh and Belize for the upcoming academic year.
Hosted by the Bangladesh Agricultural University, the University of Belize, India’s Berhampur University and Cochin University of Science and Technology (CUSAT), and the University of Cape Coast of Ghana, the OCPP Scholarship 2023-24 will finance a series of master’s degree courses in marine science, enabling Can be made. Scholars should conduct world-class research and innovation in this field.