Research Excellence Grants: Women Make Up 73% of Recipients

Research Excellence Grants: Women Make Up 73% of Recipients
Thursday 15 April 2021 - 12:19

Women account for 73% of the 300 beneficiaries of research excellence grants awarded by the Ministry of National Education, Vocational Training, Higher Education and Scientific Research in 2021.

The National Center for Scientific Research (CNRST), in charge of granting these annual scholarships, has just released the results of the deliberations of the evaluation committee, as validated by the National Committee of Excellence Scholarships during its latest meeting, the Department of Higher Education and Scientific Research announced in a press release.

The University Mohammed V of Rabat has channeled most of the grants with 52 scholarships, followed by the Hassan II University of Casablanca (49 scholarships), the Sidi Mohammed Ben Abdellah University of Fez (37 scholarships), the Abdelmalek Essaadi University of Tetouan (31 scholarships) and the Ibn Zohr University of Agadir (26 scholarships), according to the same source.

72% of scholarship holders study in the fields of natural sciences, against 28% in humanities and social sciences. The program of excellence aims to promote research in institutions of higher education and research in Morocco and encourage distinguished students to pursue doctoral studies.

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