How CARTA institutitions fared in the University Rankings 2014

	ranking	World Rank	University	Presence Rank*	Impact Rank*	Openness Rank*	Excellence Rank*
1	6	690	University of the Witwatersrand	1600	1310	468	423
2	9	1167	University of Nairobi	1828	1898	774	1329
3	10	1218	Makerere University	2021	2567	896	865
4	21	1926	Obafemi Awolowo University	1635	1631	9990	2172
5	24	2183	University of Ibadan	7780	2743	5056	1323
6	28	2284	University of Dar Es Salaam	2561	3398	6193	1856
7	38	3177	National University of Rwanda	1218	5873	3316	3133
8	99	5867	University of Malawi	10155	8547	13544	1418
9	137	7882	Moi University	6640	8608	6715	5155

For detailed information on the ranking, visit http://www.webometrics.info/en/Africa?page=1 

African Doctoral Dissertation Research Fellowships (ADDRF) 2014

The African Population and Health Research Center (APHRC), in partnership with the International Development Research Centre (IDRC), is pleased to announce the seventh call for applications for the African Doctoral Dissertation Research Fellowships (ADDRF). The ADDRF Fellowship Program seeks to facilitate more rigorous

engagement of doctoral students in research, strengthen their research skills, and provide them an opportunity for timely completion of their doctoral training. The Program targets doctoral students with strong commitment to a career in training and/or research. The overall goal of the ADDRF Program is to support the training and

retention of highly-skilled, locally-trained scholars in research and academic positions across the region.

The ADDRF will award about 20 fellowships in 2014. These fellowships will be awarded to doctoral students who are within two years of completing their thesis at an African university. Dissertation topics showing great promise of contributing significantly to e.orts to strengthen health systems (governance, equity, health or population-related issues) in the region will be given priority. In this phase of funding and in consideration of IDRC’s health programming priorities, candidates whose dissertation topics address health policy or health systems issues will be given special consideration. The Program has also reserved a small number of fellowships specifically for doctoral students conducting research on health inequities in urban areas or the reproductive health of marginalized urban communities. These fellowships are funded by the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation.

Download the call and application materials here for more information.