Apply for David Oyedepo Foundation Scholarship For Undergraduate Students 2016

Course(s) Offered: All fields
Course Level: Undergraduate
Country to Study in: Nigeria
Scholarship Description
The David Oyedepo Foundation
scholarship program is the major
platform for promoting the vision and
goals of the David Oyedepo
Foundation, DOF..



The scholarship program awards
scholarships to qualified individuals
who are indigenes and residents of
African countries, and have been
offered admission to specific
universities in Nigeria.
The scholarship program can
essentially be divided into 3
categories: 1). DOF Scholars; 2). DOF
Leadership Scholars; and 3). DOF
Farmers Scholars.
The DOF scholars program grants
individuals the opportunity to acquire
a first degree at top schools in the
African continent. It grants
individuals the opportunity to build
up the leadership potentials that are
so evidently lacking in the leaders of
our today’s society, through the yearly
programs and community
development initiatives.
Eligibility
In order to apply for any of the three
scholarship programs, you must:
*.Be a Citizen of any African Country
*.Resident of an African Nation
*.Between the ages of 18 and 25
Each scholarship awardee becomes a
David Oyedepo Foundation Scholar
(DOF scholar) and is expected to meet
up with the requirements each year
for maintaining the scholarship
program.
Participating Institutions
Scholarship is available for pursuing
undergraduate program at the
following universities:
*.Covenant University, and
*.Landmark University
Fields of study
Candidates can apply to their choice
course of study. However, special
consideration would be given to
candidates whose courses fall under
the following categories:
*.Agriculture and allied courses
*.Medicine
*.Para Medical science
*.Political science
*.Education and allied courses
Number of awards
Not specified
Sponsorship duration
All applicants are awarded full
scholarship for the duration of their
study, however a yearly review of
scholarship is carried out every year
to ensure candidate remains worthy
of scholarship award.
Each scholarship awardees:
*.Must maintain a continuous
standard of excellence as measured by
the David Oyedepo Foundation
*.Carry out a yearly summer
community project that fulfil the
following criteria:
*.Must be focused on community
development
*.Must be a community based project
*.Must engage a volunteer base of
class and schoolmates
*.Must engage knowledge in current
field of study
*.A video & document report of the
project must be generated and
submitted to the foundation at the end
of every school year.
*.The school will be required to
generate and send the foundation a
semester by semester report of
academic progress.
Scholarship benefits
The scholarship program covers all
study and travel expenses for the
duration of the course of study.
Method of Application
The DOF Scholars are between the ages
of 18-25. They are either
*.Recipients of the university or
secondary school scholarship
programs, or
*.Fresh graduates who are applying
for post graduate study scholarship
Application forms need to be filled in
and submitted online. To apply, visit
the David Oyedepo Foundation
Scholarship Program http://
davidoyedepofoundation.org/portal/
scholarship/
DEADLINES:
Applications for the 2016/2017
academic session commences 12th
January 2016. The deadline for
scholarship application is Thursday
March 31st 2016 at GMT +01.00.
[/b]PLEASE NOTE:[/b]
Covenant University is located in Ota,
Ogun State in Nigeria. It is a Private
Christian University and a member of
the Association of Commonwealth
Universities.
Landmark University is located in
Omu-Aran, Kwara State in Nigeria. It
is a Private Christian University, and
has colleges with state of the art
facilities in place. Colleges include:
College of Agricultural Sciences,
College of Business and Social
Sciences, and College of Science and
Engineering.