TAGDev 2.0 Scholarship at the University of Port Harcourt

• Tuition fees, research costs, workshop and conference costs.
• Living expenses including stipend and hostel.
• Laptop, internship and field attachment, community engagement and entrepreneurship training.
• Direct costs are paid to UniPort as a grant; indirect costs such as international conference participation are covered by the RUFORUM Secretariat.
• Renewed annually on a rolling basis, subject to satisfactory performance at grade B level; retaking more than four courses leads to withdrawal.

For the 2026/2027 call the submission deadline is 1 June 2026. Dates for virtual information sessions were to be communicated later.

1. Undergraduates and masters applicants fill in the Google form linked in the call (stage 1).
2. Apply for admission to UniPort: undergraduates via the JAMB portal choosing UniPort first and taking UTME and the UniPort placement test; masters applicants via the UniPort School of Graduate Studies portal (stage 2).
3. Apply for the scholarship on the RUFORUM Information Management System at rims2.ruforum.org (stage 3): click Register Here and create an account, activate it from the email (check spam), and log in.
4. Go to Calls, then Scholarship Calls, and select Call ID RU/2026/TAGDev-2.0/001.
5. Click Apply, fill in the form, using Save Draft as you go.
6. Download and print the form and submit it with your UniPort admission application, in hard copy or attached on the university portal.

For help contact [email protected]; the UniPort coordinator is Prof. Ibisime Etela ([email protected]).

• Undergraduate admission: O-Level certificate or statement of result, birth certificate or affidavit of age declaration, marriage certificate or newspaper publication for change of name (if applicable), local government identification letter (Nigerians) or international passport (foreigners), and payment receipts for application forms.
• Masters admission: degree certificate(s), NYSC discharge certificate (Nigerians), O-Level certificate, birth certificate or age affidavit, marriage certificate or name-change publication if applicable, local government letter or passport, and payment receipts.
• The printed RIMS scholarship application form.

The call lists selection criteria rather than a stepwise process: nationality or refugee status, economic disadvantage or conflict background, age limits, completion of prior studies within the time limit, meeting UniPort admission criteria, and demonstrated interest in agriculture, leadership and community commitment. Falsified information leads to disqualification.