Information Support for Quality Higher Education and Research in Uganda
Call for Application for 2 Information Science Scholarships under Sida IV 
Capacity building of librarians through graduate training and research is one of the five components of the project ‘The information support for quality higher education and research in Uganda’. This project is one of the 17 others that have received funding from Sida as part of the 5-year Cooperation Agreement (2015 -2020). The Capacity building of librarians through graduate training and research component will be implemented by Makerere University Library in partnership with the Swedish KTH Library. The objective of this component is to improve library development through graduate training and research by librarians. Funding is available to support 2 Masters Students. Applications are therefore invited from qualified candidates for Masters of Science in Information Science tenable at Makerere University Uganda, starting with Academic year 2016/2017.  	
Eligibility requirements include: 
1.	Must be permanent Senior staff of Makerere University Library
2.	Masters Scholarship: A BLIS or IT or Related Information Management Discipline
3.	Has not enrolled in a Masters before 2016
4.	Has not been on any other scholarship for Masters 

Application procedure 

1.	Application procedure for admission: Follow the link http://rgt.mak.ac.ug
2.	Detailed information about the application for scholarship can be obtained from the Makerere–Sida web portal: www.sida.mak.ac.ug/applications
3.	Electronic submission of application for scholarship with supporting documents should be sent to the Director, Directorate of Research and Graduate Training, Makerere University; Email: director@rgt.mak.ac.ug; Copy to: conference@rgt.mak.ac.ug; universitylibrarian@mulib.mak.ac.ug. Hard copies should be addressed to the Director, Directorate of Research and Graduate Training, Makerere University P.O.BOX 7062 Kampala, Senate Building Level Four, Room 410.
4.	Application deadline is 15 April 2016 and interviews (where applicable) will be conducted 20th – 29th April 2016. Only shortlisted candidates will be contacted for interviews.

For further information contact:
Dr. Helen Byamugisha
Ag. University Librarian,
Email: universitylibrarian@mulib.mak.ac.ug