<html><head><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"></head><body style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; line-break: after-white-space;" class=""><div><span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt;" class=""> </span><br class=""><blockquote type="cite" class=""><div class="WordSection1" style="page: WordSection1; caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 14px; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; text-decoration: none;"><div style="margin: 0cm; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;" class=""><span lang="EN-US" class="">The Bayreuth International Graduate School of African Studies (BIGSAS) is once again awarding two scholarships within the<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><b class="">Graduate School Scholarship Programme (GSSP)</b><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>provided by the<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><b class="">German Academic Exchange Service (DAAD)</b><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>starting in 2022. BIGSAS therefore invites<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><b class="">outstanding female African scholars based on the continent<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></b>to apply until 30 January 2022.<o:p class=""></o:p></span></div><div style="margin: 0cm; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;" class=""><span lang="EN-US" class=""><o:p class=""> </o:p></span></div><div style="margin: 0cm; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;" class=""><span lang="EN-US" class="">Please find attached the<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><b class="">Call for Applications</b><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>for your information. We kindly ask you to use your network to distribute this information and/or to forward it to people who have access to networks targeting potential applicants.<o:p class=""></o:p></span></div><div style="margin: 0cm; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;" class=""><span lang="EN-US" class=""><o:p class=""> </o:p></span></div><div style="margin: 0cm; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;" class=""><span lang="EN-US" class="">Thank you very much.<o:p class=""></o:p></span></div><div style="margin: 0cm; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;" class=""><span lang="EN-US" class=""><o:p class=""> </o:p></span></div><div style="margin: 0cm; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;" class=""><span lang="EN-US" class="">Sincerely,<o:p class=""></o:p></span></div><div style="margin: 0cm; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;" class=""><span lang="EN-US" class=""><o:p class=""> </o:p></span></div><div style="margin: 0cm; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;" class=""><span lang="EN-GB" style="" class="">Michelle Heese</span><span lang="EN-GB" style="color: rgb(31, 73, 125);" class=""><o:p class=""></o:p></span></div><div style="margin: 0cm; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;" class=""><span lang="EN-GB" style="color: rgb(148, 138, 84);" class="">Coordinator BIGSAS</span><span lang="EN-GB" style="color: rgb(148, 138, 84);" class=""><o:p class=""></o:p></span></div><div style="margin: 0cm; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;" class=""><span lang="EN-GB" style="color: rgb(148, 138, 84);" class="">Bayreuth International Graduate School o</span><span lang="EN-US" style="color: rgb(148, 138, 84);" class="">f African Studies</span><span lang="EN-US" style="color: rgb(31, 73, 125);" class=""><o:p class=""></o:p></span></div><div style="margin: 0cm; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;" class=""><b class=""><span lang="EN-US" style="color: rgb(148, 138, 84);" class="">Africa Multiple</span></b><span lang="EN-US" style="color: rgb(148, 138, 84);" class=""><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>Cluster of Excellence</span><span lang="EN-GB" style="color: rgb(31, 73, 125);" class=""><o:p class=""></o:p></span></div><div style="margin: 0cm; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;" class=""><span lang="EN-US" style="" class=""> </span><span lang="EN-GB" style="color: rgb(31, 73, 125);" class=""><o:p class=""></o:p></span></div><div style="margin: 0cm; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;" class=""><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size: 6pt; color: rgb(148, 138, 84);" class="">**********************************************************************************************</span><span lang="EN-GB" style="color: rgb(31, 73, 125);" class=""><o:p class=""></o:p></span></div><div style="margin: 0cm; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;" class=""><b class=""><span style="font-size: 10pt; color: rgb(148, 138, 84);" class="">A:</span></b><span style="font-size: 10pt;" class=""> Universität Bayreuth, Geschwister-Scholl-Platz 3, 95445 Bayreuth</span><span style="color: rgb(31, 73, 125);" class=""><o:p class=""></o:p></span></div><div style="margin: 0cm; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;" class=""><b class=""><span style="font-size: 10pt; color: rgb(148, 138, 84);" class="">T:</span></b><span style="font-size: 10pt;" class=""> +49 921 55-5110</span><span style="color: rgb(31, 73, 125);" class=""><o:p class=""></o:p></span></div><div style="margin: 0cm; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;" class=""><b class=""><span lang="IT" style="font-size: 10pt; color: rgb(148, 138, 84);" class="">E:</span></b><span lang="IT" style="font-size: 10pt;" class=""> <span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><u class=""><a href="mailto:michelle.heese@uni-bayreuth.de" style="color: rgb(5, 99, 193); text-decoration: underline;" class="">michelle.heese@uni-bayreuth.de</a></u></span><span lang="IT" style="color: rgb(31, 73, 125);" class=""><o:p class=""></o:p></span></div><div style="margin: 0cm; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;" class=""><b class=""><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 10pt; color: rgb(148, 138, 84);" class="">W:</span></b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 10pt; color: rgb(13, 13, 13);" class=""> <span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><u class=""><a href="https://www.africamultiple.uni-bayreuth.de/en/index.html" style="color: rgb(5, 99, 193); text-decoration: underline;" class=""><span style="color: rgb(13, 13, 13);" class="">www.africamultiple.uni-bayreuth.de</span></a><o:p class=""></o:p></u></span></div><div style="margin: 0cm; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;" class=""><b class=""><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 10pt; color: white;" class="">W:</span></b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 10pt; color: rgb(13, 13, 13);" class=""> <span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><u class=""><a href="http://www.bigsas.uni-bayreuth.de/" style="color: rgb(5, 99, 193); text-decoration: underline;" class="">www.bigsas.uni-bayreuth.de</a><o:p class=""></o:p></u></span></div><div style="margin: 0cm; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;" class=""><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 6pt; color: rgb(148, 138, 84);" class="">************************************************************************************</span><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size: 6pt; color: rgb(148, 138, 84);" class="">**********</span><span lang="EN-GB" style="color: rgb(31, 73, 125);" class=""><o:p class=""></o:p></span></div><div style="margin: 0cm; 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