The Josephine Kponee Fellowship Award was created with the purpose of sponsoring academic, research, and technological projects in support of higher education for Ogoni women. Inspired by Josephine Kponee, an Ogoni woman who valued education in young women, the award strives to empower promising young Ogoni women. Each year, the foundation will award a phenomenal Ogoni student with a full tuition scholarship over the course of their academic program and payment of a yearly stipend for academic materials and necessary living expenses.
Eligibility
| Eligibility | |
| Nationality: | Ogoni woman |
| Level of study: | First Degree |
| Year of study: | All years |
| Subject Area: | All Subjects |
| Colleges: | Any accredited university in Nigeria |
| Award details | |
| Duration: | Duration of first degree, contingent on satisfactory academic progress |
| Value: | University tuition and yearly stipend |
To maintain the award, the student must maintain first class honors or high second class upper division honors (i.e., >4.0) each academic year.
The foundation uses the following criteria in awarding its scholarships:
- Need, especially in cases where the candidate would be unable to pursue education absent support.
- Demonstrated academic ability, as by standardized test scores, previous accomplishments, and recommendations.
- Leadership and commitment to the uplifting of the Ogoni people, the Nigerian nation, and the African continent.
In addition, the foundation considers two further criteria:
- The candidate gives promise of continued significant contributions. Those contributions are likely to reflect distinctive creativity, originality, and initiative and will mark the candidate as a leading and influential figure within her fields of endeavor.
- The candidate’s graduate training is relevant to her long-term career goals and is of potential value in enhancing her future creativity and accomplishment.
Tuition funds will be directly disbursed to the proper schools by the Chief Operating Officer, who will also transfer the stipend funds to the recipient of the Josephine Kponee Memorial Grant.
Kponee-Shovein Foundation 