Candidatar-se a EpiScientia
Start your journey towards becoming a data science leader in public health. Prove your NPHI affiliation (Step 0), check your eligibility, upload your endorsement letter, then complete the application once it is authenticated.
Read the full Harmonised Call for Applications 2026 (MSc & Post-Graduate Certificates)How selection works — two levels
The two-step process approved in the kick-off proceedings preserves NPHI ownership and UR ACE-DS academic admission authority.
Level 1
NPHI / Country-level selection
- • Primeiro passo obrigatório: contacte a instituição participante do seu país e obtenha uma carta de endosso que o autorize a candidatar-se — RBC (Ruanda), IRSP-CAQ (Benim), INS (Moçambique), IRESSEF (Senegal), EPHI (Etiópia). Sem uma carta de endosso assinada e carimbada, a sua candidatura é inelegível.
- • Carrega a carta de endosso e aguarda a notificação que abre o formulário de candidatura — como a carta precisa de ser autenticada, este procedimento pode demorar até 7 dias
- • Assim que a sua carta de endosso for autenticada, o formulário de candidatura é ativado: candidata-se através deste portal — o seu INSP nacional recebe-a
- • Triagem quanto à relevância para o projeto e prioridade institucional
- • Avaliação da preparação para a aprendizagem em contexto de trabalho
- • Verificação de completude
- • Nomeação / pré-seleção de candidatos
Benin · Ethiopia · Mozambique · Rwanda · Senegal
Level 2
UR ACE-DS final selection & admission
- • Only pre-selected candidates proceed
- • Academic admissibility review
- • Compliance with programme entry requirements
- • Final selection & admission via the UR online portal
- • Results communicated to you and your institution
Only admitted candidates benefit from the EpiScientia Scholarship
Selection principles: transparent documented screening · merit + institutional relevance · gender and geographic balance · clear separation between project nomination and academic admission.
Timelines
Call opens at NPHI level
August 2026
Application deadline (NPHI level)
End of December 2026
NPHI-level selection
January – May 2027
Submission to UR ACE-DS
1 June 2027
UR ACE-DS selection
July – August 2027
Feedback on admission
Mid-August 2027
Start of training
September 2027
A single MSc cohort is expected — training starts September 2027.
Your application package — checklist
- Application letter to the Director of the UR Centre of Postgraduate Studies (programme/track + full contact details)
- Updated curriculum vitae
- Certified copies of academic transcripts and degree certificates
- Two reference letters from senior academic referees
- Proof of English proficiency (if prior instruction was not in English)
- Motivation statement (NPHI capacity strengthening, infectious disease data science, work-based learning)
- Institutional nomination / endorsement letter from your NPHI or employer
- Any additional documents required by UR ACE-DS, your NPHI or the Selection Committee
Contact person: Prof Charles Ruranga, PhD — Director, UR-ACE/DS · registrar@episcientia.eu
Already applied? Track your application
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Step 0 — Proof of affiliation (common for all)
Each candidate must be affiliated to an eligible NPHI per country. Human verification can take up to 7 days.
1.Select the National Public Health Institute (NPHI) which will handle your application *
Each candidate must be affiliated to an eligible NPHI per country.
2.Who is your reference person there? *
An email is sent asking them to confirm (or deny) being your reference person. This is required before you can submit Step 0.
3.What is the type of your affiliation to the above? *
Complete all three criteria (including sending the reference confirmation request) to submit.
Step 1 — Check your eligibility (locked)
Complete Step 0 (proof of affiliation) first. After the human verification — up to 7 days — you will receive an email with your personal link that unlocks this step.
Etapa 2 · Parte 1
Carregue a sua carta de endosso
Assinada e carimbada pela instituição participante do seu país — RBC (Rwanda) · IRSP-CAQ (Benin) · INS (Mozambique) · IRESSEF (Senegal) · EPHI (Ethiopia). A autenticação pode demorar até 7 dias.
A parte 1 está bloqueada
Conclua a etapa 1 — a verificação de elegibilidade acima — para desbloquear o carregamento da carta de endosso. O sistema verifica as suas respostas em relação aos critérios do edital harmonizado.
Etapa 2 · Parte 2
Documentos e motivação
A parte 2 desbloqueia após a autenticação da sua carta de endosso
Depois de a Parte 1 ser validada (a autenticação pode demorar até 7 dias), receberá um e-mail com o seu link pessoal para completar Documentos e motivação — CV, PDF de comprovativos combinado e carta de motivação.