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List of postdoctoral research fellowship 2026-2027 for African students to study in abroad or in Africa
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The International Growth Centre (IGC) proudly supports this mission through its commitment to applied research and collaborative partnerships with government stakeholders. Under the Herbert P. M’cleod Local Researchers Programme (HPMLRP), the 2025 IGC early-career local researcher fell
Published: 18 Aug 2025 Type: Fellowship Study in: Sierra Leone Deadline: 29 Aug 2025
The British Academy is inviting proposals for Writing Workshops in Brazil, Egypt, Indonesia, Jordan, Kenya, Malaysia, Philippines, South Africa, Turkey, Thailand, Vietnam and/or Least Developed Countries. These workshops should aim to develop the skills of early career
Published: 15 Aug 2025 Type: Fellowship Deadline: 17 Sep 2025
Hosted in a UNESCO Category 2 Centre in Iceland, the GRÓ Land Restoration Training Programme (GRÓ LRT) is offering two fully funded fellowships for African biosphere reserve professionals engaged in restoration activities. Every year, the GRÓ Land Restoration Training Pr
Published: 13 Aug 2025 Type: Fellowship Study in: Iceland Deadline: 15 Sep 2025
The AFC Fellowship brings together emerging leaders from across Africa, the wider global South, and the global North. The AFC Fellowship is both a leadership development programme and a place for dialogue and exchange between leaders of the rising generation across the global South and North. The
Published: 11 Aug 2025 Type: Fellowship Deadline: 21 Sep 2025
The AWJP and DW Akademie are collaborating to launch a Gender + AI Fellowship, which focuses on the intersection of Artificial Intelligence (AI) and gender, exploring how emerging technologies impact women and gender-diverse communities in Kenya. The program will equip journalists with the tools and
Published: 05 Aug 2025 Type: Fellowship Study in: Kenya Deadline: 20 Aug 2025
The Center for African Studies, with the support of the Mastercard Foundation, is pleased to announce two Visiting Fellowships to be hosted at the University of California, Berkeley. Eligible applicants must be residents of an African country and currently hold an academic/research position at an Af
Published: 28 Jul 2025 Type: Fellowship Study in: United States Deadline: 05 Sep 2025
The Freiburg Institute for Advanced Studies (FRIAS) invites researchers based in an African country with a completed doctoral degree and a minimum of eight years of post-doctoral experience to apply for the FRIAS Sustainable Governance Senior Fellowship Programme 2026/27. The fellowships a
Published: 28 Jul 2025 Type: Fellowship Study in: Germany Deadline: 12 Sep 2025
The Nigerian AI Collective is pleased to invite applications from civil society organisations (CSOs) across Nigeria for a six-month engagement to strengthen AI capacity, enhance advocacy competence, and foster accountability in the evolving AI ecosystem. This workshop is implemented by the Centre fo
Published: 23 Jul 2025 Type: Fellowship Deadline: 01 Aug 2025
The AU Media Fellowship 3.0 is guided by three core priorities: producing high-quality, impactful content; ensuring strong alignment with the objectives and institutional frameworks of the African Union; and expanding outreach to maximise the Fellowship’s reach and influence. By balancing thes
Published: 22 Jul 2025 Type: Fellowship Deadline: 14 Aug 2025
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Join the ISS Junior Fellowship Programme – where hard-working young West Africans develop the skills to drive meaningful change and launch their careers in the policy field. The Institute for Security Studies (ISS) and the Bosch Foundation are empowering West Africa’s next generation
Published: 16 Jul 2025 Type: Fellowship Deadline: 01 Aug 2025
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The 2025 Africa’s Data Future Fellowship is a dynamic 3-month remote capacity-building programme for emerging leaders in the African data governance landscape. Organised by the Centre for the Study of the Economies of Africa (CSEA), the fellowship equips early-career professionals and changema
Published: 11 Jul 2025 Type: Fellowship Deadline: 30 Jul 2025
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The African Investigative Journalism Conference (#AIJC2025), a project of the Wits Centre for Journalism (WCJ) in partnership with SKUP, the Association for Critical and Investigative Press in Norway and Bellingcat will host an intensive training course on the latest investigati
Published: 10 Jul 2025 Type: Fellowship Deadline: 25 Jul 2025
Apply now for the Weather and Climate Information Services (WISER) Africa co-production fellowship, funded by the UK government’s Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office (FCDO) through the Africa Regional Climate and Nature (ARCAN) programme. Three fellowships are being offered through
Published: 03 Jul 2025 Type: Fellowship Deadline: 08 Aug 2025
The Africa region of the World Bank Group (WBG) is pleased to announce the opening of the application period for the 2026 WBG Africa Fellowship Program for Ph.D. candidates and recent Ph.D. graduates who are Sub-Saharan Africa nationals. Women are especially encouraged to apply. Throu
Published: 03 Jul 2025 Type: Fellowship Deadline: 25 Aug 2025
With support from the Mellon Foundation and additional funding from the Cravens Foundation, MASS is relaunching the ADC Fellowship, empowering African architects and designers to lead the continent’s urbanization. The ADC Fellowship is a twelve-month hands-on residency program in Kigal
Published: 02 Jul 2025 Type: Fellowship Study in: Rwanda Deadline: 13 Jul 2025
The Ireland Fellows Programme enables early to mid-career professionals from eligible countries, with leadership potential, to benefit from a prestigious, world-class, quality education contributing to capacity building. It offers selected students the opportunity to undertake a fully funded on
Published: 01 Jul 2025 Type: Fellowship Deadline: 25 Jul 2025
One World Media, in partnership with Surge Africa, is thrilled to launch a new opportunity as part of The Climate Reporting Gap Initiative. Across Nigeria, the impacts of climate change are increasingly visible — from rising heat and water scarcity to the complexities of the
Published: 01 Jul 2025 Type: Fellowship Deadline: 20 Aug 2025
The Ireland Fellows Programme enables early to mid-career professionals from eligible countries, with leadership potential, to benefit from a prestigious, world-class, quality education contributing to capacity building. It offers selected students the opportunity to undertake a fully funded one-yea
Published: 30 Jun 2025 Type: Fellowship Study in: Ireland Deadline: 25 Jul 2025
Through the AI Accountability Fellowships, the Pulitzer Center aims to support in-depth, high-impact reporting projects that document and explain the opportunities, harms, and regulatory and labor issues surrounding AI systems. The Fellowship program provides selected journalists with financial supp
Published: 25 Jun 2025 Type: Fellowship Deadline: 11 Aug 2025
The Yale Emerging Climate Leaders Fellowship offers an opportunity for 16 young climate and clean energy practitioners from across the Global South to broaden their technical skills, deepen their professional networks, and exchange views with top global clean energy and climate change leaders. Cl
Published: 20 Jun 2025 Type: Fellowship Deadline: 01 Aug 2025