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List of postdoctoral research fellowship 2026-2027 for African students to study in abroad or in Africa
Are you an ambitious young African professional looking to enhance your leadership and innovation skills? The Young Innovation Leaders (YIL) Fellowship 2025 is now accepting applications! This prestigious program offers fully funded training, mentorship, and networking opportunities designed to shap
Published: 06 Feb 2025 Type: Fellowship Deadline: 14 Mar 2025
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FENS and the IBRO Pan-Europe Regional Committee (IBRO-PERC) are dedicated to supporting early career researchers and promoting intra-European mobility. The FENS/IBRO-PERC Exchange Fellowships Programme is designed to advance neuroscience research and training in Europe by enabling master or
Published: 01 Feb 2025 Type: Fellowship Value: EUR 4,000 Deadline: 15 Oct 2025
This grant program is designated for covering travel and local expenses throughout the exchange period. Priority will be given to applicants from less developed and under-funded countries, in combination with efforts to ensure both gender and regional diversity.
Published: 01 Feb 2025 Type: Fellowship Deadline: 15 Apr 2025
Applications for the Baraza Media Lab Data Storytelling Fellowship for African Storytellers 2025 are now open. The Data Storytelling Fellowship is a collaborative initiative by Baraza Media Lab and Fringe Graph, aiming to strengthen evidence-based journalism. It equips journalists and storytellers w
Published: 30 Jan 2025 Type: Fellowship Deadline: 28 Feb 2025
This award, named after TWAS President Professor Quarraisha Abdool Karim, is designed to honour women scientists in Least Developed African countries for their achievements in Biological Sciences. It carries a cash award of USD5,000 generously provided by Professor Abdool Karim.
Published: 27 Jan 2025 Type: Fellowship Deadline: 15 Mar 2025
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The programme aims to equip journalists from investigative media and watchdog NGOs with open-source intelligence (OSINT) and SOCMINT forensic analysis skills to produce evidence-driven analysis of information manipulation and interference (IMI) and coordinated inauthentic behaviour (CIB), as well as
Published: 27 Jan 2025 Type: Fellowship Study in: Cote d'Ivoire, Senegal Deadline: 15 Feb 2025
The Young Leadership Program (YLP) is a two-year full-time consulting program that develops exceptional young local Kenyan talent into real leaders. You will work as part of a client project team, collaborating with colleagues and clients to solve their toughest business problems. At the end of
Published: 27 Jan 2025 Type: Fellowship Study in: Ethiopia, Kenya Deadline: Not Specified
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The West African Research Association (WARA) is pleased to announce researching funding and support for young West African scholars through its West African Scholar Mobility Fellowship (WASMF) program. This program reflects our commitment to increasing opportunities for emerging West Afric
Published: 24 Jan 2025 Type: Fellowship Deadline: 23 Feb 2025
The Mastercard Foundation and University of Cambridge Climate Resilience and Sustainability Research Fund aims to catalyse new and strengthen existing collaborations between researchers in Africa and Cambridge and support high quality training activities. The focus of the scheme is research on clima
Published: 09 Jan 2025 Type: Fellowship Study in: United Kingdom Value: £7.7million Deadline: 21 Mar 2025
This course will expose participants to key contemporary international policy issues relating to science, technology, environment and health, while providing an overview of how technical information has contributed to different policy developments and international structures. Another focus of the c
Published: 03 Jan 2025 Type: Fellowship Deadline: 13 Jan 2025
The Megatrends Afrika project is awarding three post-doctoral fellowships to African researchers. Megatrends Afrika is a cooperation between the German Institute for International and Security Affairs (SWP), the German Institute of Development and Sustainability (IDOS) and the Kiel Insti-tute for
Published: 31 Dec 2024 Type: Fellowship Study in: Germany Deadline: 15 Jan 2025
AKFC is searching for individuals who can demonstrate a commitment to international development, are driven by the desire to make a meaningful change in the world and are ready to apply their skills and experience to a challenging overseas Fellowship. The International Youth Fellowship Program is
Published: 28 Dec 2024 Type: Fellowship Study in: Canada Deadline: 31 Jan 2025
UNICEF is looking for young visionaries and changemakers who are between 15 and 25 years old, driven to transform the education space, and advocate for the rights and well-being of children—both today and for future generations.
Published: 24 Dec 2024 Type: Fellowship Deadline: 05 Jan 2025
The Megatrends Afrika project is awarding three post-doctoral fellowships to African researchers. Megatrends Afrika is a cooperation between the German Institute for International and Security Affairs (SWP) in Berlin, the German Institute of Development and Sustainability (IDOS) in Bonn and the Kiel
Published: 20 Dec 2024 Type: Fellowship Deadline: 15 Jan 2025
MEST Africa in partnership with Mastercard Foundation EdTech Fellowship is a pioneering initiative aimed at revolutionizing the educational landscape in Ghana through technology-driven solutions. This accelerator program seeks to empower visionary EdTech companies by providing them with the resource
Published: 20 Dec 2024 Type: Fellowship Study in: Ghana Value: $60,000 Deadline: 21 Feb 2025
The Commonwealth Startup Fellowship will run for six months and is designed to ignite and elevate high-potential startups from low and middle income Commonwealth countries. The programme is made up of a combination of immersive in-person experiences and online learning, to provide participants with
Published: 20 Dec 2024 Type: Fellowship Study in: Ghana Deadline: 15 Jan 2025
For young scientists from developing countries (other than India) who wish to pursue postdoctoral research in emerging areas in science and technology for which facilities are available in laboratories and institutes of the Council of Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR) of India.
Published: 19 Dec 2024 Type: Fellowship Deadline: 14 Jan 2025
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The Johannesburg Institute for Advanced Study (JIAS) invites applications for its ninth Writing Fellowship programme, which will run from 1 April – 30 June 2025. The 2025 Writing Fellowship centers on the theme of Global Blackness. At JIAS, we use the term “global Blackness” to
Published: 19 Dec 2024 Type: Fellowship Deadline: 04 Jan 2025
WomenLift Health, in partnership with the Women In Leadership Advancement Network (WILAN), is launching the inaugural Nigeria Leadership Journey. In this fully-funded, 12-month Leadership Journey, WLAN will provide mid-career women the safe space to explore their authentic leadership th
Published: 17 Dec 2024 Type: Fellowship Study in: Nigeria Deadline: 31 Jan 2025
The Southern African-German Journalists’ Programme is a multiyear effort to foster a deeper understanding between Germany and Africa as a whole. It has been offered in response to concerns about an increasing political and cultural detachment between Africa and Europe. The bursary is intended
Published: 16 Dec 2024 Type: Fellowship Study in: Germany Value: 3,500 Euro Deadline: 15 Feb 2025