List of postdoctoral research fellowship 2025-2026 for African students to study in abroad or in Africa
Based in the Journalism Department of the University of the Witwatersrand in Johannesburg, Africa Check seeks to appoint a Health Fellow (Full-time) We are offering a year-long fellowship, in partnership with Facebook, to deepen our health misinformation work. Over the past several months, our te
Published: 31 Aug 2020 Type: Fellowship Study in: South Africa Deadline: 31 Aug 2020
The Chevening Africa Media Freedom Fellowship (CAMFF) is aimed at mid-senior level African professionals with demonstrable leadership skills in their fields, which may include public servants working in areas of media policy and regulatory frameworks, or media professionals such as journalists. 
Published: 31 Aug 2020 Type: Fellowship Study in: United Kingdom Deadline: 03 Sep 2020
The Women in Conflict 1325 Fellowship is based around the principles of UN Security Council Resolution 1325 which “reaffirms the role of women in the prevention and resolution of conflict, peace negotiations, peace-building, peacekeeping, humanitarian response and in post-conflict reconst
Published: 27 Aug 2020 Type: Fellowship Study in: Deadline: 04 Sep 2020
The American Council of Learned Societies (ACLS), with financial support from the Carnegie Corporation of New York, announces competitions for Dissertation-completion fellowships and Early-Career Postdoctoral Fellowships. During 10 annual fellowship competitions (2008-18), ACLS efforts have stimu
Published: 13 Aug 2020 Type: Fellowship Deadline: 04 Dec 2020
Are you a journalist covering issues/events on civil society, media, gender, labour, LGBTQI+ or environmental and Indigenous rights? Would you welcome additional funding to help tell important, untold human rights related stories from across Africa? The Consortium to Promote Human Righ
Published: 13 Aug 2020 Type: Fellowship Study in: Deadline: 28 Aug 2020
he Ibrahim Fellowships offer the opportunity to work in the executive offices of either the AfDB, UNECA or the ITC with an annual stipend of $100,000 to fellows. The Fellowships form a selective programme designed to mentor future African leaders. The annual programme seeks to deepen and broaden
Published: 10 Aug 2020 Type: Fellowship Deadline: Not Specified
The Transfer Project invites African researchers to apply for a 5-month fellowship to engage on joint impact evaluation research with project researchers. The Transfer Project is a multi-country researchlearning initiative on the impacts of cash transfer programs in sub-Saharan Africa (www.cpc.u
Published: 07 Aug 2020 Type: Fellowship Deadline: 30 Aug 2020
Africa and Europe need to revise and re-energise their relations. In a world of increased geopolitical competition with new and old actors jostling for influence across the continent, Europe and Africa must act urgently to modernise and revitalise relations. European and African narratives about eac
Published: 06 Aug 2020 Type: Fellowship Deadline: 16 Aug 2020
The Collaboration on International ICT Policy for East and Southern Africa (CIPESA) is pleased to issue the third call for proposals to the Africa Digital Rights Fund (ADRF), which supports digital rights work across the continent through flexible and rapid response grants. Launched in
Published: 04 Aug 2020 Type: Fellowship Deadline: 07 Aug 2020
The Bonn Center for Dependency and Slavery Studies invites applications for two PhD Positions (Research Associates, 65%) Candidates will work in the Research Group “The Concept of Slavery in African History”. This Research Group is an integral part of the Bonn Cent
Published: 21 Jul 2020 Type: Fellowship Study in: Germany Deadline: 31 Jul 2020
The Jaramogi Oginga Odinga University of Science and Technology (JOOUST) in collaboration with the African Network for the Economics of Learning, Innovation, and Competence Building Systems (AfricaLics), currently based at the African Centre for Technology Studies (ACTS), Nairobi is offering ONE (1)
Published: 11 Jul 2020 Type: Fellowship Study in: Kenya Deadline: 26 Jul 2020
From October 2020 to September 2021, twenty outstanding women in executive-level leadership positions in African conservation will come together for a year of virtual and in-person sessions to transform their own and each other’s leadership for the benefit of people, wildlife, and ecosystems a
Published: 10 Jul 2020 Type: Fellowship Deadline: 25 Jul 2020
The Rhodes African Studies Centre invites academics based in any country in Africa and Overseas whose expertise is in the field of African Studies to apply for a Visiting Fellowship of between one to six months.
Published: 04 Jun 2020 Type: Fellowship Study in: South Africa Deadline: 15 Jul 2020