List of postdoctoral research fellowship 2026-2027 for African students to study in abroad or in Africa
The Amujae Initiative is the EJS Center’s flagship program. The program inspires and prepares women to unapologetically take up roles and excel in the highest echelons of public leadership, and to bring other women along. Each year, the EJS Center selects a cohort of African women
Published: 03 Dec 2021 Type: Fellowship Deadline: 23 Jan 2022
A core component of the APN, the Individual Research Fellowship (IRF) program is a vehicle for enhancing the quality and visibility of independent African peacebuilding research both regionally and globally, while making peacebuilding knowledge accessible to key policymakers, practitioners and resea
Published: 01 Dec 2021 Type: Fellowship Deadline: 01 Feb 2022
The Collaborative Working Group Research Fellowship is an initiative and key complement to the field-based and networking components of the APN’s programming. This fellowship responds to the need for deep collaboration and engagement of researchers and practitioners on peacebuilding challenges
Published: 01 Dec 2021 Type: Fellowship Deadline: 01 Feb 2022
The Johannesburg Institute for Advanced Study (JIAS) invites applications from emerging African creative writers for its Inaugural Writers’ Workshop. From June 2 to June 29, 2022, JIAS will host a group of promising African creative writers. The workshop will be a writing-intensive, four-we
Published: 01 Dec 2021 Type: Fellowship Study in: South Africa Deadline: 01 Feb 2022
The Zukunftskolleg Konnect Fellowships support early career researchers from Africa, Asia and Latin America related to one of the thirteen departments of the University of Konstanz. As ZUKOnnect Fellow, you can use this time to extend your research networks and to get to know the
Published: 30 Nov 2021 Type: Fellowship Study in: Germany Deadline: 15 Feb 2022
The PRB Policy Communication Fellows Program seeks to train the next generation of leaders shaping policy in their countries. The fellowship is hosted in partnership with African research and advocacy experts to encourage South-South collaboration and knowledge exchange. The year-long fellowship
Published: 26 Nov 2021 Type: Fellowship Deadline: 10 Dec 2021
The German Academic Exchange Service (DAAD) is funded by the Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ) as commissioned by the German Federal Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development (BMZ) to organize support measures for the “Network of Excellence for Land Gov
Published: 12 Nov 2021 Type: Fellowship Deadline: Not Specified
I Tatti – The Harvard University Center for Italian Renaissance Studies and the German Historical Institute in Rome (Deutsches Historisches Institut in Rom) offer a joint residential fellowship for the 2022-2023 academic year. With this fellowship, I Tatti and the DHI Rom seek to stimulat
Published: 12 Nov 2021 Type: Fellowship Deadline: 15 Nov 2021
Despite the omission of the right to privacy from the African Charter on Human and Peoples’ Rights (African Charter), the African Union’s human rights system has made efforts to protect the right. For example, when the African Commission on Human and Peoples’ Rights in 2019 revised
Published: 12 Nov 2021 Type: Fellowship Study in: South Africa Deadline: 03 Dec 2021
Iso Lomso aims to address the gap that exists between completion of the Ph.D. and becoming an established scholar in Africa. While there is increasing support for doctoral study and for post-doctoral fellowships, it is during the extended post-doctoral period that the greatest loss of talent occurs.
Published: 09 Nov 2021 Type: Fellowship Deadline: 15 Feb 2022
The Association for Research on Civil Society in Africa (AROCSA) in partnership with the Centre on African Philanthropy and Social Investment (CAPSI) at the Wits Business School in Johannesburg, South Africa, is pleased to announce this call for applications to the Innocent Chukwuma A
Published: 05 Nov 2021 Type: Fellowship Deadline: 15 Nov 2021
The Jim Leech Mastercard Foundation Fellowship gives you the confidence, resources, knowledge, network, and financial support to build a startup with an impact. For African students and recent grads with a desire to solve pressing problems and bring entrepreneurial ideas to life, the progra
Published: 04 Nov 2021 Type: Fellowship Deadline: 30 Nov 2021
The Fellowship Program at the office of the Permanent Court of Arbitration (“PCA”) in Mauritius offers nationals of African countries who are recent law graduates and young legal professionals the opportunity to work at an international arbitration institution for up to twelve months. Th
Published: 02 Nov 2021 Type: Fellowship Study in: Mauritania Deadline: 05 Nov 2021
This programme is targeted at Africans between the ages of 16-30, who are studying or interested in studying education related courses at undergraduate or post graduate levels. Objective: Up-skill educators with relevant knowledge and skills for improved education delivery and prep
Published: 20 Oct 2021 Type: Fellowship Deadline: Not Specified
ALT Advisory, in association with Power Singh Inc., is launching a new Fellowship programme for entry-level practitioners interested in the intersection of human rights, justice, and technology. Two Fellows will be hosted in Rosebank, Johannesburg for a fixed-term period of 12 months
Published: 19 Oct 2021 Type: Fellowship Study in: South Africa Deadline: 22 Oct 2021
GMMP WanaData Fellowship: Applications are invited from suitably qualified women journalists for the Global Media Monitoring Project (GMMP) WanaData Fellowship targeted at engaging African women for the Data research. The fellowship seeks to explore the potentials of women represen
Published: 18 Oct 2021 Type: Fellowship Deadline: 12 Nov 2021
The Next Generation Social Sciences programme, launched in June 2011, responds to a shortage of experienced faculty in African higher education. The Next Generation Social Sciences in Africa program provides fellowships to nurture the intellectual development and increase retention of early-ca
Published: 15 Oct 2021 Type: Fellowship Deadline: 01 Feb 2022
The Leading Africa Scholarship is an initiative designed to ensure that outstanding young people from Africa are represented at the One Young World Summit 2022 in Tokyo. Africa is host to the largest population of young people in the world, with over 60% of its population under the age of 25
Published: 08 Dec 2021 Type: Fellowship Deadline: 01 Dec 2021
The Fellowships are available in TWO fully-funded tracks: Atlantic Residential Fellowship: supports applicants in taking the one year MSc Inequalities and Social Science (MISS), with dedicated mentorship, as well as engaging with the wider work of the Atlantic Fellows programme (such as the An
Published: 11 Oct 2021 Type: Fellowship Deadline: 10 Jan 2022
The ASRI-Future Leaders Programme (FLP) recruits 30 candidates annually, for exposure to selected themes in politics, policy, democracy and governance in preparation for a career in politics, public (civil) service, civil society, business and the media. The aim of the programme is to develop the ca
Published: 08 Oct 2021 Type: Fellowship Study in: South Africa Deadline: 11 Oct 2021