List of postdoctoral research fellowship 2025-2026 for African students to study in abroad or in Africa
The AIP Youth Fellowship and Mentorship aims to support and empower Africa’s next generation of water leaders. The Programme will capacitate young people to advocate for water investments in Africa and job creation through gender-sensitive investments in water security, industrialisation, and
Published: 22 Oct 2024 Type: Fellowship Study in: Benin, Burkina Faso, Burundi, Cameroon, Central African Republic, Chad, Congo, Ghana, Guinea, Kenya, Malawi, Mali, Morocco, Mozambique, Sierra Leone, Somalia, Tunisia, Uganda, Zambia Deadline: 31 Oct 2024
The West Africa Acumen Fellowship is a transformative program that brings together a cohort of extraordinary individuals with an entrepreneurial mindset and a commitment to solve problems of poverty. The Fellows are building solutions that redefine Education, Workforce Development, Agriculture, Ener
Published: 22 Oct 2024 Type: Fellowship Deadline: 25 Nov 2024
The CrossCulture Programme (CCP) funds 55 to 60 professionals and dedicated volunteers from over 40 countries with its CCP Fellowships. Fellows spend two to three months working with host organisations in Germany or CCP partner countries to broaden their expertise,
Published: 16 Oct 2024 Type: Fellowship Deadline: 04 Dec 2024
At the heart of transforming the African continent is developing women entrepreneurs. Are you a passionate, African, female innovator with a ground-breaking idea in the fields of Science, Technology, Engineering, Manufacturing, or Mining (STEM)? Are you meeting a development need in your country? Ar
Published: 14 Oct 2024 Type: Fellowship Deadline: 23 Oct 2024
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-career f
Published: 10 Oct 2024 Type: Fellowship Study in: Ghana, Kenya, Nigeria, South Africa, Tanzania, Uganda Deadline: 31 Jan 2025
The Mawazo Institute is seeking applications for its 2025 Mawazo Fellowship Programme. This non-residential fellowship is aimed at African women pursuing their PhD studies in any field at accredited universities in Africa. The goal of the programme is to build a network of African women* experts who
Published: 09 Oct 2024 Type: Fellowship Deadline: 10 Nov 2024
The Anzisha Prize is a venture-building fellowship program that has successfully supported and championed very young entrepreneurs for over 10 years. The fellowship is a multi-year program that celebrates and rewards business growth. During the fellowship, the program will track the performanc
Published: 09 Oct 2024 Type: Fellowship Deadline: 08 Nov 2024
In collaboration with UNESCO and a number of centres of excellence in the South, TWAS has instituted a Joint Associateship Scheme to enable competent researchers from the South to visit these centres regularly. An associate is appointed for three years during which he/she can visit a Centre twice fo
Published: 09 Oct 2024 Type: Fellowship Deadline: 05 Dec 2024
The Jim Leech Mastercard Foundation Fellowship on Entrepreneurship gives African students and recent graduates the opportunity to access training, resources, financial support and a network of mentors to develop their entrepreneurial skills and start building their own venture. The 8-month program&n
Published: 09 Oct 2024 Type: Fellowship Deadline: 04 Dec 2024
The Mastercard Foundation is seeking a technical partner (or consortium of partners) to support the rollout of the next editions of the Young Africa Works Dialogue Series during 2025. The objective is to onboard a partnership that can provide technical, operational and implementation expertise in kn
Published: 08 Oct 2024 Type: Fellowship Deadline: 18 Oct 2024
The Shaping Futures: African-European Network on Development and Sustainability with its Academy (Shaping Futures Academy) is a dialogue and training programme targeted at early to mid-career professionals from participating African, (Côte d’Ivoire, Ethiopia, Ghana, K
Published: 07 Oct 2024 Type: Fellowship Study in: Germany Deadline: 10 Nov 2024
The fellowship is linked to a competitive research grant obtained from the South African National Research Foundation (NRF) and the Swiss National Science Foundation (SNSF). The project, “South-North flows of information through translation in the global news agency AFP” is led by Dr Mar
Published: 04 Oct 2024 Type: Fellowship Study in: South Africa Deadline: 06 Oct 2024
The Demographic and Health Surveys (DHS) Program is now accepting applications for the 2025 DHS Fellows Program. The DHS Fellows Program, funded by the United States Agency for International Development (USAID), is designed to increase the capacity of countries to conduct further analysis
Published: 04 Oct 2024 Type: Fellowship Deadline: 05 Nov 2024
Acumen Academy’s India Acumen Fellowship is a transformative program for social entrepreneurs dedicated to addressing poverty. The fellowship invests in leaders with an entrepreneurial mindset, providing them with essential skills to develop scalable solutions and cultivate moral leadership. P
Published: 27 Sep 2024 Type: Fellowship Deadline: 30 Oct 2024
Russell E. Train Fellowships support individuals pursuing a master’s or doctoral degree in conservation and related fields. Each year, WWF supports committed conservation leaders and scientists from target countries to receive financial support for their studies and research.
Published: 27 Sep 2024 Type: Fellowship Value: $30,000 Deadline: 18 Dec 2024
The African Research Fellowship (ARF) program, initiated in 2021 by ESA in collaboration with the African Union Commission, seeks to empower African researchers with a PhD or Master’s degree and extensive research experience to engage in Earth Observation (EO) R&D activities that address k
Published: 25 Sep 2024 Type: Fellowship Deadline: 30 Oct 2024
We are thrilled to announce that the application portal for the 2025 Kectil program will be launching soon!. Kectil On-line Program is Web-Based Mentoring Program for Talented Youth in Developing Countries. The Kectil program is dedicated to empowering the next generation of leaders and inn
Published: 24 Sep 2024 Type: Fellowship Deadline: Not Specified
The African Studies Center is pleased to announce the Nnamdi Azikiwe International African Student Fellowship! A fellowship of up to $2,000 to support MSU international African students travel to Africa for research. The award honors former Nigerian President Nnamdi Azikiwe, a scholar and
Published: 24 Sep 2024 Type: Fellowship Value: $ 2,000 Deadline: 15 Jan 2025