Below is a list of postdoctoral fellowship/research in Canada for African students 2026-2027
The Canadian Institute for Advanced Research (CIFAR) Global Scholars Program offers early-career researchers the opportunity to develop and lead high-risk, high-reward interdisciplinary research, expand their professional networks and receive focused leadership training in their pivotal first years
Published: 29 Sep 2026 Type: Fellowship Study in: Canada Deadline: 04 Nov 2026
The Killam Scholarship and Prize Programmes were established in memory of Izaak Walton Killam through the Will of his wife, Dorothy Johnston Killam, and through gifts made during her lifetime. Their primary purpose is to support advanced education and research at five Canadian universities and the C
Published: 16 Sep 2026 Type: Fellowship Study in: Canada Deadline: 06 Nov 2026
The Anthropic Fellows Program is designed to foster AI research and engineering talent. Anthropic provide funding and mentorship to promising technical talent - regardless of previous experience. Fellows will primarily use external infrastructure (e.g. open-source models, public APIs) to work on
Published: 18 Jun 2026 Type: Fellowship Study in: Canada, United Kingdom, United States Deadline: Not Specified
UICC’s Technical Fellowships provide cancer professionals the chance to gain new knowledge, skills and techniques in cancer control through short learning visits of two weeks to two months’ duration. This specific fellowship opportunity was originally launched in 1976, and was calle
Published: 26 May 2026 Type: Fellowship Study in: Brazil, Canada, Egypt, Jordan, Korea, Spain, United Kingdom, United States Deadline: 04 Jun 2026
This year-long fellowship is designed to advance the leadership skills of talented African women who are passionate about gender equity in global health systems. The fellowship includes a comprehensive curriculum in global health policy, leadership, knowledge translation and mentorship skills delive
Published: 12 May 2026 Type: Fellowship Study in: Canada, Kenya, South Africa Deadline: 22 May 2026
The Schmidt Science Fellows program provides the world’s best emerging scientists with new skills and perspectives to develop novel solutions to society’s challenges, become scientific and societal thought leaders, and accelerate ground-breaking discoveries. The program is looki
Published: 23 Mar 2026 Type: Fellowship Study in: Canada Value: $110,000 USD per year Deadline: 13 Apr 2026
The University of Toronto Provost’s Postdoctoral Fellowship program provides funding to Graduate Faculties to increase opportunities for hiring postdoctoral fellows from underrepresented groups, specifically Indigenous and Black researchers only. These fellowships will enable postdoctoral
Published: 20 Feb 2026 Type: Fellowship Study in: Canada Value: $80,000 per year Deadline: 01 Apr 2026
The Schmidt Science Fellows program is an initiative of Schmidt Sciences, delivered in partnership with the?Rhodes Trust. The Program’s mission is to change how science is done. Working with the scientific community, they want to help break down barriers to interdisciplinary science and a
Published: 23 Mar 2026 Type: Fellowship Study in: Canada Value: $110,000 per year Deadline: 26 Mar 2026
IVADO is seeking outstanding national and international postdoctoral researchers. These IVADO postdoctoral researchers will contribute to advancing the IAR³ initiative, New Paradigms for Robust, Reasoning, and Responsible Artificial Intelligence and its Adoption , funded by the C
Published: 14 Nov 2025 Type: Fellowship Study in: Canada Value: $100,000 Deadline: 23 Nov 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
Are you a young leader from Africa? You could attend the One Young World Summit 2024 in Montre?al:Tiohtia?ke from 18 - 21 September via our flagship Scholarship. About the Leading Africa Scholarship: One Young World is the global community for young leaders. It inspires young leaders to increa
Published: 07 Mar 2024 Type: Fellowship Study in: Canada Deadline: 09 Apr 2024
IDRC has helped graduate students undertake thesis research in the field of international development since 1982. The Bene fellowship, a bequest from the estate of John G. Bene, is offered annually to Canadians and permanent residents of Canada pursuing master’s or doctoral studies at a Canadi
Published: 25 Sep 2023 Type: Fellowship Study in: Canada Deadline: 28 Sep 2023
Supported by the GEF, this opportunity enables journalists from low- and middle-income countries – which bear the brunt of climate impacts and are targeted recipients of GEF investments – to cover the Seventh Assembly of the Global Environmental Facility (GEF), keeping their home audienc
Published: 01 Jun 2023 Type: Fellowship Study in: Canada Deadline: 12 Jun 2023
Black scholars are among the most underrepresented in postdoctoral positions, tenured faculty positions, and in University leadership. Building on the recommendations of the Anti-Black Racism Campus Climate Review and reinforced by the PDF fileStanding Strong committee recommenda
Published: 30 Jan 2023 Type: Fellowship Study in: Canada Deadline: 01 Apr 2023
This year IDRC will offer research awards related to these development areas or themes: Climate-Resilient Food Systems, Democratic and Inclusive Governance, Education and Science, Ethics in Development Research, Global Health, Policy and Evaluation, and Sustainable Incl
Published: 01 Feb 2022 Type: Fellowship Study in: Canada Deadline: 14 Feb 2022
The Gordon N. Fisher/JHR Journalism Fellowship is an annual opportunity for a journalist from Sub-Saharan Africa or the Middle East to participate in the William Southam Journalism Fellowship Program at Massey College in the University of Toronto. The Fisher Fellowship runs in tandem with the Wil
Published: 17 Jan 2022 Type: Fellowship Study in: Canada Deadline: 31 Jan 2022