Below is a list of Ph.D Scholarships opportunities for African Students 2025-2026 to study abroad and in Africa
The inside of a fusion reactor is one of the most challenging environments known about, with temperatures ranging from the hottest in the solar system (100,000,000 °C at the centre of the plasma) to the coolest (-269 °C in the cryopump) all within a few metres, coupled with electro-magnetic
Published: 28 Jun 2022 Type: PhD Deadline: 05 Aug 2022
The ASRIC is mandated to implement Science, Technology and Innovation Strategy for Africa (STISA-2024) and to promote scientific research and innovation in order to address the challenges of Africa’s socio-economic development. It also mobilizes African research excellence and provides a platf
Published: 23 Jun 2022 Type: PhD Study in: Morocco Deadline: 30 Jun 2022
The African Scientific, Research and Innovation Council (ASRIC) is a special advisory body to the African Union mandated to implement the Science, Technology and Innovation Strategy for Africa (STISA-2024) and to promote scientific research and innovation in order to address the challenges
Published: 22 Jun 2022 Type: PhD Deadline: 30 Jun 2022
The PhD studentships provide support for research projects on Commonwealth related themes. Two studentships are available each year, one for UK-registered students and one for Commonwealth students in other countries. The studentships have a value of GBP 5,500 each. Proposed research must fulf
Published: 14 Jun 2022 Type: PhD Deadline: 31 Jul 2022
Launched in 2002, the Collaborative PhD Programme (CPP) in Economics’ primary aim is to strengthen teaching and research capacity in sub-Saharan African countries, to increase the pool of potential researchers and policy analysts, and to gradually build-up and retain African scholars in Africa
Published: 10 Jun 2022 Type: PhD Deadline: 31 Jul 2022
The AIMS-Carnegie Research program in Data Science and its Applications aims to position Africa at the forefront of information science. It also seeks to ensure that scientists worldwide are able to fully contribute to the above goal.
Published: 07 Jun 2022 Type: PhD Deadline: 13 Jun 2022
The role of science, technology and innovation, as essential tools for Africa’s socio-economic transformation cannot been overemphasized, and this is the bedrock of the ASRIC-UEMF partnership which birthed the ASRIC-UEMF PhD scholarship scheme. The African Scientific, Research and Innovatio
Published: 03 Jun 2022 Type: PhD Deadline: 30 Jun 2022
The Association for Research On Civil Society In Africa (AROCSA) and the Association For Research On Nonprofit Organizations And Voluntary Action (ARNOVA), in partnership with the Ford Foundation, have established the Emerging African Scholars (EAS) Program in Africa. The program includes
Published: 30 May 2022 Type: PhD Deadline: 15 Jun 2022
Be part of a unique transnational MA & PhD experience in which you graduate from two prestigious universities in Africa and Europe. Addis Ababa University in Ethiopia and Leipzig University in Germany jointly offer a two year MA program AND a three year PhD Program that
Published: 18 May 2022 Type: PhD Study in: Germany Deadline: 15 Feb 2023
The Centre for African Studies at the University of Basel calls for applications for two doctoral positions in Social Anthropology or African Studies covering a period of three years funded by the Humer Foundation for Academic Talent. Over the past three decades, in Africa as elsewhere, the effec
Published: 17 May 2022 Type: PhD Deadline: 31 May 2022
The DSI and NRF are pleased to announce a call for new applications for DSI-NRF Postgraduate Student Funding for the academic year 2023. All continuing students who are eligible for a second or third year of funding must submit a Progress Report and not a new application. The
Published: 05 May 2022 Type: PhD Study in: South Africa Deadline: 08 Jul 2022
The field of data science is emerging as a critical discipline with high relevance to economic growth and development. This doctoral training program established by AIMS will provide emerging African scientists the opportunity to conduct research at the forefront of data science, and work towards a
Published: 08 Apr 2022 Type: PhD Deadline: Not Specified
The aim is to provide funding for doctoral candidates from countries in Africa, Latin America and Asia in order to promote scientific exchange with partners, particularly in regions that have been relatively marginalized in terms of scientific production and to promote international cooperation in t
Published: 22 Feb 2022 Type: PhD Deadline: 01 May 2022
Towards the end of each year, Loughborough University, UK announce its full-fee scholarships for international full-time taught postgraduate students who are currently domiciled (permanently living) in Africa. The Loughborough University Graduate School Development Trust Africa Scholarships&nbs
Published: 18 Feb 2022 Type: PhD Study in: United Kingdom Deadline: 30 Apr 2022
The PhD programme in Sustainability Science is a three-year programme that aims to produce scholars who will become key researchers in the field of sustainability science. The programme takes an innovative approach to sustainability, seeking to promote a better understanding of the issues by incorpo
Published: 17 Feb 2022 Type: PhD Deadline: 28 Mar 2022
The central purpose of The Mandela Rhodes Foundation is to build exceptional leadership capacity in Africa. The Mandela Rhodes programmes aim to develop leadership and vocational capacity across African society, to help the continent achieve success and prosperity and full equal participation in the
Published: 17 Feb 2022 Type: PhD Deadline: 14 Mar 2022
The Fellowship is offered to women scientists from science- and technology-lagging countries (STLCs) to undertake PhD research in the natural, engineering and information technology sciences at a host institute in another developing country in the Global South.
Published: 15 Feb 2022 Type: PhD Deadline: 15 Apr 2022
The purpose of the Francis H. Brown African Scholarship Fund is to expand human knowledge and scientific interest in earth sciences and botany related to human origins by providing financial assistance to East African researchers and students pursuing research in these areas. The fund is further int
Published: 11 Feb 2022 Type: PhD Deadline: 15 Jul 2022