Fellowships

Application Deadline: February 27th 2021 Women Techsters Fellowship is a year-long coding program for young girls and women across Africa. For the next ten years, multiple cohorts will be executed …

Application Deadline:Friday 26 February 2021. Each year the DSI-NRF Centre of Excellence in Human Development awards bursaries to high-performing Master’s and Doctoral students and Post-doctoral fellows who wish to do …

Application Deadline: 15 April 2021. 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 …

Application Deadline:  8 March 2021. The Leeds University Centre for African Studies (LUCAS), in collaboration with the Leeds Arts and Humanities Research Institute (LAHRI), is pleased to announce a limited …

Application Deadline: March 10th 2021 OneBeat brings together emerging musical leaders from around the world to collaboratively create original work and to develop a global network of civically engaged music …

Application Deadline: March 31st 2021The Anzisha Prize is Africa’s biggest award for her youngest entrepreneurs aged 15 – 22 years, and hands out over USD $100,000 every year in prize …

Application Deadline: 17.00 (CAT) on 12 March 2021 The African World Heritage Fund (AWHF) is pleased to announce the Professional Immersion Fellowship to support African Heritage Practitioners, Academics, Site Managers …

Application Deadline:MARCH 12, 2021 (11:59 EST) The Legatum Fellowship is a competitive program designed to help aspiring entrepreneurs gain a world class education at MIT, as well as extensive mentor …

Application Deadline:February 21, 2021. Applications are now open for IE University’s premier Gurus and Griots fellowship program, a selective, cohort-based fellowship hosted by the IE Africa Center that puts African and Afro-descendent leaders front …

Application Deadline: March 10th 2021 Are you passionate about the environment? Are you interested in creating tangible community actions towards tackling global issues locally? Here is an exciting opportunity. U-recycle …

Application for the 2021 Savvy Global Fellowship Program for Aspiring and Early-Stage Entrepreneurs is now open! Are you passionate about solving some of the world’s most pressing problems through innovation? …

Application Deadline: 7 March at 23.59 CET. Many African countries face an unmet need in the training of medical practitioners who want to become specialized in HIV. HIV medicine sub-specialization …

Application Deadline: February 21st 2021 Jointly organised by the United Nations University and the Japan Society for the Promotion of Science (JSPS), the JSPS–UNU Postdoctoral Fellowship Programme is designed to provide …

Application Deadline: 1 March 2021 midnight South African Standard Time The Food Systems Research Network for Africa (FSNet-Africa) is pleased to announce a call forapplications to the FSNet-Africa Fellowship Programme. …

Application Deadline:March 15, 2021. Confronting the urgent challenge of climate change, Eisenhower Fellowships (EF) seeks outstanding applicants for its innovative Fall 2021 Africa Program. Requirements: Ascendant midcareer leaders, primarily from …

Application Deadline: Ongoing Are you looking for a scholarship to help you recruit a foreign student to do doctoral research? The EDUFI Fellowship is intended, particularly, for providing initial funding …

Application Deadline: May 31, 2021 09:00 AM hours CET  The IMU Breakout Graduate Fellowships offers a limited number of grants for excellent students from developing countries. Professional mathematicians are invited …

Application Deadline: Friday 19 Feb, 2021 The Design, Equity, Action and Leadership (DEAL) Fellowship of the West African Institute of Public Health recognises the need to harness the diverse, creative …

Application Deadline:15th of February 2021.  The DAAD climapAfrica programme – Climate change research Alumni and Postdocs in Africa for future leaders in the field of climate research and protection – in cooperation …

Application Deadline: May 15th 2021 Each year, Rotary awards up to 130 fully-funded fellowships for dedicated leaders from around the world to study at one of our peace centers. Through …

Application Deadline: March 15th 2021 The Faculty of Science of the University of Geneva is an internationally recognized leading research institution. This cutting-edge research covers a broad range of scientific disciplines: …

Application Deadline:March 1st 2021 Collective Action in Tech (CAiT) is launching a Fellowship with funding from the Jain Family Institute. Fellows will receive $500-1000 to share a story of collective action …

Application Deadline:31 January 2021. WIN Leadership Accelerator is an intensive, nine-month-long career and leadership programme for journalists and editors working in Africa, the Arab Region and Southeast Asia. The programme …

The IMU – Simons African Fellowship Program is funded by the Simons Foundation, NY, USA and supports research sabbaticals for mathematicians from African developing countries employed in Africa to travel to an internationally known …

Application Deadline:5 February 2021 (23:59 South Africa Time) The conceptualisation, development and curriculum content of the Regional Leadership Center Southern Africa (RLC SA) as led by the University of South …

Application Deadline:15 February 2021. Africa No Filter is seeking exceptional emerging artists for a 12-month remote fellowship. Fellows will be expected to develop and deliver a project which demonstrates and/or …

Application Deadline: February 25, 2021 at 11:59 PM EST The Elizabeth Neuffer Fellowship gives academic and professional opportunities to women journalists committed to human rights and social justice reporting. During this fellowship, …

Application Deadline: FEBRUARY 15, 2021 In the interest of enhancing transatlantic exchange and collaboration, the West African Research Association, with funding from the Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs of …

Application Deadline: March 1, 2021. The West African Research Association (WARA), in collaboration with the Mastercard Foundation, is pleased to announce support for young West African scholars through its Ideas …

Application Deadline:31 January 2021, 11:59 pm CET The Radio Art Residency is an international fellowship programme for artistic practice on the radio. The residency is a joint project by the …

Application Deadline:15 February 2021. Are you interested in interdisciplinary cooperation? Do you want to be part of a high-level international team of researchers? Then you may want to apply for …

Application Deadline: 1st February, 2021. The West African Institute of Public Health (WAIPH) is a non-state regional health development organisation (RHDO) for strengthening public health, enabling environment, improving public health …

This full scholarship will allow the successful scholar to study the one-year post-graduate diploma in Business Administration in 2021 or begin the flagship 30-month long executive Master’s in Business Administration …

Application Deadline: 22nd January, 2021 As a leading institution of learning and research, the University of Nairobi, through C4DLab (the Innovation and Incubation Hub) and a strategic industry partner, is running a 6 …

Application Deadline: 28 February 2021, 01:00 pm GMT. WISE Emerging Leaders is a nine-month fellowship program that aims to cultivate the next generation of systems leaders in education with the …

Application Deadline: January 15th 2021 The Middle East Initiative Research Fellowship Program, part of the Emirates Leadership Initiative, offers one-year fellowships for researchers at the pre-doctoral, post-doctoral, and junior faculty level …

Application Deadline:8 February 2021. The Journalist Fellowship Programme at the Reuters Institute is one of the world’s leading schemes for practising, mid-career journalists to take some time out from their …

Application Deadline:31 January 2021: Are you a change-maker committed to fighting inequality? Do you want to learn from scholars, innovators, activists and social change organisations, and the latest academic research …

Application Deadline:15 January 2021 The Brenthurst Foundation is inviting applications from young graduates for the Machel-Mandela Fellowship Programme, named in honour of former South African President Nelson Mandela and his …