Find postdoctoral research fellowship programme for African students to study and research home or abroad 2025-2026.
Join the ISS Junior Fellowship Programme – where hard-working young West Africans develop the skills to drive meaningful change and launch their careers in the policy field. The Institute for Security Studies (ISS) and the Bosch Foundation are empowering West Africa’s next generation
Published: 2025-07-16 Type: Fellowship Deadline: August 1, 2025
The Division for Ocean Affairs and the Law of the Sea of the Office of Legal Affairs of the United Nations (“OLA/DOALOS”) is now accepting applications for the 2026 session of the United Nations – The Nippon Foundation (UNNF) Fellowship Programme. The objective of the UNNF Fello
Published: 2025-07-16 Type: Fellowship Deadline: September 14, 2025
Are you passionate about making West Africa safer? Are you determined to help achieve democracies that deliver and governments that are accountable and respectful of all their citizens? Join the ISS Junior Fellowship Programme – where hard-working young West Africans develop the skills to d
Published: 2025-07-16 Type: Fellowship Deadline: August 1, 2025
The African Investigative Journalism Conference (#AIJC2025), a project of the Wits Centre for Journalism (WCJ) in partnership with SKUP, the Association for Critical and Investigative Press in Norway and Bellingcat will host an intensive training course on the latest investigati
Published: 2025-07-10 Type: Fellowship Deadline: July 25, 2025
The 2025 Africa’s Data Future Fellowship is a dynamic 3-month remote capacity-building programme for emerging leaders in the African data governance landscape. Organised by the Centre for the Study of the Economies of Africa (CSEA), the fellowship equips early-career professionals and changema
Published: 2025-07-10 Type: Fellowship Deadline: July 30, 2025
Apply now for the Weather and Climate Information Services (WISER) Africa co-production fellowship, funded by the UK government’s Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office (FCDO) through the Africa Regional Climate and Nature (ARCAN) programme. Three fellowships are being offered through
Published: 2025-07-03 Type: Fellowship Deadline: August 8, 2025
The McDonald Fellowship enables early career multiple sclerosis researchers from low- and middle-income countries to work in a research institution outside of their own country. During the visit, participants either gain expertise or carry out parts of joint research projects. Following the award
Published: 2025-07-03 Type: Fellowship Value: £55,000 Deadline: December 1, 2025
The Africa region of the World Bank Group (WBG) is pleased to announce the opening of the application period for the 2026 WBG Africa Fellowship Program for Ph.D. candidates and recent Ph.D. graduates who are Sub-Saharan Africa nationals. Women are especially encouraged to apply. Throu
Published: 2025-07-03 Type: Fellowship Deadline: August 25, 2025
With support from the Mellon Foundation and additional funding from the Cravens Foundation, MASS is relaunching the ADC Fellowship, empowering African architects and designers to lead the continent’s urbanization. The ADC Fellowship is a twelve-month hands-on residency program in Kigal
Published: 2025-07-02 Type: Fellowship Study in: Rwanda Deadline: July 13, 2025
The Ireland Fellows Programme enables early to mid-career professionals from eligible countries, with leadership potential, to benefit from a prestigious, world-class, quality education contributing to capacity building. It offers selected students the opportunity to undertake a fully funded on
Published: 2025-07-01 Type: Fellowship Deadline: July 25, 2025
One World Media, in partnership with Surge Africa, is thrilled to launch a new opportunity as part of The Climate Reporting Gap Initiative. Across Nigeria, the impacts of climate change are increasingly visible — from rising heat and water scarcity to the complexities of the
Published: 2025-07-01 Type: Fellowship Deadline: August 20, 2025
The Japan-Africa Programme offers grants to post-graduate scholars from Japan and Africa who want to do research in African Studies in Africa and Japan respectively. The Programme is intended to support Researchers from Japan to carry out research at institutes in African universities and
Published: 2025-06-30 Type: Fellowship Study in: Japan Deadline: September 15, 2025
The FIG Foundation will sponsor and award Young Surveyor Grants in support of the FIG Young Surveyors 4th African Regional Meeting and 10th ISK African Regional Conference
Published: 2025-06-30 Type: Fellowship Study in: Kenya Deadline: July 31, 2025
The Ireland Fellows Programme enables early to mid-career professionals from eligible countries, with leadership potential, to benefit from a prestigious, world-class, quality education contributing to capacity building. It offers selected students the opportunity to undertake a fully funded one-yea
Published: 2025-06-30 Type: Fellowship Study in: Ireland, Zambia Deadline: July 25, 2025
African Women in Agricultural Research and Development (AWARD) is pleased to announce the launch of the inaugural African Women in Data Science Fellowship. This timely initiative responds to the growing demand for data-driven leadership to tackle the pressing challenges of food insecurity and climat
Published: 2025-06-26 Type: Fellowship Deadline: July 31, 2025
Through the AI Accountability Fellowships, the Pulitzer Center aims to support in-depth, high-impact reporting projects that document and explain the opportunities, harms, and regulatory and labor issues surrounding AI systems. The Fellowship program provides selected journalists with financial supp
Published: 2025-06-25 Type: Fellowship Deadline: August 11, 2025
The Yale Emerging Climate Leaders Fellowship offers an opportunity for 16 young climate and clean energy practitioners from across the Global South to broaden their technical skills, deepen their professional networks, and exchange views with top global clean energy and climate change leaders. Cl
Published: 2025-06-20 Type: Fellowship Deadline: August 1, 2025
The African Research Universities Alliance (ARUA), with support from the Mastercard Foundation and the Carnegie Corporation of New York, is launching this Early-Career Research Fellowship program. The initiative will fund up to forty-two (42) early-career researchers to conduct globally co
Published: 2025-06-19 Type: Fellowship Deadline: December 31, 2025
Ready to take your career in health technology innovation to the next level? The Biodesign Innovation Fellowship is a 10-month experience that equips aspiring innovators with a proven, repeatable process to identify important health-related needs, invent novel health technologies to address the
Published: 2025-06-18 Type: Fellowship Study in: United States Deadline: July 28, 2025
The Discover Vancouver: Cultural Exchange Program, organized by the Candiscover Travel Corp, is a unique 3-day cultural immersion experience that brings together 30 international participants to explore the rich heritage, natural beauty, and diverse culture of Vancouver, Canada. This program aims
Published: 2025-06-17 Type: Fellowship Study in: Canada Deadline: July 31, 2025