Find postdoctoral research fellowship programme for African students to study and research home or abroad 2025-2026.
The Council for the Development of Social Science Research in Africa (CODESRIA) is pleased to announce a call for proposals for a new research and scholarship program, the African Indigenous and Alternative Knowledge Scholarships (AFRIAK). This program is offered with the support of
Published: 2025-04-28 Type: Fellowship Deadline: May 15, 2025
Development Institute (ODI) Mission 300 Fellowship Program. The Mission 300 Fellowship program will place young African professionals into government line ministries or in the President/Prime Minister’s office in support of Mission 300 (M300) – a World Bank Group and Afri
Published: 2025-04-25 Type: Fellowship Deadline: May 7, 2025
The proposed biomanufacturing fellowship programme is designed to provide employees of biomanufacturing companies with necessary advanced competences as described by the developed Vaccine R&D and Vaccine Manufacturing Competency Frameworks – Africa CDC. Furthermore, the programme
Published: 2025-04-24 Type: Fellowship Deadline: May 30, 2025
The British Academy is pleased to announce two interactive workshops aimed at supporting Early Career Researchers (ECRs) in West Africa. These workshops will take place in Lomé, Togo and Mile 91, Sierra Leone in June and July 2025, and are desig
Published: 2025-04-23 Type: Fellowship Deadline: May 15, 2025
Code for Africa (CfA) is offering stipend?based Fellowships to fourteen (14) African Data Scientists and storytellers to empower youth voices and promote a secure digital space through gender projects. These Fellowships are part of a joint initiative between Code for Africa, the&n
Published: 2025-04-22 Type: Fellowship Deadline: April 28, 2025
The Peering Fellowship supports individuals making Internet access affordable, reliable, and resilient by improving local Internet interconnection infrastructure and advocating for an enabling policy environment that supports a thriving Internet ecosystem. This engaging six-month prog
Published: 2025-04-17 Type: Fellowship Study in: Nigeria, Philippines Deadline: May 2, 2025
Africa CDC launched the Africa Epidemic Services (AES) fellowship. The AES has three tracks: Epidemiology, Laboratory Leadership, and Public Health Informatics (PHI). The mission of the AES-PHI is to equip African professionals with public health informatics competencies for the digital age, so they
Published: 2025-04-16 Type: Fellowship Deadline: May 21, 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: 2025-04-15 Type: Fellowship Deadline: May 15, 2025
Are you a Ghanaian journalist eager to uncover how the country is losing money through illicit means? The Media Foundation for West Africa (MFWA) has an opportunity for you to make a difference. This three-month, fully funded residential program will equip 20 selected journalists w
Published: 2025-04-15 Type: Fellowship Study in: Ghana Deadline: April 30, 2025
This is Nigeria’s most prestigious leadership fellowship developing leaders of tomorrow. This one-year active free fellowship kicks off with a residential bootcamp between July and August followed by year long leadership training through a mix of self-paced learning, intera
Published: 2025-04-15 Type: Fellowship Deadline: June 27, 2025
Nigeria Health Watch invites early to mid-career professionals, researchers, and advocates to apply for the Science-Policy Communication Fellowship, a hands-on programme designed to equip participants with the skills needed to translate scientific research into impactful, policy-relevant commun
Published: 2025-04-14 Type: Fellowship Study in: Nigeria Deadline: April 24, 2025
Code for Africa (CfA) is offering four Media Sentinel Fellowships to frontline grassroots researchers with expertise in social media listening and analysis and with a good knowledge of social media cross-platform coordination and messaging on platforms such as Facebook, Telegram, What
Published: 2025-04-11 Type: Fellowship Deadline: May 7, 2025
The MIT-ETT Program is a prestigious, teaching-focused fellowship offered by the MIT Center for International Studies (CIS) and proudly sponsored by the Nigerian National Petroleum Company Limited, TotalEnergies Upstream Nigeria Limited (TUPNI), and Partners. This semester-long fellowship is desi
Published: 2025-04-11 Type: Fellowship Deadline: May 20, 2025
Google PhD Fellowships directly support graduate students as they pursue their PhD, as well as connect them to a Google Research Mentor. Nurturing and maintaining strong relations with the academic community is a top priority at Google. The Google PhD Fellowship Program was created to recognize o
Published: 2025-04-11 Type: Fellowship Deadline: May 15, 2025
The AI and Tech Accountability Reporting Fellowship is a programme designed to support journalists and media professionals in investigating the role of artificial intelligence and technology in shaping public life. The fellowship provides funding, mentorship, and resources to help fellows
Published: 2025-04-07 Type: Fellowship Study in: Nigeria Deadline: April 17, 2025
This regional fellowship aims to build a new generation of journalists with the knowledge and skills to investigate and report on Digital Public Infrastructure and Digital Public Goods (DPGs). The fellowship is inspired by a similar Co-Develop-funded initiative implemented by the Media Foundati
Published: 2025-04-07 Type: Fellowship Deadline: April 21, 2025
Past Global Changes (PAGES) announces the Inter-Africa Mobility Research Fellowship Program (African Mobility Fellowship) for African early-career scientists studying past global changes. The program aims to give limited support for travel and subsistence to early-career researchers from African
Published: 2025-04-07 Type: Fellowship Deadline: August 15, 2025
Whether you’re an innovator, activist, or tech enthusiast, this is your opportunity to collaborate with changemakers, tackle real-world challenges, and pioneer technologies that drive transparency, accountability, and inclusive decision-making in the region. Hack4Democracy is an annual hack
Published: 2025-04-03 Type: Fellowship Deadline: April 14, 2025
WFSA is offering scholarships for the World Congress of Anaesthesiologists (WCA) 2026, made possible through generous donations from partner organisations and individuals The 19th World Congress of Anaesthesiologists will take place in Marrakech, Morocco, from 15-19 April 2026. WC
Published: 2025-04-02 Type: Fellowship Study in: Morocco Deadline: April 20, 2025
Code for Africa (CfA), through the Digitalise Youth consortium, is offering two fellowships to mid-career professionals with experience in digital governance, policy and rights who want to make an impact in Africa’s AI landscape. Under this fellowship, chosen candidates will develop re
Published: 2025-04-02 Type: Fellowship Study in: Benin, Burkina Faso, Cameroon, Chad, Ethiopia, Guinea, Mali, Mauritania, Niger, Senegal, Somalia, Sudan, Togo Deadline: April 14, 2025