List of postdoctoral fellowship for African Women 2025-2026 to study abroad and conduct research. The scholarships are for international female students from Africa that wish to pursue their postdoctoral programme oversea
The Leading African Women in Food Fellowship (LAWFF) Program is a transformative initiative designed to empower and celebrate women leaders in the African food and agriculture sector. Over a six-month period, the program provides training, mentorship, and a supportive community for outstanding femal
Published: 2024-01-30 Type: Fellowship Deadline: Not Specified
The Asia Foundation, together with its partners in the Cross-Border Conflict: Evidence, Policy, and Trends (XCEPT) program, will support six women researchers from across Asia, the Middle East, and Africa to undertake independent research projects and grow their professional skills and networks.
Published: 2023-12-18 Type: Fellowship Deadline: January 15, 2024
The Africa Women Journalist Project is thrilled to announce a 6-Month Fellowship Program designed exclusively for women journalists. This fellowship offers a unique opportunity to receive comprehensive skills training, personalised mentorship for both professional and personal development, smal
Published: 2023-12-15 Type: Fellowship Deadline: December 18, 2023
The Open Doors Fellowship Program for women researchers in Africa is a holistic program that shall target women researchers in Africa to help them acquire the necessary hard and soft skills to strengthen their placements within their hosting institutions and, ultimately, avoid the dropout befor
Published: 2023-11-27 Type: Fellowship Deadline: January 10, 2024
CyberGirls Fellowship is a free 1-year fellowship program that equips girls and women aged 18-28 years old with globally sought-after cybersecurity skills, positioning them to start a career in cybersecurity and helping them to seize decent work opportunities within Africa and across the
Published: 2023-11-21 Type: Fellowship Deadline: December 11, 2023
Each year, The Faculty for the Future fellowships, Launched by the Schlumberger Foundation, are awarded to women from developing and emerging economies who are preparing for PhD or post-doctoral study in the physical sciences and related disciplines at top universities for their disciplines abroad.
Published: 2023-09-04 Type: Fellowship Deadline: November 10, 2023
Programme promoted by the Office of the Vice President for International Relations and Development Cooperation of the University of Alicante, in collaboration with the Ministry of Participation, Transparency, Cooperation and Democratic Quality, of the Valencian Government. The grants are aimed at wo
Published: 2023-08-31 Type: Fellowship Deadline: September 8, 2023
WomEng Southern Africa Fellowship 2023 is an online programme providing Fellows with materials and resources to learn in their own space and time. This will be supplemented with regular online chats via WhatsApp and live master classes on Zoom. The programme will be run in four (4) modules between S
Published: 2023-08-04 Type: Fellowship Deadline: August 20, 2023
The Women’s Leadership Programme allows senior and emerging female leaders to navigate the unique leadership challenges that deter female professionals in the workplace from occupying senior leadership positions. The programme aims to enhance their ability to make strategic choices; lead pe
Published: 2023-07-26 Type: Fellowship Deadline: July 28, 2023
For the African Young Women Leaders Fellowship Programme, the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) is looking for young, talented African women to lead the sustainable development agenda If you are an African Union citizen, apply to the African Young Women Leaders Fellowship Program. Do
Published: 2023-07-24 Type: Fellowship Deadline: August 13, 2023
WE Africa’s purpose is to put women leaders in Africa at the heart of transforming the environmental movement through inclusive, collective leadership.WE Africa was born through our frustration that the joint crises of biodiversity loss and the climate emergency also reflect a crisis and lack
Published: 2023-07-05 Type: Fellowship Deadline: August 15, 2023
She Leads Climate Action is launching the first cohort of the She Leads Climate Action Fellowship. We are seeking 12 young women who are passionate about climate change in Nigeria to empower and support them in gaining knowledge and applying it to address climate issues in a locally relevant manner,
Published: 2023-06-16 Type: Fellowship Study in: Nigeria Deadline: June 20, 2023
The World Bank is partnering with the Republics of Malawi and Mozambique to implement the additional financing of the Eastern and Southern Africa Higher Education Centers of Excellence Project (ACE II). The ACE II project has made significant contributions to building the region’s ca
Published: 2023-06-06 Type: Fellowship Deadline: June 15, 2023
Gina Mata, Gina Al-umma, translated as “Build up women, Build the community”, is a digital literacy development program designed to identify, prepare, and connect young women with emerging skills in the knowledge economy. The programme aims to integrate more women into
Published: 2023-03-23 Type: Fellowship Study in: Nigeria Deadline: March 24, 2023
Beginning in mid-2023, CFJ and our partner organizations will offer one-year, fully funded fellowships to an inaugural class of ten early-career women lawyers in sub-Saharan Africa. For too long, the law has served as a tool of oppression against women and girls, who continue to face inequality t
Published: 2023-03-15 Type: Fellowship Study in: Gambia, Ghana, Kenya, Liberia, Malawi, Sierra Leone, South Africa, Tanzania Deadline: April 8, 2023
ARE YOU AN EXCEPTIONAL YOUNG AFRICAN FEMALE LEADER WHO IS READY TO BE A GAME-CHANGER? THE 2023 MILEAD FELLOWS PROGRAM IS THE PERFECT OPPORTUNITY FOR YOU! The MILEAD Fellows Program is a long-term and paradigm-shifting leadership development program to identify, develop and promote a new generatio
Published: 2023-03-13 Type: Fellowship Study in: Ghana Deadline: March 22, 2023
The BMGA Fellows Program is a social impact initiative designed to narrow the gender skills gap among university graduates in Africa and Asia. It is an experiential learning program that provides young women with access to the knowledge and resources required to gain fundamental employability skills
Published: 2023-02-17 Type: Fellowship Deadline: March 10, 2023
The Mawazo Fellowship Programme is a 15-month, non-residential fellowship where Mawazo Fellows participate in a virtual training programme that features professional development courses designed by the Mawazo Institute hosted on our Mawazo Learning Exchange (MLEx) e-learning platform. Fellows also b
Published: 2023-02-01 Type: Fellowship Deadline: March 12, 2023
There is a severe shortage of surgeons in Sub-Saharan Africa. Current data indicate that there are only 0.5 surgeons for every 100,000 people. Although women make up more than 50 percent of the population, they represent only 7 percent of the surgical work force. To help address this problem,
Published: 2023-01-17 Type: Fellowship Deadline: February 15, 2023
There is a severe shortage of surgeons in Sub-Saharan Africa. Current data indicate that there are only 0.5 surgeons for every 100,000 people. Although women make up more than 50 percent of the population, they represent only 7 percent of the surgical work force. To help address this problem,
Published: 2023-01-12 Type: Fellowship Deadline: February 15, 2023