If you want to take your Ph.D program but you need financial support, below is a list of available Ph.D scholarships for African students 2025-2026. These Ph.D funding are for African students round the world.
This scholarship was established through the Victoria University of Wellington Foundation in 2024 from a generous bequest by Mrs Ruth Hopkins and Emeritus Professor Roger Hopkins. They chose to leave their bequest to support students taking up accounting and electing to focus on developing countries
Published: 2025-06-30 Type: PhD Study in: New Zealand Deadline: July 1, 2025
This scholarship programme offers you the opportunity to complete your doctoral degree in Germany. The scholarships are funded by the German Federal Foreign Office.
Published: 2025-06-30 Type: PhD Study in: Germany Deadline: September 24, 2025
To encourage postgraduate research Victoria University of Wellington offers scholarships to those about to begin their doctoral studies. These scholarships are awarded on academic merit and are open to New Zealand and international students in any discipline.
Published: 2025-06-27 Type: PhD Study in: New Zealand Deadline: November 1, 2025
A generous donation by Barbara Reeves Hughes in memory of her dear friend the late Margaret Fay Fuller has enabled the establishment of an endowed scholarship called the Margaret Fay Fuller Postgraduate Research Scholarship in Cancer Research. The purpose of this scholarship is to support postgra
Published: 2025-06-26 Type: PhD Study in: Australia Deadline: August 1, 2025
The UBD Graduate Research Scholarship (UGRS) is a competitive scheme awarded to quality PhD students with a strong desire to work in an international and competitive research-intensive environment. UBD is committed to opening doors to the brightest students to work among and network with our re
Published: 2025-06-26 Type: PhD Study in: Brunei Darussalam Deadline: August 10, 2025
The Killam Scholarship and Prize Programmes were established in memory of Izaak Walton Killam through the Will of his wife, Dorothy J. Killam, and through gifts made during her lifetime. Their primary purpose is to support advanced education and research at five Canadian universities and the Canada
Published: 2025-06-25 Type: PhD Study in: Canada Deadline: September 30, 2025
The Radcliffe Fellowship Program supports 50 scholars, artists, and public intellectuals who have demonstrated records of achievement in their respective fields and show great promise for future contributions. Throughout the year, fellows convene regularly to share their work
Published: 2025-06-25 Type: PhD Study in: United States Deadline: September 30, 2025
We are seeking an outstanding candidate for a PhD Enterprise Scholarship at Flinders University, co-funded by Backtech Pty Ltd, to undertake an exciting research project titled "Utilising Mine Tailings in Concrete 3D Printing". This innovative project aims to explore sustainable solutions
Published: 2025-06-24 Type: PhD Study in: Australia Deadline: August 4, 2025
The Singapore International Graduate Award (SINGA) is a collaboration among the Agency for Science, Technology & Research (A*STAR), the Nanyang Technological University (NTU), the National University of Singapore (NUS), the Singapore University of Technology and Design (
Published: 2025-06-23 Type: PhD Study in: Singapore Deadline: December 1, 2025
The scholarships are aimed at doctoral students from Africa, Asia and Latin America (see DAC list) who are obtaining a doctorate at the University of Bonn and who are about to complete their doctoral dissertation project. As part of the Excellence Strategy, the University of Bonn wants to provide fu
Published: 2025-06-19 Type: PhD Study in: Germany Deadline: December 2, 2025
Applications are now open for the 2025 CORAF Doctoral Thesis (PhD) Scholarships. The Food System Resilience Program (FSRP) is a flagship regional investment program aimed at strengthening the resilience of the food system in West Africa, through a strategic regional approach.
Published: 2025-06-19 Type: PhD Deadline: July 15, 2025
The Cambridge Africa Changemakers Scholarship is a programme of full-cost scholarships for PhD students in any subject, open to candidates from any country in Africa. It is tenable at any college. It aims to provide support to talented students who require financial assistance to take up their pl
Published: 2025-06-19 Type: PhD Study in: United Kingdom Deadline: Not Specified
This PhD research scholarship (Learning Lessons from Drug Resistance to Tackle Herbicide Resistance) is funded by the Australian Research Council to support a full-time PhD student to undertake cutting-edge research in biochemistry, molecular biology and plant science. The student will be supervised
Published: 2025-06-05 Type: PhD Study in: Australia Deadline: Not Specified
The A*STAR Computing and Information Science (ACIS) Scholarship aims to attract and nurture top talents who wish to pursue a PhD in computing and information science (CIS) disciplines, opening the gateway to exciting careers in A*STAR, industry R&D labs, technology enterprises, spin-off companie
Published: 2025-05-27 Type: PhD Study in: Singapore Deadline: August 1, 2025
The ICGEB-SAWBP PhD Fellowship Scheme, in partnership with the South African Department of Science, Technology and Innovation will support South African women researchers intending to study towards a PhD degree, in Biotechnology at the Cape Town Component. The SAWBP prog
Published: 2025-05-26 Type: PhD Study in: South Africa Deadline: June 17, 2025
The Cambridge Africa Changemakers Scholarship is a programme of full-cost scholarships for PhD students in any subject, open to candidates from any country in Africa. It is tenable at any college. It aims to provide support to talented students who require financial assistance to take up their pl
Published: 2025-05-23 Type: PhD Study in: United Kingdom Deadline: Not Specified
We are seeking one outstanding candidate for a PhD scholarship to work on a project entitled: Human-Centred AI EdTech: Promoting Reading Engagement and Emotional Well-being in Children. This exciting project is funded by a National Industry PhD Program. Flinders University and Bookbot
Published: 2025-05-21 Type: PhD Study in: Australia Deadline: August 30, 2025
The Shawki Saad PhD Scholarship is a prestigious, fully funded opportunity aimed at outstanding students from Sub-Saharan Africa who wish to pursue a PhD in Civil and Environmental Engineering at Imperial College London. Named in honor of Shawki Saad, this scholarship supports doctoral research proj
Published: 2025-05-20 Type: PhD Study in: United Kingdom Deadline: May 23, 2025
The Academy offers Research Fellowships each year to outstanding early-career researchers to support them to become future research leaders in engineering.The scheme's objectives are to: support the best early-career researchers in establishing their independence and international reputati
Published: 2025-05-20 Type: PhD Study in: United Kingdom Deadline: September 17, 2025
The Routledge/Round Table Commonwealth PhD Studentships provide support for research projects on Commonwealth-related themes in the humanities and social sciences. Proposed research must meet at least one of the following criteria: Relate to the Commonwealth as a whole or to
Published: 2025-05-19 Type: PhD Study in: United Kingdom Deadline: July 31, 2025