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Postgraduate Scholarships for African students 2026-2027 (Page 100)

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If you are a student who just completed your Bachelor’s degree and is looking to pursue a master’s degree, or have completed a master’s degree and is planning for your PhD, then it will interest you to know that there are certain post graduate degree scholarships specially designed to aid you with the financial assistance required to do that.

And because we know how important these study opportunities are to you, ScholarshipSet has found for you, (so you don’t have to) the best scholarships for postgraduate studies 2026-2027, which you can apply for to fund your studies.  Some of the postgraduate scholarships are fully funded while some are partially funded. The university to study ranges from your country to abroad

  • Obuntu Foundation Fellowship for African Entrepreneurs 2023

    An invite-only 8-week virtual Fellowship for first-time Fund Managers razor-focused on Africa. We select up to 15 Fellows and support them on their journey to launch & accelerate their first investment vehicle. The Obuntu Foundation, in an effort to foster innovation

    Published: 2023-06-26 Type: Fellowship Deadline: Not Specified

  • DefendDefenders Safe Sisters’ Fellowship for Women Human Rights Defenders (Uganda) 2023

    Call for applications for Women Human Rights Defenders from Uganda to the Safe Sisters Fellowship Program  Safe Sisters is a fellowship program that builds the capacity of Women Human Rights Defenders (WHRDs), journalists or media workers to understand and respond to the digital sa

    Published: 2023-06-22 Type: Fellowship Study in: Uganda Deadline: June 26, 2023

  • STIAS Individual Fellowship for Independent Researchers 2023

    STIAS provides and maintains an independent ‘creative space for the mind’ to advance the cause of science and scholarship across all disciplines. It is global in its reach and local in its African roots, and values original thinking and innovation in this context. No restriction is place

    Published: 2023-06-22 Type: Fellowship Deadline: October 31, 2023

  • Poynter/Google News Initiative Misinformation Student Fellowship Program 2023

    In 2023, given the ever present problem of misinformation and how quickly it can spread — especially on social media – the Google News Initiative and Poynter have partnered to launch a student fellowship program focused on combating mis- and disinformation in communities. Fellows will

    Published: 2023-06-21 Type: Fellowship Deadline: July 21, 2023

  • Civic Changemakers Fellowship Programme For Young Nigerians 2023

    The Civic Changemakers Fellowship programme is a civic innovation and governance training aimed at empowering community champions who are working or have the ambition to work on solving civic and governance challenges. Every year, TransparencIT selects and invites active community champions to de

    Published: 2023-06-21 Type: Fellowship Study in: Nigeria Deadline: June 30, 2023

  • Norwegian Centre For Human Rights Conference Call for Papers from Developing Countries 2023

    The Norwegian Centre for Human Rights is hosting a webinar/seminar on global constitutionalism, international adjudicative bodies, and hegemony on the 16th and 17th of November, 2023. We invite participants from different disciplines (including law, political science, and philosophy) to subm

    Published: 2023-06-20 Type: Fellowship Deadline: August 21, 2023

  • Centre For Human Rights African Commission On Human & Peoples’ Rights Conference 2023

    The Centre for Human Rights, Faculty of Law, University of Pretoria, in collaboration with the African Commission on Human and Peoples’ Rights (African Commission), will host a 3-day conference on the implementation and domestic impact of the decisions of the African Commission. The Conference

    Published: 2023-06-20 Type: Fellowship Deadline: June 21, 2023

  • Kano State Government Postgraduate Foreign & Local Scholarships 2023

    Applications are invited from suitably qualified graduates for Kano State postgraduate foreign and local scholarships for 2023/2024 Academic Session. Recall that the last scholarship was offered in 2015 by Sen. Rabiu Musa Kwankwaso’s Administration which sponsored the third batch

    Published: 2023-06-20 Type: Postgraduate Deadline: Not Specified

  • DAAD Helmut-Schmidt Masters Scholarship for Developing Countries (Fully-funded) 2024

    The DAAD Helmut-Schmidt-Programme (known as Public Policy and Good Governance) supports future leaders from developing countries (see list of countries), who want to promote democracy and social justice in their home countries. The programme, which is funded by the German Federal Foreign Office, off

    Published: 2023-06-19 Type: Masters Study in: Germany Deadline: July 31, 2023

  • The Africa Research Excellence Fund (AREF) Open Funding: Research Development Fellowship 2023

    The Africa Research Excellence Fund, AREF, is pleased to launch the call for the AREF Research Development Fellowship Programme for 2023/24. The aim of the Research Development Fellowship Programme is to provide opportunities for talented health researchers based in Africa, so that they can

    Published: 2023-06-19 Type: Fellowship Deadline: September 14, 2023

  • Ghent University Short Stay Research Fellowships for African Researchers 2023

    The Africa Platform of Ghent University Association (GAP) welcomes applications for visiting fellows. As one of the six regional platforms at Ghent University, GAP facilitates and fosters academic collaboration between Ghent University Association and academic institutions in Africa. The Africa Plat

    Published: 2023-06-19 Type: Fellowship Study in: Germany Deadline: October 1, 2023

  • TWAS-ICCBS Postdoctoral Fellowship Programme for Developing Countries (Pakistan) 2023

    TWAS-ICCBS Postdoctoral Fellowships are tenable at the International Center for Chemical and Biological Sciences (ICCBS) – comprising the H.E.J. Research Institute of Chemistry and the Dr. Panjwani Center for Molecular and Drug Research – for a minimum period of six months to a

    Published: 2023-06-19 Type: Fellowship Study in: Pakistan Deadline: June 30, 2023

  • AREF Research Development Fellowship for African Researchers 2024

    AREF Research Fellowship is designed to enable talented, early-career African researchers to develop their own research ideas and specialist skills, to grow their research relationships through collaboration and mentorship, and to work towards a major funding proposal. This year, funding will be mad

    Published: 2023-06-18 Type: Fellowship Deadline: September 14, 2023

  • TWAS-ICCBS Postgraduate Fellowship Programme for Developing Countries 2023

    TWAS-ICCBS Postgraduate Fellowships are tenable at the International Center for Chemical and Biological Sciences (ICCBS) – comprising the H.E.J. Research Institute of Chemistry and the Dr. Panjwani Center for Molecular and Drug Research – for a period of up to four years for st

    Published: 2023-06-16 Type: Postgraduate Study in: Pakistan Deadline: June 30, 2023

  • AREF Essential Grant Writing Skills Programme for African Researchers 2023

    The Africa Research Excellence Fund (AREF) works to strengthen the health research capacity of scientists in Africa who are engaged in tackling the continent’s significant health challenges. AREF is calling for applications from scientists who are active, emerging biomedical/health researchers

    Published: 2023-06-16 Type: Fellowship Deadline: July 16, 2023

  • She Leads Climate Action Fellowship for Young Nigerian Women 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

  • TWAS-SN Bose Postgraduate Fellowship for Developing Countries (India) 2023

    TWAS and the S.N. Bose National Centre for Basic Sciences in Kolkata, India have agreed to offer strategic fellowships annually to young foreign scientists from developing countries who wish to pursue research towards a PhD in physical sciences. The Fellowships will be obtained from the S.N. Bo

    Published: 2023-06-16 Type: Postgraduate Study in: India Deadline: June 30, 2023

  • TWAS-SN Bose Postdoctoral Fellowship Programme for Developing Countries 2023

    TWAS-SN Bose Posdoctoral Fellowships are tenable at the S.N. Bose National Centre for Basic Science in Kolkata, India, for studies towards postdoctoral research in the physical sciences for a minimum period of six months to a maximum period of twelve months. The Centre carries out

    Published: 2023-06-16 Type: Postgraduate Study in: India Deadline: June 30, 2023

  • Stellenbosch University MA & PhD “Turning The TiDe” Scholarships for African Students 2023

    The Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences at Stellenbosch University is pleased to announce, in partnership with the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation, a limited number of full-time scholarships for Masters (full thesis) or PhD studies. Scholarships are available in all the disciplines that for

    Published: 2023-06-15 Type: Postgraduate Study in: South Africa Deadline: August 30, 2023

  • APRI Senior Green Tech Research Fellowship 2023

    APRI seeks to recruit a consultant as Senior Research Fellow based in either Ghana or Nigeria. The successful candidate will spearhead a research project to understand the key actors, policy context, barriers, and enablers at the nexus of green technology and youth employment in three African countr

    Published: 2023-06-15 Type: Fellowship Deadline: June 21, 2023

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Postgraduate Grants And Scholarships For African Students

Annually, postgraduate grants and scholarships  are  awarded to qualified postgraduate students, to enable them fund their studies while studying abroad or in their home country.

You can benefit from these grants for postgraduate funded by organizations and universities, by applying for various study opportunities which present themselves as – either postgraduate degree scholarships for masters students or postgraduate research scholarships for PhD students.

Or by applying to postgraduate study abroad scholarships, which provide  you with the chance to study at a university overseas.

Below are some of such scholarships which provide postgraduate sponsorship for students like you:

  • MasterCard Foundation postgraduate scholarship
  • Commonwealth Scholarships postgraduate scholarship
  • DAAD postgraduate scholarship
  • MEXT postgraduate scholarship
  • Nestle postgraduate scholarship
  • Government of Poland postgraduate scholarship
  • Shanghai Government Scholarships postgraduate scholarship
  • Total postgraduate scholarship
  • Fulbright postgraduate scholarship
  • Many more

 

Eligibility For Postgraduate Scholarships

To become a postgraduate scholar, there are eligibility criteria you should meet, especially if you are applying for postgraduate study abroad scholarships.

However, while respective awarding organizations have requirements that are specific them, they’re also general requirements which you must before you are qualified for a scholarship for postgraduate abroad studies.

Some of those requirements are:

  • Proof of English language proficiency (IELTS or it’s equivalent)
  • Bachelors degree/ certificate of graduation (for Masters students)
  • Masters degree/ certificate of graduation (for PhD students)
  • Research proposal (for PhD students)
  • Acceptance/admission letter to study at your selected university
  • International passport (for those students participating in a postgraduate study abroad scholarship)
  • Motivation letter to the scholarship sponsors stating why you think you are qualified to receive a postgraduate sponsorship to further your studies.

 

 

How To Apply For Postgraduate Scholarships

Dear applicant, before you can be selected for any of the available scholarships for post graduates, you first have to apply for the scholarship you are interested in and submit all the required documents.

Although this may seem like an easy thing to do (which it is), a simple mistake can cause your application to be rejected by the organisation or university, so you want to do it right.

If you have applied for scholarships in the past and have been rejected, or are applying for the first time, this is how to apply for an online post graduate scholarship.

Application Process:

To apply for a postgraduate scholarship, these are the steps you should take:

Before you apply:

  • Do you research on the scholarship and find out all you need to know about it, in terms of how to apply (whether online or via email or post) and particular documents to submit.
  • Research the school you are applying to and find out documents required and also if you are to apply for the scholarship before you gain admission to study or after.
  • Check if you are eligible for the scholarship
  • Organise all the required documents needed for the application.
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