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Postgraduate Scholarships for African students 2024-2025 (Page 60)

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 2024-2025, 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

  • UNU-CPR Global Fellowship Program 2022

    The UNU-CPR Global Fellows will work to integrate researchers from underrepresented backgrounds in new and ongoing research projects that shape multilateral policymaking processes. Candidates who are focused on Migration and Inequality are invited to apply for one 6-month Fellowship, which may be

    Published: 2022-08-03 Type: Fellowship Deadline: August 31, 2022

  • UK Chevening Scholarships for Developing Countries 2022

    Applications for fully funded Chevening Scholarships to study for one-year master’s degrees at UK universities are now open. Chevening enables outstanding emerging leaders from all over the world to pursue one-year master’s degrees in the UK. There is no such thing as a ‘typi

    Published: 2022-08-03 Type: Postgraduate Deadline: November 1, 2022

  • McLarty Associates Africa Fellows Programme for African Graduates 2022

    McLarty Associates is seeking a bright, resourceful individual for a paid, entry-level internship/graduate fellowship to support our Africa Practice. We are seeking an individual who can work part-time (approx. 20 hours/week) from September through December 2022. This position will be performed remo

    Published: 2022-08-03 Type: Fellowship Deadline: Not Specified

  • Kistefos Young Talented Leader Scholarships Program for African and Norwegian Students 2022

    Over four years, the program will grant a total of 46 scholarships to candidates in Norway, South Africa, Liberia, and Ethiopia.  The Fellowships for Leading Norwegian Talent will include two scholarships for undergraduate studies and 20 scholarships for pre-experience masters and the

    Published: 2022-08-02 Type: Masters Study in: Ethiopia, Liberia, Norway, South Africa Deadline: November 1, 2022

  • ASU Presidential Postdoctoral Fellowship in Educational Leadership 2022

    The Mary Lou Fulton Teachers College (MLFTC) at Arizona State University (ASU) invites applications for up to two postdoctoral scholar positions in the area of educational leadership. Educational Leadership, a programmatic unit in the Division of MLFTC’s Educational Leadership and Innovatio

    Published: 2022-08-02 Type: Fellowship Deadline: September 1, 2022

  • Stanford University Knight-Hennessy Scholars Program 2022

    Knight-Hennessy scholars develop deep domain expertise in their Stanford graduate program, and build on this domain expertise through exposure to a wide range of disciplines and cultures within the Knight-Hennessy Scholars (KHS) community. Scholars participate in the King Global Leadership Progra

    Published: 2022-08-02 Type: Postgraduate Deadline: October 12, 2022

  • Brown University Information Futures Lab Fellowship Program 2023

    The Information Futures Fellowship is a novel opportunity for practitioners in public health, healthcare, community organizations, media, policy, design and other fields who are actively working on responses to the ongoing information crisis. The six-month fellowship provides these practitioners

    Published: 2022-08-02 Type: Fellowship Study in: United States Deadline: August 15, 2022

  • AIG Masters Scholarships for Nigerian Students 2023

    The AIG Scholarships were launched in 2017 to provide a unique opportunity for exceptional West Africans interested in a career in public service to pursue a Master of Public Policy at the Blavatnik School of Government, University of Oxford. Since 2017, twenty-seven (27) scholarships worth over &po

    Published: 2022-08-01 Type: Postgraduate Study in: United Kingdom Deadline: September 9, 2022

  • TWAS-DBT Postgraduate Fellowship Programme for Developing Countries 2022

    The World Academy of Sciences (TWAS) in collaboration with the Department of Biotechnology (DBT) of the Ministry of Science and Technology in India is pleased to announce the TWAS-DBT Postgraduate Fellowship for individuals from developing countries. The Fellowship is established t

    Published: 2022-08-01 Type: Fellowship Deadline: September 15, 2022

  • Chevening Masters Scholarships for Nigerian Students 2022

    Chevening enables outstanding emerging leaders from all over the world to pursue one-year master’s degrees in the UK. There is no such thing as a ‘typical’ Chevening Scholar, but those who are successful tend to have ambition, leadership qualities, and a strong academi

    Published: 2022-08-01 Type: Masters Study in: United Kingdom Deadline: November 1, 2022

  • Mo Ibrahim Foundation GDAI PhD Scholarship for Africans 2023

    The Centre of African Studies offers 1 PhD scholarship to African nationals as part of the Governance for Development in Africa Initiative funded by the Mo Ibrahim Foundation. Applications are invited for PhD studentships focused on the area of state capacities, governance and bureaucracy fo

    Published: 2022-08-01 Type: Postgraduate Study in: United Kingdom Deadline: March 31, 2023

  • MIASA Female Academic Careers in Africa Workshop for African Women Academics 2022

    The Merian Institute for Advanced Studies in Africa (MIASA) invites applications for its workshop on Female Academic Careers in Africa which is organized from 7 to 9 September 2022 in collaboration with the German Historical Institute Paris (GHIP) and the Centre for Gender Studies and Advocacy (CEGE

    Published: 2022-08-01 Type: Fellowship Study in: Ghana Deadline: August 3, 2022

  • Canon Collins Kader Asmal Fellowship Programme 2022

    The Kader Asmal Fellowship Programme is a fully-funded scholarship opportunity offered to South African students to study at Master’s level in Ireland’s world-renowned Higher Education Institutions. This flagship programme of the Embassy of Ireland in South Africa is part of

    Published: 2022-07-29 Type: Fellowship Deadline: August 3, 2022

  • Africa Data Hub Community Journalism Fellowship (ACJF) for Nigerian Journalists 2022

    African Data Hub (ADH) is continuing its Community Journalism Fellowship Programme by announcing the Call for Applications for its second Cohort. This initiative aims to improve the coverage of under-reported issues in local communities across Nigeria, paying special attention to potential solutions

    Published: 2022-07-29 Type: Fellowship Deadline: August 12, 2022

  • Stellenbosch University DeepMind Postgraduate Scholarships for African Students 2022

    Artificial intelligence and machine learning expertise on the African continent is set to get a major boost, thanks to prestigious scholarships to be awarded for postgraduate studies in the fields of applied mathematics, statistics, electrical and electronic engineering and computer science at Stell

    Published: 2022-07-28 Type: Postgraduate Deadline: August 31, 2022

  • IUBMB Africa Initiative: ENABLE Fellowship 2022

    To launch a new initiative to provide opportunities to biomolecular scientists in Africa, the IUBMB is offering up to five fellowships for trainees from any country in Africa to attend the 2022 FEBS-IUBMB-ENABLE Conference. This event, “The perfect tandem: How technology expands the front

    Published: 2022-07-28 Type: Fellowship Study in: Spain Deadline: Not Specified

  • British Council Commonwealth Scholarships 2022

    Commonwealth Scholarships are given to talented individuals with the potential to make a positive impact on the global stage. As part of the UK’s ongoing commitment to the Commonwealth, each year around 800 students are given the chance to undertake postgraduate degrees with UK universities

    Published: 2022-07-27 Type: Postgraduate Deadline: Not Specified

  • United Nations Foundation Thomas Lovejoy Memorial Press Fellowship 2022

    The Press Fellowship will bring a group of journalists to the heart of the Amazon to explore issues of biodiversity, deforestation, and sustainable development. The trip will take place the week of October 17, 2022, against the backdrop of a national election to determine Brazil’s next pres

    Published: 2022-07-26 Type: Fellowship Deadline: August 5, 2022

  • MIASA Female Academic Careers in Africa Workshop at University of Ghana 2022

    The Merian Institute for Advanced Studies in Africa (MIASA) invites applications for its workshop on Female Academic Careers in Africa which is organized from 7 to 9 September 2022 in collaboration with the German Historical Institute Paris (GHIP) and the Centre for Gender Studies and Advocacy (CEGE

    Published: 2022-07-26 Type: Fellowship Study in: Ghana Deadline: August 3, 2022

  • University of Bradford Sub-Saharan Africa Scholarship 2022

    The University is pleased to be offering a specific suite of scholarships to nationals from Sub-Saharan Africa starting this academic year. This award is for self-funding, international fee paying students who are nationals of either Nigeria, Kenya, Uganda, South Africa or Zimbabwe. This scholars

    Published: 2022-07-26 Type: Postgraduate Study in: Kenya, Nigeria, South Africa, Uganda, United Kingdom, Zambia Deadline: Not Specified

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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.