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Postgraduate Scholarships for African students 2025-2026 (Page 90)

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 2025-2026, 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

  • UC Berkeley Ezera Research Fellowship for African Students 2023

    An endowment has been established in memory of Emeka Kalu Ezera to support graduate students from African countries south of the Sahara at the University of California at Berkeley. The funds from the endowment are assigned to the Center for African Studies to aid student scholars at the graduat

    Published: 2022-11-04 Type: Fellowship Deadline: April 11, 2023

  • US-MEPI Student Leaders Program 2023-2024

    The Student Leaders program is a rigorous exchange program for up to 60 undergraduate and graduate students from the Middle East and North Africa. Students are divided among U.S. academic institutions where they develop leadership skills and expand their understanding of civil society and parti

    Published: 2022-11-04 Type: Postgraduate Study in: United States Deadline: December 19, 2022

  • IDRC Research Awards for Canada & Developing Countries 2023-2024

    This year IDRC will offer research awards related to these development areas or themes:  Climate-Resilient Food Systems,   Democratic and Inclusive Governance,  Education and Science,   Ethics in Development Research,  Global Health, Policy and Eval

    Published: 2022-11-03 Type: Fellowship Study in: Canada Deadline: February 1, 2023

  • African Food Fellowship Food Systems Leadership 2022

    Join leaders from Agri-Finance, Aquaculture, Horticulture, Sustainable Land Use, Access to Nutritious Foods, Food Tech & Trade on a world-class leadership development programme hosted by Wageningen University & Research, and Wasafiri Consulting.

    Published: 2022-11-03 Type: Fellowship Deadline: November 20, 2022

  • University of Auckland ASEAN High Achievers Scholarship 2023

    The scholarship is a Full-time enrolment in a PGDip or Master’s degree of 120 points or more, excluding masters by thesis or an undergraduate degree (with overseas secondary or post-secondary qualifications) by new full fee paying International students from ASEAN countries. A Scholarship o

    Published: 2022-11-03 Type: Postgraduate Deadline: November 21, 2022

  • MESA Faculty Leave Fellowship for MENA Scholars 2023

    The Crown Center for Middle East Studies invites applications for a one-year faculty leave residential fellowship for scholars of the contemporary Middle East and North Africa. The fellowship is open to all disciplines—particularly politics, economics, history, religion, sociology, or anthropo

    Published: 2022-11-03 Type: Fellowship Deadline: January 1, 2023

  • Mwalimu Nyerere Pan-African Young Leaders Fellowship Programme for African Leaders 2022

    The Mwalimu Nyerere Pan-African Young Leaders Fellowship Programme is a youth leadership fellowship programme that seeks to nurture, mentor, train, challenge, engage, define and transform all Africa’s young generation into responsible, dedicated, transformative and peace loving Pan-African lea

    Published: 2022-11-02 Type: Fellowship Deadline: November 10, 2022

  • Mastercard Foundation Scholars Program at the University of Cambridge 2022

    The Mastercard Foundation Scholars Programme at Cambridge is designed to provide talented students from economically marginalised and hard-to-reach communities in Africa with fully-funded opportunities to complete their Master’s training, grow in transformative leadership, and contribute to cl

    Published: 2022-11-02 Type: Masters Study in: United Kingdom Deadline: January 5, 2023

  • PDRI-DevLab Visiting Fellowship for African Scholars 2022

    The Penn Development Research Initiative (PDRI) / DevLab@Penn is committed to building capacity for rigorous research on pressing policy challenges facing low- and middle-income countries, by providing training and research opportunities for emerging researchers. In service of

    Published: 2022-11-02 Type: Fellowship Deadline: December 13, 2022

  • Australia Awards Fellowships for Developing Countries 2023

    Australian Leadership Awards Fellowship [now Australian Awards Fellowships] aim to develop leadership, address priority regional development issues, and build partnerships and linkages between Australian organizations and partner organizations in developing countries in the Asia-Pacific region, Lati

    Published: 2022-11-02 Type: Fellowship Deadline: January 23, 2023

  • Catholic Relief Services International Development Fellows Program 2023

    The Catholic Relief Services (CRS) is pleased to announce its International Development Fellows Program for the 2023/24 cohort. The fellowship program prepares dedicated global citizens to pursue a career in international relief and development work. The Fellows Program is designed for

    Published: 2022-11-02 Type: Fellowship Study in: United States Deadline: November 30, 2022

  • University of Cambridge Mastercard Foundation Scholars Program for African Students 2023

    The Mastercard Foundation Scholars Programme at Cambridge is designed to provide talented students from economically marginalised and hard-to-reach communities in Africa with fully-funded opportunities to complete their Master’s training, grow in transformative leadership, and contribute to cl

    Published: 2022-11-02 Type: Masters Study in: United Kingdom Deadline: January 5, 2023

  • Femme First Foundation Women in Government Fellowship 2023

    The Women in Government Fellowship is a six-month programme that is focused on capacity-building, training, and mentorship of women in politics. It seeks to enhance and improve the quality of political participation of women. The fellows will undergo in-person workshops, intensive virtual learnin

    Published: 2022-11-02 Type: Fellowship Deadline: November 30, 2022

  • CRUK Black Leaders in Cancer PhD Scholarship Programme 2023

    Cancer Research UK (CRUK) developed this scheme in close consultation with the research community including the expert partner organisations, Black in Cancer and Windsor Fellowship. CRUK are committed to creating equal, diverse and inclusive research environments that enable all researc

    Published: 2022-11-01 Type: PhD Study in: United Kingdom Deadline: November 15, 2022

  • UC Berkeley Mastercard Foundation Scholars Program for African Students (USA) 2023

    Administered out of the Center for African Studies, the program at the University of California, Berkeley is supported by a broad cross-section of functional and disciplinary units on campus including the Division of Student Affairs, the Graduate Division, the Berkeley International Office, and the

    Published: 2022-11-01 Type: Masters Deadline: Not Specified

  • University of Bayreuth BIGSAS-Scholarships for African Women Scholars (Germany) 2023

    BIGSAS has been awarded two scholarships within the Graduate School Scholarship Programme (GSSP) by the German Academic Exchange Service (DAAD) for which BIGSAS will nominate candidates who have successfully passed the application procedure.  BIGSAS provides a centre for creative a

    Published: 2022-11-01 Type: PhD Study in: Germany Deadline: December 15, 2022

  • United Nations Regional Course in International Law Programme for African Scholars 2023

     The Regional Courses provide high-quality training by leading scholars and practitioners on a broad range of core subjects of international law, as well as specific subjects of particular interest to the countries in a given region. In addition, the interactive nature of the training allows th

    Published: 2022-11-01 Type: Fellowship Study in: Ethiopia Deadline: November 7, 2022

  • ONA Women Leadership Accelerator Programme 2023

    The Women Leadership Accelerator is an intensive programme that supercharges the leadership and management skills of women who are pushing digital innovation. The accelerator includes tailored, immersive programming, support and coaching to participants throughout the year. In addition to learnin

    Published: 2022-10-31 Type: Fellowship Deadline: November 10, 2022

  • IIASA Postdoctoral Fellowship Programme Worldwide(Fully-funded) 2023

    The fellowship provides full funding (12 months with the possibility of extension for another 12 months) to conduct your own research on topics closely related to one or more projects on IIASA’s agenda. The IIASA Postdoctoral Programme is open to applicants of all nationalities and is

    Published: 2022-10-31 Type: Fellowship Study in: Austria Deadline: November 30, 2022

  • ANH Academy IMMANA Fellowships for Developing Countries 2023

    For 2023-24, IMMANA will award six career development Fellowships to researchers who are validating and applying innovative methods and metrics to measure change and impacts of policy or program interventions in agriculture, nutrition and health in low- and middle- income countries (LMICs). Proposa

    Published: 2022-10-31 Type: Fellowship Deadline: February 1, 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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