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Postgraduate Scholarships for African students 2025-2026 (Page 99)

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

  • Wilson Center Agents of Change Youth Fellowship 2022

    The Wilson Center is pleased to announce a call for applications for its “Agents of Change Youth Fellowship,” an initiative of the Wilson Center’s Middle East Program and Environmental Change and Security Program. Recognizing the significance of the MENA region when it comes to

    Published: 2022-07-21 Type: Fellowship Deadline: September 15, 2022

  • Ghent University Short Stay Research Fellowships 2022

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

    Published: 2022-07-21 Type: Fellowship Deadline: November 30, -0001

  • Lagos African Cluster Centre Visiting Research Fellowship for African Researchers 2022

    The Lagos African Cluster Centre calls for applications for a short Visiting Fellowship, between one and three months, from January 2023. Scholars interested in the major theme of ‘Reconfiguring African Studies’ through multidisciplinary engagement are welcome. The aim of the Fel

    Published: 2022-07-21 Type: Fellowship Study in: Nigeria Deadline: November 30, 2022

  • University of Lincoln Africa Scholarship 2022

    The University of Lincoln’s Africa Scholarship is designed to help students from across Africa to access postgraduate level study at the University of Lincoln. The Africa Scholarship is offered as a tuition fee discount against the cost of a postgraduate taught programme commencing in 2022/23.

    Published: 2022-07-20 Type: Postgraduate Deadline: December 16, 2022

  • SADaCC SickleInAfrica Research Fellowships for African Researchers 2022

    The SickleInAfrica Consortium invites applications from eligible candidates for a three-year SickleInAfrica Research Fellowship position to assist in carrying out the cross-consortium research projects. We are seeking to strengthen each of the 6 SPARCo sites with a motivated researcher who will a

    Published: 2022-07-20 Type: Fellowship Deadline: July 22, 2022

  • World Bank Africa Fellowship Programme for Ph.D. Students and Recent Ph.D. Graduates 2023

    Africa Fellowship Programme was Launched in 2013, the World Bank Group (WBG) Africa Fellowship Program targets young talented African nationals who are completing or recently completed a Ph.D. in an area relevant to the World Bank’s work. The fellowship program has been very successful since i

    Published: 2022-07-20 Type: Postgraduate Deadline: August 25, 2022

  • Commonwealth Professional Fellowships for Developing Countries 2022

    In 2022/23, the CSC will be running a special Professional Fellowship programme promoting Clean Energy, Air and Oceans as part of the UK government’s ambitious initiatives to get 40 million more girls in primary and secondary school in developing countries by 2025 and improve learning levels,

    Published: 2022-07-20 Type: Postgraduate Study in: United Kingdom Deadline: September 30, 2022

  • Pan African University Masters & PhD Scholarships for African Students 2022

    The Pan African University is an initiative of the Heads of State and Government of the African Union. It is a Premier continental university network whose mission is to provide quality postgraduate education geared towards the achievement of a prosperous, integrated and peaceful Africa.

    Published: 2022-07-19 Type: Postgraduate Deadline: September 15, 2022

  • AREF Research Development Fellowship for African Researchers 2022

    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: 2022-07-19 Type: Fellowship Deadline: September 22, 2022

  • Royal Society Lisa Jardine History of Science Grant Scheme(Up to £2,000 Per Month) 2022

    The Lisa Jardine Grant Scheme is intended to provide early career academics with the chance to use history of science collections, including the Royal Society’s own, to support their study in the subject of intellectual history.The Lisa Jardine Grant Scheme honours the late Professor Lisa Jard

    Published: 2022-07-18 Type: Postgraduate Study in: Deadline: September 22, 2022

  • African Digital Democracy Observatory(ADDO) Research Fellowship for African Researchers 2022

    The African Digital Democracy Observatory (ADDO) is offering research grants and technical support for evidence-driven analysis into how malign actors are using coordinated disinformation and propaganda or other influence/information operations to fuel conflict across 21 African countries.

    Published: 2022-07-18 Type: Fellowship Deadline: October 15, 2022

  • American Academy in Rome Getty Global Affiliated Fellowships for Art & Architectural Historians in MENA 2022

    The American Academy in Rome invites applications for Getty Global Affiliated Fellowships awarded to art and architecture historians and archeologists who are citizens or residents of Turkey, Egypt, North Africa (Morocco, Algeria, Tunisia, and Libya), or the Eastern Mediterranean (Syria, L

    Published: 2022-07-18 Type: Fellowship Study in: Algeria, Egypt, Jordan, Lebanon, Morocco, Syrian Arab Republic, Tunisia, Turkey Deadline: September 2, 2022

  • Nordic Africa Institute (NAI) African Scholar Program for African Researchers 2023

    The Nordic Africa Institute’s African Scholar Program is targeted at researchers based in Africa who need time and a conducive environment for finishing and writing up their ongoing research. It offers a Senior Researcher position at the Nordic Africa Institute for the duration of 12

    Published: 2022-07-18 Type: PhD Deadline: August 29, 2022

  • Ufahamu Africa Non-Resident Fellowship for Researchers, Journalists, Practitioners, and Podcasters 2022

    The Ufahamu Africa non-resident fellows will be engaged remotely for ten months to produce the equivalent of five single- or dual-language podcast episodes. Fellows will also be asked to join the editorial team to shape season 6 content, dissemination ideas, mashup partnerships, and other

    Published: 2022-07-18 Type: Fellowship Deadline: August 15, 2022

  • Ghent University Short Stay Research Fellowships for African Academics 2022

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

    Published: 2022-07-18 Type: Fellowship Study in: Belgium Deadline: October 1, 2022

  • AIJC Fellowships 2022

    The African Investigative Journalism Conference (AIJC) offers a limited number of fellowships for participation in this three-day celebration of the continent’s investigative reporting. This year the conference will return to a face-to-face event in Johannesburg, Oct 31 – Nov 2 and will

    Published: 2022-07-15 Type: Fellowship Deadline: July 31, 2022

  • AERC Collaborative PhD Programme 2022

    Collaborative PhD Programme (CPP) in Economics’ primary aim is to strengthen teaching and research capacity in sub-Saharan African countries, to increase the pool of potential researchers and policy analysts, and to gradually build-up and retain African scholars in Africa, leading to an increa

    Published: 2022-07-15 Type: PhD Deadline: August 31, 2022

  • New Zealand Global Research Alliance Doctoral Scholarships 2022

    New Zealand in support of the Global Research Alliance on Agricultural Greenhouse Gases (GRA), is pleased to offer a PhD scholarship for students from developing countries. This scholarship offers the possibility for students from developing countries to come to New Zealand to work on research pr

    Published: 2022-07-15 Type: PhD Study in: New Zealand Deadline: September 30, 2022

  • Royal Society University Research Fellowship 2022

    This scheme is for outstanding scientists who are in the early stages of their research careers and have the potential to become leaders in their fields. These long term fellowships provide the opportunity and freedom to build an independent research career in the UK or Republic of Ireland and pu

    Published: 2022-07-14 Type: Fellowship Deadline: September 6, 2022

  • Getty Foundation Pre- and Postdoctoral Fellowships Program 2023

    The Getty Predoctoral and Postdoctoral Fellowships are intended for emerging scholars to complete work on projects related to the Getty Research Institute’s annual research theme, African American Art History Initiative, or Paul Revere Williams Research Project. Recipients may be in residen

    Published: 2022-07-14 Type: Fellowship Deadline: October 3, 2022

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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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