African Economic Research Consortium (AERC) Masters Fellowships 2024-2025

The African Economic Research Consortium (AERC) was established in 1988 as a public not-for-profit organization devoted to the advancement of economic policy research and training in Africa. The Consortium’s mandate and strategic intent is built on the basis that sustained develop­ment in sub-Saharan Africa requires well-trained, locally based profes­sion­al economists. AERC agitates the provision of capacity building in economic policy in Francophone and Anglophone African countries through provision of support in the areas of policy research and graduate training.

• Table of Content
• About African Economic Research Consortium (AERC)
• Masters Fellowships
• Requirements for Masters Fellowships Qualification
• Documents Required for Application
• Application Deadline
• How to Apply

About African Economic Research Consortium (AERC)

The launch of AERC goes back to the late 1980s, when a small group of Africanists and African scholars began to recognize the disconnect between economic policy making and economic research in sub-Saharan Africa. Available research results, applied to other economies, did not always seem appropriate to the African context. And where such results were available, they were too often not put to use. Their concern swelled into a full-fledged idea; they had a discussion about a vehicle for pooling their expertise and applying it to the development of economic policy capacity in sub-Saharan Afric... continue reading

Masters Fellowships

Requirements for Masters Fellowships Qualification

To qualify for scholarship, applicant must:

• Have applied and been admitted to any one of the listed CMAP universities;
• Have attained at least a Second Class Honours (Upper Division) or equivalent in Economics or related field from an accredited university; and
• Female and applicants from post-conflict and fragile states are highly encouraged to apply.

Documents Required for Application

1. Application cover letter;
2. Curriculum Vitae;
3. Evidence of admission at any of the universities listed above; and
4. Certified copies of transcripts and certificates.

Application Deadline

How to Apply

Interested applicants must submit their applications for admission directly to the respective universities (application procedure can be obtained from the respective university’s website). 

Upon receipt of an admission letter from a specific university, applicants shall upload the following documents on to the AERC scholarship portalhttps://training.aercafrica.org/admissionnew

For more details, visit AERC website