I’ve recently added nearly two dozen new items to my lists of scholarships for African MA and PhD students, and of research and travel funding for African academics. Do check out the full lists! (As always, I can’t provide personalized scholarship advising.)
- The African Leadership University offers a Female Scholars program for BA study
- The Wells Mountain Initiative supports students from low income countries undertaking a BA in another low income country
- Eni offers two MBA scholarships for African students at Oxford
- LSE and UCT offer scholarships for two African students doing the split-site MSc in Global Media and Communications
- Sokoine University of Agriculture in Tanzania has 3 PhD scholarships available
- The Indian Council on Cultural Relations offers MA and PhD funding for African students wishing to study in India
- Google offers a computer science PhD fellowship for African citizens
- The African Population and Health Research Center provides dissertation funding to African PhD students
- The Nordic Africa Institute offers post-docs to African researchers
- The East Africa Research Fund has regular calls for proposals on various topics
- The European Association of Development Research and Training Institutes offers a mentorship program for academics from low income countries
- The University of Birmingham is looking for Cadbury Fellows for a four-week visiting scholar position in African literature
- The Royal Africa Society Prize offers research funding to scientists based in Africa
- CIFAR offers a two-year visiting fellow position and research funding to early career researchers from around the world
- The International Brain Research Association is offering research funding to young scientists based in Africa
- The Swedish Management Institute Program Africa offers a partially-funded business training course for African citizens
- The International Center for Research on Women offers a cash prize to young researchers in the Global South for excellence in field research
- The Review of African Political Economy offers the Lionel Cliffe Research Scholarship to African scholars
- The Philomathia Africa Visiting Research Fellowship offers a residency at Cambridge for mid-career African scholars focused on land use and energy
- USAID’s Partnership for Enhanced Engagement in Research offers research funding to STEM grad students and academics in a range of low income countries
- The Commonwealth Medical Scholarships allow mid-career medical staff from low income countries to build their skills
- The British Ecological Society provides research funding for ecologists in Africa