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Fellowships open to people anywhere in Africa

A place on a funded programme. Some last a year or more, and some pay you while you do it.

Every one opened at the organisation's own website and checked: real, open now, no rule that keeps Africans out, and free to apply for (a few show a fee on the card). How we check.

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Trustee (Human Resources)

Global Network of Civil Society Organisations for Disaster Reduction (GNDR)

No nationality limit

FellowshipRemoteNo closing date published

Tea Trade Facilitation Advisor

World University Service of Canada (WUSC)

Open to any nationality

FellowshipBlantyre, MalawiNo closing date published

Stanford Fisher Family Summer Fellows Program 2027

Stanford University's Center on Democracy, Development, and the Rule of Law (CDDRL)

No nationality limit

FellowshipStanford, California, USACloses 12 Jan 2027

Scoville Peace Fellowship

Scoville Fellowship

No nationality limit

FellowshipWashington, DC, United StatesNo closing date published

Global Mission Fellows US-2 Track

Global Ministries of The United Methodist Church

No nationality limit

FellowshipAlaska, United StatesNo closing date published

Fellowship - Anzisha

Anzisha

For citizens of Angola, Benin, Botswana and 49 more

FellowshipRemote, AfricaCloses 10 Nov 2026

Management Scholars Academy

Lagos Business School

Based in Africa

FellowshipLagos, NigeriaNo closing date published

UN Journalism Fellowship 2027 in Qatar

United Nations Office of the High Representative (UN-OHRLLS)

For citizens of Angola, Benin, Burkina Faso and 29 more

FellowshipDoha, QatarCloses 30 Nov 2026

FASPE Fellowship 2027 in Germany and Poland

Fellowships at Auschwitz for the Study of Professional Ethics (FASPE)

No nationality limit

FellowshipGermany and PolandCloses 3 Jan 2027

The Loeb Fellowship

Harvard Graduate School of Design

No nationality limit

FellowshipMassachusetts, United StatesCloses 5 Jan 2027

10 Stagiaires, Fellows du Benin Ai Innovation Lab (H/F)

Agence de Développement de Sèmè City

In English: 10 interns and fellows at the Benin AI Innovation Lab

For citizens of BeninPosted in French

FellowshipCotonou, Benin4 days left

ReEntry Program

JPMorganChase

No nationality limit

FellowshipAsia Pacific, South AmericaNo closing date published

ESA Civic Society Cohort

Ecological Society of America

No nationality limit

FellowshipRemote, worldwideCloses 17 Nov 2026

The Anzisha Fellowship

Anzisha Prize

For citizens of Algeria, Angola, Benin and 51 more

FellowshipAfricaCloses 10 Nov 2026

Anzisha Fellowship

Anzisha Prize

For citizens of Algeria, Angola, Benin and 51 more

FellowshipRemote, AfricaCloses 10 Nov 2026

UNU-CPR fellowship programme

United Nations University

Open to any nationality

FellowshipNew York, hybridNo closing date published

Student Youth Fellow

World Relief

Open to any nationality

FellowshipDurham, NCNo closing date published

DLR-DAAD Fellowships

German Aerospace Center (DLR) and DAAD

Open to any nationality

FellowshipGermanyApply any time

China Studies Fellow

The Jamestown Foundation

Open to any nationality

FellowshipWashington, DC, USA, hybridNo closing date published

Affiliate Fellowship Program

Ministry of Health Rwanda

Open to any nationality

FellowshipRwandaNo closing date published

Middle East Eye Fellowship

Middle East Eye

For citizens of Algeria, Egypt, Libya and 4 more

FellowshipCloses today

SEAREG Postdoctoral Fellowship 2027

Southeast Asia Research Group (SEAREG), Duke Center for International Development

Open to any nationality

FellowshipThailand, Malaysia or VietnamCloses today

Non-MENA Visitors Program 2026

Social Sciences Lab for the MENA region (SSL-MENA)

Open to any nationality

FellowshipNo closing date published

Iliad Fellowship

Iliad

Open to any nationality

FellowshipLondon or San Francisco Bay AreaNo closing date published

Hoover Fellows Program 2026-2027

Hoover Institution, Stanford University

Open to any nationality

FellowshipStanford, California, USACloses 17 Nov 2026

Heinz Heinen Fellowship 2027-2028

University of Bonn, Dependency Research Centre (Bonn Centre for Dependency and Slavery Studies)

Open to any nationality

FellowshipBonn, GermanyCloses 10 Jan 2027

Heilbronn AI Fellowship

DAAD (German Academic Exchange Service)

Open to any nationality

FellowshipGermanyApply any time

Fung Global Fellows Program 2027-2028

Princeton Institute for International and Regional Studies, Princeton University

Open to any nationality

FellowshipPrinceton University, USACloses 16 Nov 2026

Fellowship in Ideas 2027

Harrison Middleton University

Open to any nationality

FellowshipOnlineCloses 13 Nov 2026

D.C. Fellowship for Civic Renewal 2027

Center for Renewing Civic Dialogue (CRCD)

Open to any nationality

FellowshipWashington DC, USACloses 13 Nov 2026

CrossCulture Programme (CCP) Fellowship 2027

ifa (Institut fuer Auslandsbeziehungen)

For citizens of Algeria, Egypt, Libya and 3 more

FellowshipGermany or a CCP partner countryCloses 8 Dec 2026

CISAC Fellowship 2027-2028

Stanford University, Center for International Security and Cooperation

Open to any nationality

FellowshipStanford, California, USACloses 2 Dec 2026

Applying for an Assignee Position

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention

Open to any nationality

FellowshipStateNo closing date published

Agora Fellowship 2027

The Agora Project

For citizens of Algeria, Angola, Benin and 51 more

FellowshipAfricaNo closing date published

Partial funding

Harvard LEAD Fellowship 2027 to 2028

Harvard Global Health Institute

For people living in Algeria, Angola, Benin and 50 more

FellowshipMassachusetts, USA, hybridCloses 15 Nov 2026

GIJC27 Fellowship

Global Investigative Journalism Network (GIJN)

For citizens of Algeria, Angola, Benin and 51 more

FellowshipRotterdam, NetherlandsCloses 31 Jan 2027

Echidna Global Scholars Program 2027

Brookings Institution, Center for Universal Education

For citizens of Algeria, Angola, Benin and 51 more

FellowshipBrookings, Washington DC, USACloses 1 Dec 2026

Branco Weiss Fellowship 2027

Branco Weiss Fellowship, ETH Zurich

Open to any nationality

FellowshipRemote, worldwideCloses 15 Jan 2027

APDD Individual Research Fellowship 2027

Social Science Research Council (SSRC)

For people living in Algeria, Angola, Benin and 51 more

FellowshipResearch based in AfricaCloses 15 Jan 2027

Neukom Postdoctoral Fellowship 2027-2028

Neukom Institute for Computational Science, Dartmouth College

Open to any nationality

FellowshipNew Hampshire, United StatesCloses 1 Dec 2026

AIAS-AUFF Fellowships 2027

Aarhus Institute of Advanced Studies (AIAS), Aarhus University

Open to any nationality

FellowshipAarhus University, Denmark2 days left

MOPGA 2027 grants for young researchers, 12 months of research in France

Campus France for the French Ministry for Europe and Foreign Affairs (MEAE) and the Ministry of Higher Education and Research (MESR)

For people living in Algeria, Angola, Benin and 51 more

FellowshipA French research institutionCloses 15 Dec 2026

Z Fellows

Z Fellows

Open to any nationality

FellowshipOnlineApply any time

FAO Fellows Programme

Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations

For citizens of Algeria, Angola, Benin and 51 more

FellowshipCloses 31 Dec 2026

Ernst Mach Follow-Up Grant

OeAD (Austrian Agency for Education and Internationalisation)

Open to any nationality

FellowshipOn siteCloses 1 Feb 2027

Dalai Lama Fellows 2027

Dalai Lama Fellows

Open to any nationality

FellowshipRemoteCloses 11 Nov 2026

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