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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.

Showing 97 to 120 of 173 open to people anywhere in Africa. That is 173 on these pages and 8 more behind the “more from” lines, 181 in all. The pages show up to 2 from each organisation, so one large employer cannot fill them. Tap “more from” to see the rest of its listings. Counted as of 22:02 on 1 November, Lagos time. Every listing, wherever it is open

The listings

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

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