FellowshipStateNo closing date published
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 121 to 144 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
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America in the World Consortium Predoctoral Fellowship 2027-2028
America in the World Consortium (Duke, Johns Hopkins SAIS, University of Texas at Austin)
Open to any nationality
FellowshipAustin, Durham or Washington DCCloses 1 Dec 2026
America in the World Consortium Postdoctoral Fellowship 2027-2028
America in the World Consortium
Open to any nationality
FellowshipUSACloses 1 Dec 2026
FellowshipAfricaNo closing date published
Partial funding
Humboldt Research Fellowship for experienced researchers
Alexander von Humboldt Foundation
For citizens of Algeria, Angola, Benin and 51 more
FellowshipOpens 15 Nov 2026
ZiF Fellowships in the Group 'Practices of Interdisciplinary Research' 2028/29
Center for Interdisciplinary Research (ZiF), Bielefeld University
Open to any nationality
FellowshipBielefeld University, GermanyCloses 9 Feb 2027
Wiko Early Career Call, Life and Natural Sciences 2027/28 (Gain Time to Think)
Wissenschaftskolleg zu Berlin (Institute for Advanced Study)
Open to any nationality
FellowshipGermanyCloses today
WWF Russell E. Train Fellowship: Human-Wildlife Conflicts in Uganda (2027)
WWF Russell E. Train Education for Nature Program
For citizens of Uganda
FellowshipA university in UgandaCloses 15 Dec 2026
Tomás y Valiente UAM MOTyVES 2026, three research contracts at Madrid IAS
Madrid Institute for Advanced Study and Universidad Autónoma de Madrid
Open to any nationality
FellowshipSpainCloses 7 Dec 2026
TIAS Postdoctoral and Collegium Research Fellowships 2027 (three years)
Turku Institute for Advanced Studies, University of Turku
Open to any nationality
FellowshipUniversity of Turku, FinlandCloses 13 Nov 2026
FellowshipOn siteCloses 3 Dec 2026
FellowshipOn siteCloses 13 Jan 2027
NLI-IIAS Joint Individual Fellowship 2028-2029 (Jewish, Israel, Islamic and Middle Eastern studies, music)
National Library of Israel and Israel Institute for Advanced Studies
Open to any nationality
FellowshipJerusalem, IsraelCloses 1 Dec 2026
Joint AUF/IAS Fellowship for non-male researchers from low and lower-middle income countries
Institute for Advanced Study, University of Amsterdam
Open to any nationality
FellowshipNetherlandsCloses 28 Jan 2027
JSK Journalism Fellowship 2027 to 2028 (international)
John S. Knight Journalism Fellowships, Stanford University
Open to any nationality
FellowshipStanford, California, USACloses 2 Dec 2026
IIAS Individual Fellowship 2028-2029 (scholars from abroad)
Israel Institute for Advanced Studies, Hebrew University of Jerusalem
Open to any nationality
FellowshipEdmond JCloses 1 Dec 2026
ICTP Senior Associates (six-year visiting award, call to 31 January 2027)
ICTP (Abdus Salam International Centre for Theoretical Physics)
For people living in Algeria, Angola, Benin and 51 more
FellowshipICTP, Trieste, ItalyCloses 31 Jan 2027
ICTP Mathematics Postdoctoral Fellowships (start 2027, apply by 13 December 2026)
ICTP (Abdus Salam International Centre for Theoretical Physics)
Open to any nationality
FellowshipICTP, Trieste, ItalyCloses 13 Dec 2026
Harvard LEAD Fellowship for Promoting Women in Global Health 2027 to 2028
Harvard Global Health Institute, Harvard University
Open to any nationality
FellowshipOnlineCloses 15 Nov 2026
FellowshipOn siteCloses 22 Jan 2027
Nieman Fellowship 2027 to 2028 (international)
Nieman Foundation for Journalism at Harvard
Open to any nationality
FellowshipCambridge, Massachusetts, USACloses 1 Dec 2026
Knight-Wallace Fellowship 2027 to 2028 (international applicants)
Wallace House, University of Michigan
Open to any nationality
FellowshipAnn Arbor, Michigan, USACloses 1 Dec 2026
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
FellowshipHybridCloses 16 Nov 2026
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