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Fellowships open to Mauritanians, 2026-27
These are the fellowships open for applications now that Mauritanians can apply for: ones based in Mauritania and ones elsewhere that accept people from Mauritania. Each is one listing on the organisation's own page, with its own closing date and what it asks for. We checked each one is free to apply for.
135 open now. Soonest deadline first. The first 100 are below.
- Fellowship: CLIP Communications, Geneva · World Intellectual Property Organization
Closes 22 October 2026 · Open to all African countries - Rare Disease Reporting Fellowship and Grants 2026 · National Press Foundation
Closes 22 October 2026 · Open to all African countries - World Conference of Science Journalists 2027 Travel Fellowship · Association of British Science Writers (WCSJ2027)
Closes 23 October 2026 · Open to all African countries - Jean Monnet Fellowship 2027-2028, Social Sciences and Humanities · European University Institute, Robert Schuman Centre
Closes 23 October 2026 · Open to all African countries - Litigating Reproductive Justice in Africa (LIRA) Fellowship · Afya na Haki (Ahaki)
Closes 23 October 2026 · Open to all African countries - Princeton in Africa Fellowship 2027/28 · Princeton in Africa
Closes 26 October 2026 · Open to all African countries - EJN Reporting Fellowships to Cover BBNJ COP1 in New York 2027 · Earth Journalism Network (Internews)
Closes 27 October 2026 · Open to all African countries - Doctoral researcher, MSCA EMANAIRE DC06: AI co-creation, morality and the inner good in creative industries · Hanken School of Economics (MSCA Doctoral Network EMANAIRE)
Closes 29 October 2026 · Open to all African countries - Doctoral researcher, MSCA EMANAIRE DC10: AI-mediated communication and collaboration norms at work · Hanken School of Economics (MSCA Doctoral Network EMANAIRE)
Closes 29 October 2026 · Open to all African countries - UCT Africa Climate Collaborative postdoctoral research fellowship: R380,000 a year (2027 cohort) · University of Cape Town, Africa Climate and Development Initiative
Closes 29 October 2026 · Open to all African countries - Dorothy Hodgkin Fellowship 2027 · The Royal Society
Closes 29 October 2026 · Open to all African countries - NVIDIA Graduate Fellowship 2027-2028 · NVIDIA
Closes 30 October 2026 · Open to all African countries - Fellowship: Global Innovation Index (GII), Geneva · World Intellectual Property Organization
Closes 30 October 2026 · Open to all African countries - UN Regional Course in International Law for Africa 2027 · United Nations Office of Legal Affairs
Closes 30 October 2026 · Open to all African countries - NTU AI-for-X Postdoctoral Fellowship (AI4X-PDF) · Nanyang Technological University (with Singapore National Research Foundation)
Closes 30 October 2026 · Open to all African countries - 2027 Discover Us: Finance & Banking Fellowship · U.S. Bank
Closes 30 October 2026 · Open to all African countries - PRISM fully funded PhD: SOFTMAT4MET, soft matter for recovering critical metals (Paris) · Universite PSL (PRISM PhD programme)
Closes 31 October 2026 · Open to all African countries - Early-Career Science Journalism Fellowship 2027 · The Open Notebook
Closes 31 October 2026 · Open to all African countries - PhD Student in Cyber-Physical Systems (chiplet packaging), Lulea University of Technology · Lulea University of Technology
Closes 31 October 2026 · Open to all African countries - TWAS-SISSA-Lincei Research Cooperation Visits Programme · TWAS, The World Academy of Sciences
Closes 31 October 2026 · Open in 31 African countries, including Mauritania - Artist and Writer in Residence fellowship 2027/28, Institute for Advanced Study at CEU · Institute for Advanced Study, Central European University (Global Invisible University)
Closes 31 October 2026 · Open to all African countries - STIAS Team Fellowship, 2028 first semester · Stellenbosch Institute for Advanced Study (STIAS)
Closes 31 October 2026 · Open to all African countries - I AM NALA Fellowship, call for 2027 · Nalafem Collective
Closes 31 October 2026 · Open to all African countries - STIAS Artist-in-Residence Fellowship, 2028 first semester · Stellenbosch Institute for Advanced Study (STIAS)
Closes 31 October 2026 · Open to all African countries - STIAS Individual Fellowship, 2028 first semester · Stellenbosch Institute for Advanced Study (STIAS)
Closes 31 October 2026 · Open to all African countries - Wiko Early Career Call, Life and Natural Sciences 2027/28 (Gain Time to Think) · Wissenschaftskolleg zu Berlin (Institute for Advanced Study)
Closes 1 November 2026 · Open to all African countries - University of California President's Postdoctoral Fellowship Program · University of California Office of the President
Closes 1 November 2026 · Open to all African countries - Mark Grosjean Postdoctoral Fellowship in Political Science · University of Calgary, Department of Political Science
Closes 1 November 2026 · Open to all African countries - Early Career Fellowship in Life and Natural Sciences, Wissenschaftskolleg zu Berlin · Wissenschaftskolleg zu Berlin (Wiko)
Closes 1 November 2026 · Open to all African countries - SEAREG Postdoctoral Fellowship 2027 · Southeast Asia Research Group (SEAREG), Duke Center for International Development
Closes 1 November 2026 · Open to all African countries - Middle East Eye Fellowship · Middle East Eye
Closes 1 November 2026 · Open in 7 African countries, including Mauritania - PhD student in Electrical Engineering: power system adequacy · Uppsala University
Closes 2 November 2026 · Open to all African countries - Atlantic Fellows for Equity in Brain Health 2027-2028 (GBHI at UCSF, global hybrid) · Global Brain Health Institute, University of California San Francisco
Closes 2 November 2026 · Open to all African countries - Atlantic Fellows for Equity in Brain Health 2027-2028 (UCSF site) · Global Brain Health Institute
Closes 2 November 2026 · Open to all African countries - AIAS-AUFF Fellowships 2027 · Aarhus Institute of Advanced Studies (AIAS), Aarhus University
Closes 3 November 2026 · Open to all African countries - CIFAR Azrieli Global Scholars Program 2027-2029 · CIFAR
Closes 4 November 2026 · Open to all African countries - HP-UCL IOE Fellowship in AI in Education 2027 · UCL Institute of Education
Closes 7 November 2026 · Open to all African countries - Schlumberger Foundation Faculty for the Future Fellowship 2027-2028 · Schlumberger Foundation
Closes 7 November 2026 · Open in 47 African countries, including Mauritania - Equality Fund Journalism Fellowship 2026 · Equality Fund
Closes 8 November 2026 · Open to all African countries - EPFL AI Center and Swiss AI Initiative Postdoctoral Fellowship (3rd call) · EPFL AI Center
Closes 9 November 2026 · Open to all African countries - PhD in Systems and Control Theory for Energy-based Learning · University of Groningen
Closes 10 November 2026 · Open to all African countries - Anzisha Fellowship 2027 for young African entrepreneurs · Anzisha (African Leadership Academy and Mastercard Foundation)
Closes 10 November 2026 · Open to all African countries - Dalai Lama Fellows 2027 · Dalai Lama Fellows
Closes 11 November 2026 · Open to all African countries - Graduate Research Fellowship (GRF) 2027 · Jane Street
Closes 13 November 2026 · Open to all African countries - TIAS Postdoctoral and Collegium Research Fellowships 2027 (three years) · Turku Institute for Advanced Studies, University of Turku
Closes 13 November 2026 · Open to all African countries - D.C. Fellowship for Civic Renewal 2027 · Center for Renewing Civic Dialogue (CRCD)
Closes 13 November 2026 · Open to all African countries - Fellowship in Ideas 2027 · Harrison Middleton University
Closes 13 November 2026 · Open to all African countries - Harvard LEAD Fellowship 2027 to 2028 · Harvard Global Health Institute
Closes 15 November 2026 · Open to all African countries - Female Science Talents Intensive Track 2027 · Falling Walls Foundation
Closes 15 November 2026 · Open to all African countries - ITU Gender Champions Programme, first cohort · International Telecommunication Union (ITU)
Closes 15 November 2026 · Open to all African countries - Africa-China Postdoctoral Fellowship 2027 · Georgetown University and Howard University
Closes 15 November 2026 · Open to all African countries - Zonta International Amelia Earhart Fellowship 2027 · Zonta International
Closes 15 November 2026 · Open to all African countries - Harvard LEAD Fellowship for Promoting Women in Global Health 2027 to 2028 · Harvard Global Health Institute, Harvard University
Closes 15 November 2026 · Open to all African countries - Advanced Leadership Program 2027 · East-West Center
Closes 15 November 2026 · Open to all African countries - Government Analytics Fellowship 2027 · World Bank
Closes 16 November 2026 · Open to all African countries - Fung Global Fellows Program 2027-2028 · Princeton Institute for International and Regional Studies, Princeton University
Closes 16 November 2026 · Open to all African countries - Hoover Fellows Program 2026-2027 · Hoover Institution, Stanford University
Closes 17 November 2026 · Open to all African countries - Career Development Fellowship 2027 · The Royal Society
Closes 18 November 2026 · Open to all African countries - 2027 Mo Ibrahim Foundation Leadership Fellowship at the UN Economic Commission for Africa · UN Economic Commission for Africa (ECA), with the Mo Ibrahim Foundation
Closes 20 November 2026 · Open to all African countries - Mo Ibrahim Leadership Fellowship 2027 at the African Development Bank, Abidjan · African Development Bank with the Mo Ibrahim Foundation
Closes 20 November 2026 · Open to all African countries - Mo Ibrahim Leadership Fellowship 2027 at the International Trade Centre, Geneva · International Trade Centre (ITC) with the Mo Ibrahim Foundation
Closes 20 November 2026 · Open to all African countries - Sara E. and Bruce B. Collette Postdoctoral Fellowship in Systematic Ichthyology 2027 · Smithsonian National Museum of Natural History
Closes 20 November 2026 · Open to all African countries - Internet Society Fellowship Program 2027 · Internet Society
Closes 22 November 2026 · Open to all African countries - Schmidt AI in Science African Faculty Fellows, 2027 cohort phase 2 · Michigan Institute for Data and AI in Society (MIDAS), University of Michigan
Closes 23 November 2026 · Open to all African countries - YADIAS doctoral fellowship, Institute for Advanced Studies, University of Luxembourg (15 places) · University of Luxembourg, Institute for Advanced Studies
Closes 30 November 2026 · Open to all African countries - Vital Impacts Environmental Photography Fellowships & Mentorships · Vital Impacts
Closes 30 November 2026 · Open to all African countries - Visiting Fellowship 2027, Peter McMullin Centre on Statelessness (up to AUD 6,000) · Melbourne Law School, University of Melbourne
Closes 30 November 2026 · Open to all African countries - Echidna Global Scholars Program 2027 · Brookings Institution, Center for Universal Education
Closes 1 December 2026 · Open to all African countries - Jim Leech Mastercard Foundation Fellowship on Entrepreneurship 2027 · Queen's University Dunin-Deshpande Innovation Centre with the Mastercard Foundation
Closes 1 December 2026 · Open to all African countries - Knight-Wallace Fellowship 2027 to 2028 (international applicants) · Wallace House, University of Michigan
Closes 1 December 2026 · Open to all African countries - Nieman Fellowship 2027 to 2028 (international) · Nieman Foundation for Journalism at Harvard
Closes 1 December 2026 · Open to all African countries - Ernest May Fellowship in History and Policy 2027-2028 · Belfer Center, Harvard Kennedy School
Closes 1 December 2026 · Open to all African countries - Vital Impacts Environmental Photography Fellowships and Mentorships 2027 · Vital Impacts
Closes 1 December 2026 · Open to all African countries - America in the World Consortium Postdoctoral Fellowship 2027-2028 · America in the World Consortium
Closes 1 December 2026 · Open to all African countries - America in the World Consortium Predoctoral Fellowship 2027-2028 · America in the World Consortium (Duke, Johns Hopkins SAIS, University of Texas at Austin)
Closes 1 December 2026 · Open to all African countries - Echidna Global Scholars Visiting Fellowship 2027 · Brookings Institution, Center for Universal Education
Closes 1 December 2026 · Open to all African countries - IIAS Individual Fellowship 2028-2029 (scholars from abroad) · Israel Institute for Advanced Studies, Hebrew University of Jerusalem
Closes 1 December 2026 · Open to all African countries - 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
Closes 1 December 2026 · Open to all African countries - Neukom Postdoctoral Fellowship 2027-2028 · Neukom Institute for Computational Science, Dartmouth College
Closes 1 December 2026 · Open to all African countries - Ernst Mach Grant worldwide (research stays 2027/28) · OeAD (Austrian Agency for Education and Internationalisation)
Closes 1 December 2026 · Open to all African countries - Knight-Wallace Journalism Fellowship 2027-2028 (international applicants) · Wallace House Center for Journalists, University of Michigan
Closes 1 December 2026 · Open to all African countries - JSK Journalism Fellowship 2027 to 2028 (international) · John S. Knight Journalism Fellowships, Stanford University
Closes 2 December 2026 · Open to all African countries - CISAC Fellowship 2027-2028 · Stanford University, Center for International Security and Cooperation
Closes 2 December 2026 · Open to all African countries - Simons Postdoctoral Fellowships in Plant Biology 2027 · Simons Foundation
Closes 3 December 2026 · Open to all African countries - Economist Program 2027, Washington DC · International Monetary Fund
Closes 5 December 2026 · Open to all African countries - Tomás y Valiente UAM MOTyVES 2026, three research contracts at Madrid IAS · Madrid Institute for Advanced Study and Universidad Autónoma de Madrid
Closes 7 December 2026 · Open to all African countries - CrossCulture Program in Germany 2027 · Institut für Auslandsbeziehungen
Closes 8 December 2026 · Open in 6 African countries, including Mauritania - CrossCulture Programme (CCP) Fellowship 2027 · ifa (Institut fuer Auslandsbeziehungen)
Closes 8 December 2026 · Open in 6 African countries, including Mauritania - ICTP Mathematics Postdoctoral Fellowships (start 2027, apply by 13 December 2026) · ICTP (Abdus Salam International Centre for Theoretical Physics)
Closes 13 December 2026 · Open to all African countries - MOPGA Visiting Fellowship Programme 2027 for early-career researchers · Campus France
Closes 15 December 2026 · Open to all African countries - 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)
Closes 15 December 2026 · Open to all African countries - FAO Fellows Programme · Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations
Closes 31 December 2026 · Open to all African countries - FASPE Fellowship 2027 in Germany and Poland · Fellowships at Auschwitz for the Study of Professional Ethics (FASPE)
Closes 3 January 2027 · Open to all African countries - Loeb Fellowship 2027-2028 · Harvard Graduate School of Design
Closes 5 January 2027 · Open to all African countries - Heinz Heinen Fellowship 2027-2028 · University of Bonn, Dependency Research Centre (Bonn Centre for Dependency and Slavery Studies)
Closes 10 January 2027 · Open to all African countries - Atlantic Fellows for Social and Economic Equity 2027-28 · London School of Economics (International Inequalities Institute)
Closes 11 January 2027 · Open to all African countries - Atlantic Fellows for Social and Economic Equity 2027-28 · International Inequalities Institute, London School of Economics
Closes 11 January 2027 · Open to all African countries - Simons Fellows-to-Faculty Award 2027 · Simons Foundation
Closes 13 January 2027 · Open to all African countries - Branco Weiss Fellowship 2027 · Branco Weiss Fellowship, ETH Zurich
Closes 15 January 2027 · Open to all African countries - APDD Doctoral Dissertation Completion Fellowship 2027 · Social Science Research Council (SSRC)
Closes 15 January 2027 · Open to all African countries