Residencies open to Congolese, 2026-27

These are the residencies open for applications now that Congolese can apply for: ones based in DR Congo and ones elsewhere that accept people from DR Congo. 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.

6 open now. Soonest deadline first, then the ones with no closing date published.

• Bloomberg Harvard Visiting Scholars Program 2027 · Bloomberg Center for Cities at Harvard University
  Closes 28 October 2026 · Open to all African countries
• MATS Residency Winter 2027 · MATS (ML Alignment & Theory Scholars)
  Closes 31 October 2026 · Open to all African countries
• Visiting Scholar Program, Spring 2027 · Center for Human Rights and Humanitarian Studies, Brown University
  Closes 1 November 2026 · Open to all African countries
• ICTP-CCG Catalyst Facility Academic Writing Residency 2027 · Abdus Salam International Centre for Theoretical Physics (ICTP)
  Closes 15 November 2026 · Open to all African countries
• Bodleian African Studies Visiting Fellowship 2027 to 2028 · Bodleian Libraries, University of Oxford
  Closes 27 November 2026 · Open in 48 African countries, including DR Congo
• Recurse Center · Recurse Center
  Open. Applications taken as they come. · Open to all African countries