Category Archives: SCHOLARSHIP OPPORTUNITIES

WAAW Foundation Scholarships for Young African Women 2022-2023 The Working to Advance African Women (WAAW) foundation aim to increase the pipeline of African women in Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics (STEM) related disciplines, and work to ensure that this talent is engaged in African innovation. Scholarships are renewable annually, following proof of the student’s continued […]

University of Oxford Reach Oxford Scholarships for Developing Countries 2023 A number of Reach Oxford scholarships (formerly Oxford Student Scholarships) are offered to students from low-income countries who, for political or financial reasons, or because suitable educational facilities do not exist, cannot study for a degree in their own countries.   About University of Oxford […]

Commonwealth Foundation Grants Programme 2022 Under this call, the Foundation is looking to support projects that seek to facilitate constructive engagement between civil society and government, including civil society participation in policy development and decision-making. The call is focusing on three themes: health, environment and climate change, and freedom of expression. Projects must address one […]

Obama Foundation Global Leaders Programme 2023 The Barack Obama Foundation’s Leaders programme aims to inspire, empower and connect regional cohorts of changemakers to accelerate positive and lasting change in their communities and throughout their region. The 2023 Leaders programme is a six-month virtual leadership development journey. Programmes in Africa, Asia-Pacific, and Europe will run between […]

iDIASPORA Photo Contest for Photographers Worldwide 2022 The International Organization for Migration (IOM) and IBER-RUTAS – Programme that aims to contribute to the promotion of cultural diversity in Ibero-America for the protection of migrants’ rights from an intercultural perspective – invite professional and amateurs photographers to participate in the iDiaspora Photo Contest. Through this activity, […]

University of British Columbia (UBC) International Scholars Programme Awards 2023 Four prestigious need-and-merit-based awards are available through UBC’s International Scholars Programme. UBC offers approximately 50 scholarships each year across all four awards. Karen McKellin International Leader of Tomorrow Award: This award recognizes international undergraduate students who demonstrate superior academic achievement, exceptional leadership skills, involvement in student […]

Monash University Global Excellence and Mobility Scholarship Programme 2023 The GEMS programme aims to bring the best and brightest PhD students to Monash University Malaysia, where they can work with top-class research teams on some of the world’s core challenges. The GEMS programme offers 15 scholarships each year from 2022 to 2024, and scholarship recipients […]

World Bank ACECoR Masters and PhD Scholarships for African Students 2022 The Africa Centre of Excellence in Coastal Resilience (ACECoR) established under the World Bank Africa Centre of Excellence (ACE) for Development Impact Project and hosted by the Centre for Coastal Management, University of Ghana Cape Coast, Ghana, invites suitably qualified national, regional and international […]

Dataville Research LLC Development Research Fellowship 2022 Our research tackles the complex and persistent challenges of poverty and development. We take a multidisciplinary approach and work with an international network of partners to develop solutions which we actively seek to see applied in development policy and practice. Our collaboration with researchers, policy makers and international […]

EPFL Junior Faculty Development Program for Early-stage African Professors 2022 The Junior Faculty Development program is designed to bring together talented and highly-educated early-stage professors in Africa with professors at EPFL striving for common goals: scientific excellence, the promotion of knowledge, and the wish to have a positive societal impact in Africa. The Junior Faculty […]