If you want to take your Ph.D program but you need financial support, below is a list of available Ph.D scholarships for African students 2025-2026. These Ph.D funding are for African students round the world.
The Academy Scholars Program of The Harvard Academy for International and Area Studies identifies and supports outstanding scholars at the start of their academic careers whose work combines excellence in a social science discipline with a command of the language and knowledge or expertise of countr
Published: 2024-06-24 Type: PhD Study in: United States Value: $75,000 Deadline: September 20, 2024
The Routledge/Round Table Commonwealth PhD Studentships provide support for research projects on Commonwealth-related themes. The studentships are funded by The Round Table: The Commonwealth Journal of International Affairs and the journal’s publisher, Routledge, in asso
Published: 2024-06-03 Type: PhD Deadline: July 31, 2024
The Petroleum Technology Development Fund (PTDF) is a Federal Government agency with the mandate of developing indigenous human capacity to meet the needs of the oil and gas industry. The Fund hereby invites applications from interested and qualified Nigerians to apply for the 2024 Undergraduate,
Published: 2024-05-15 Type: PhD Study in: Nigeria Value: N700,000/Yr Deadline: June 24, 2024
The Centre on African Philanthropy and Social Investment (CAPSI) at the Wits Business School, with the support of the Mastercard Foundation, invites applications for Doctoral Fellowship on the Non-Profit Sector and its Contribution to African Economies project. The aim of the PhD
Published: 2024-05-10 Type: PhD Deadline: May 24, 2024
The African Academy of Sciences is pleased to announce Olusegun Obasanjo prize for Scientific discovery and/or Technological innovation. The African Academy of Sciences is pleased to announce Olusegun Obasanjo prize for Scientific discovery and/or Technological innovation intended to reward and h
Published: 2024-05-01 Type: PhD Value: USD 5,000.00 Deadline: May 3, 2024
The JWO Research Grant was founded in honour of Jennifer Ward Oppenheimer. The grant aims to continue her contribution to and passion for Africa, the environment, and pioneering science. The purpose of the grant is to support early-career scientists that are conducting impactful research that will p
Published: 2024-05-01 Type: PhD Value: $150,000 Deadline: May 3, 2024
The African Economic Research Consortium (AERC) was established in 1988 as a public not-for-profit organization devoted to the advancement of economic policy research and training in Africa. The Consortium’s mandate and strategic intent is built on the basis that sustained development in sub-S
Published: 2024-04-17 Type: PhD Deadline: August 31, 2024
The MIT-Empowering the Teachers (MIT-ETT) program provides an intense, semester long teaching-focused engagement for selected cohorts of faculty members (ETT Fellows) from African universities. By introducing the ETT Fellows to cutting edge student-focused teaching methodologies the ETT strives to f
Published: 2024-04-04 Type: PhD Study in: Nigeria Deadline: September 27, 2024
The PhD will provide a unique opportunity to engage with an under-researched collection of African art at the University of Birmingham (UoB), a discrete collection that is part of Research and Cultural Collections (RCC) - a university museum holding full Museum Accredited status from Arts Council En
Published: 2024-03-30 Type: PhD Study in: United Kingdom Deadline: April 30, 2024
This prestigious fully-funded PhD Peter Carpenter Climate Change scholarship is awarded to African citizens with top level academic qualifications. The PhD programme is hosted within the Climate Science and Society Research (CSSR) group in the Department of Geography, where there is a v
Published: 2024-03-28 Type: PhD Deadline: April 15, 2024
The goal of the Engineering for Development (E4D) Programme is to promote research and education for people in low-?income countries. The E4D Programme is generously funded through the external pageSawiris Foundation for Social Developmentcall_made and the external pageSwiss Agen
Published: 2024-03-11 Type: PhD Study in: Switzerland Deadline: April 30, 2024
ETH4D provides grants for mentoring doctoral candidates from low- and lower-middle-income countries. The mentorship is a one-year appointment and comprises the following components: Mentorship from one ETH professor, senior scientist or postdoc over a period of one year of the mentee’s d
Published: 2024-02-27 Type: PhD Study in: Switzerland Deadline: March 30, 2024
We are offering an exciting opportunity for a motivated and talented individual to join our team. Our prior studies have revealed intriguing structural changes in patients with mitochondrial myopathy, a condition characterised by mitochondrial dysfunction. Specifically, we have observed an increased
Published: 2024-02-26 Type: PhD Study in: United Kingdom Deadline: April 30, 2024
Shine a light on the experiences of sole carers with this scholarship, which supports postgraduate social work research on one-parent families. The scholarship is funded by a generous donation from The Julie-Ann Macqueen Trust The Macqueen Scholarship centers its research on postgraduate social w
Published: 2024-02-19 Type: PhD Study in: United Kingdom Deadline: March 21, 2024
The researcher will be based in the Department of Culture, Media and Creative Industries (CMCI), King’s College London and co-supervised by Professor Roberta Comunian (Professor of Creative Economies in the Department of Culture, Media & Creative Industries) and Dr Eka
Published: 2024-02-15 Type: PhD Study in: United Kingdom Deadline: March 19, 2024
The researcher will be based in the Department of Culture, Media and Creative Industries (CMCI), King’s College London and co-supervised by Professor Roberta Comunian (Professor of Creative Economies in the Department of Culture, Media & Creative Industries) and Dr Eka
Published: 2024-02-13 Type: PhD Study in: United Kingdom Deadline: March 19, 2024
Universities of the Coimbra Group offer short-term visits (generally 1 to maximum 3 months) to young African researchers from higher education institutions from Sub-Saharan Africa. The main aim of this scholarship programme is to enable scholars to undertake research in which they are engaged in the
Published: 2024-02-12 Type: PhD Deadline: April 5, 2024
TWAS is inviting nominations for the 2024 Award from all its members as well as science academies, national research councils, universities and scientific institutions in developing and developed countries.
Published: 2024-02-09 Type: PhD Deadline: May 10, 2024
An opportunity for early career researchers in Africa to pursue their own research projects in the fields of Social Sciences and Humanities. The scholarship offers access to the Institute’s library and other resources that provide for a stimulating research environment. The purpose of the A
Published: 2024-02-05 Type: PhD Deadline: April 10, 2024
We welcome applications for full scholarships to postgraduate research programmes starting in 2024. As part of our commitment to the Black community, the University of Bristol has launched a number of postgraduate research scholarships exclusively for students of Black heritage for 2024/25 entry.
Published: 2024-02-02 Type: PhD Study in: United Kingdom Deadline: February 27, 2024