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 African Mental Health Research Initiative (AMARI) is a mental health research capacity building programme. AMARI-II builds on the initial AMARI-I which ran from 2015 - 2022. AMARI-II is being implemented with funding support of the second phase of the Developing Excellence in Leadership, Trainin
Published: 2023-06-14 Type: PhD Study in: South Africa Deadline: August 31, 2023
The ASLP is an initiative of the University of Pretoria in partnership with the Global Young Academy, funded by the Robert Bosch Stiftung Foundation. It serves early- to mid-career researchers in basic and applied science, engineering, social sciences, arts and the humanities. The programme aims
Published: 2023-06-09 Type: PhD Deadline: July 15, 2023
The French Institute for Demographic Studies (INED) is a public research institute. We conduct research on various demographic issues (fertility and family, health and mortality, migration, etc.) and inform the public about current developments. We are multidisciplinary in our recruitment and resear
Published: 2023-06-07 Type: PhD Deadline: June 15, 2023
The PhD studentships provide support for research projects on Commonwealth related themes. Two studentships are available each year, one for UK-registered students and one for Commonwealth students in other countries. Proposed research must fulfil at least one of the below criteria: Relate
Published: 2023-06-07 Type: PhD Study in: United Kingdom Deadline: July 28, 2023
Investigate the impact thermal performance of dwellings may have on health outcomes within social housing. Energy vulnerability denotes the risk of harm due to limited access to essential energy in the home. Poor thermal performance of dwellings in combination with low incomes are key determinant
Published: 2023-05-26 Type: PhD Study in: Australia Deadline: Not Specified
Microsoft Research is making changes to the PhD Fellowship program and will be pausing our call for proposals/nominations for the 2023 calendar year. We are exploring new avenues to invest in our academic partnerships and bring together students and researchers to collaborate, share knowledge, and p
Published: 2023-05-17 Type: PhD Deadline: June 9, 2023
The Bonn International Graduate School for Development Research (BIGS-DR) is the doctoral program at ZEF. BIGS-DR is part of a group of international graduate programs at the University of Bonn, a graduate framework that maintains the highest level of academic quality. There are two way
Published: 2023-05-09 Type: PhD Study in: Germany Deadline: August 31, 2023
King’s College London Africa Studentships: African Fashion. will focus on generating new data on fashion economies relevant to industry and pursue concept-building on lead firms in the global South. King’s College London envisage the researcher using mixed-methods case study research,
Published: 2023-05-02 Type: PhD Study in: United Kingdom Deadline: June 30, 2023
In partnership with the Carnegie Corporation of New York and Imperial College London, The Quantum Leap Africa (QLA) is inviting new and recent PhD holders with an interest in AI in science and its applications to apply for a prestigious postdoctoral fellowship opportunity. These are two 1 year li
Published: 2023-05-01 Type: PhD Deadline: May 31, 2023
AERC wishes to announce the 2023/2024 Ph.D. scholarships for applicants from Francophone and Anglophone sub-Saharan African countries admitted into any of the following AERC Collaborative PhD Programme (CPP) in Economics degree-awarding universities: University of Cape Town, South Afri
Published: 2023-04-28 Type: PhD Study in: Benin, Cameroon, Cote d'Ivoire, Kenya, Nigeria, South Africa, Tanzania Deadline: August 31, 2023
The Banting Postdoctoral Fellowships program provides funding to the very best postdoctoral applicants, both nationally and internationally, who will positively contribute to the country’s economic, social, and research-based growth. Seventy (70) fellowships are awarded annually.
Published: 2023-04-21 Type: PhD Study in: Canada Deadline: September 20, 2023
The Food System Resilience Program (FSRP) is a flagship regional investment program of more than US$1 billion that aims to build food system resilience in West Africa through a strategic regional approach. The program will fund investments in three mutually reinforcing thematic areas: (1) Digital ad
Published: 2023-04-20 Type: PhD Deadline: May 17, 2023
In many tropical counties, wildlife is hunted for meat (i.e., ‘wild meat’) and other body parts, supporting the diets, customs, and livelihoods of millions of people. However, unsustainable hunting is one of the most urgent threats to wildlife and ecosystems worldwide and has serious imp
Published: 2023-04-19 Type: PhD Study in: United Kingdom Deadline: May 11, 2023
The Partnership for skills in Applied Sciences, Engineering and Technology (PASET) is an African-led initiative with the goal of strengthening skills in the Applied Sciences, Engineering and Technology to further socio-economic transformation in sub-Saharan Africa (SSA). The Regional
Published: 2023-04-18 Type: PhD Study in: Nigeria, Rwanda Deadline: May 26, 2023
The International Centre of Insect Physiology and Ecology (icipe), Kenya invites applications from suitably qualified candidates for scholarships in the African Regional Postgraduate Programme in Insect Sciences (ARPPIS). The primary objective of the ARPPIS Programme is to prepare young researche
Published: 2023-04-12 Type: PhD Study in: Kenya Deadline: April 24, 2023
The field of data science is emerging as a critical discipline with high relevance to economic growth and development. This doctoral training program established by AIMS will provide emerging African scientists the opportunity to conduct research at the forefront of data science, and work towards a
Published: 2023-04-06 Type: PhD Study in: Rwanda Deadline: April 14, 2023
The AIMS-Carnegie Research program in Data Science and its Applications aims to position Africa at the forefront of information science. It also seeks to ensure that scientists worldwide are able to fully contribute to the above goal.
Published: 2023-04-04 Type: PhD Deadline: April 14, 2023
The Islamic Development Bank funds and implements its scholarship programmes as part of its overall efforts to develop the human resources of its member countries and those of the Muslim communities in non-member countries. Undergraduate Master’s PhD and Post-Doctoral Resea
Published: 2023-03-28 Type: PhD Deadline: April 30, 2023
The Shawki Saad PhD Scholarship is a fully funded programme to support students ordinarily resident in Sub-Saharan Africa. The programme is funded by a generous endowed gift from the late Professor Shawki Saad, with one scholarship awarded each year for the next four years. The programme will fully
Published: 2023-03-22 Type: PhD Study in: United Kingdom Deadline: May 26, 2023
TWAS-NCP Postdoctoral Fellowships are tenable in the departments and laboratories of the National Centre for Physics (NCP) for a minimum period of six months to a maximum period of twelve months in one of the following fields: Plasma Physics, High Energy Physics (Experimental and
Published: 2023-03-21 Type: PhD Study in: Italy Deadline: May 31, 2023