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.
Early-career researchers from the 21 least developed member countries of the Islamic Development Bank (IsDB) are eligible for an ambitious new postdoctoral programme offered by IsDB and TWAS. The fellowships support research related to the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals, providing reci
Published: 2022-12-22 Type: PhD Study in: Italy Deadline: March 6, 2023
EPSO wishes to encourage the development of ideas and imaginative thinking in the plant sciences and, therefore, offers two awards to young scientists to attending the Science Day of the EPSO General Meeting to be held in a city of a member (in Europe) in June 2023. EPSO, the European Plant Scien
Published: 2022-12-19 Type: PhD Deadline: January 31, 2023
The African Doctoral Academy (ADA) at Stellenbosch University is privileged to offer a limited number of candidates, at the start of their Doctoral careers, the opportunity to attend research, publishing, scientific communication and career-related training courses at the ADA Sum
Published: 2022-12-16 Type: PhD Study in: South Africa Deadline: December 18, 2022
According to an agreement between the Alliance of International Science Organizations (ANSO), the Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS) and The World Academy of Sciences (TWAS/UNESCO) for the advancement of science in developing countries, up to 40 students/scholars from developing countries will be spo
Published: 2022-12-16 Type: PhD Study in: China Deadline: February 15, 2023
The Bremen International Graduate School of Social Sciences (BIGSSS) invites applications for 2 scholarships for international doctoral researchers in its new Graduate School Scholarship Program “Global Dynamics of Social Policy and Social Cohesion” (GSPSC), funded by the German Academic
Published: 2022-12-07 Type: PhD Study in: Germany Deadline: January 23, 2023
Chinese Government Scholarship-High Level Postgraduate Program is a full scholarship established by Ministry of Education, P.R.C to support designated Chinese universities to enroll outstanding international students for graduate studies in China. Quotas and Categories 1. Dalian
Published: 2022-12-06 Type: PhD Study in: China Deadline: February 20, 2023
The Siemens China Scholarship at Tsinghua University is a full scholarship offered by Siemens Ltd., China to support outstanding international students to pursue Ph.D. degrees in Tsinghua University. The Scholarship recipients will cooperate with Siemens in 10 fields (details in Table 1), such as Ar
Published: 2022-11-18 Type: PhD Study in: China Deadline: March 1, 2023
With support from its “Special Research Fund” (BOF) Ghent University grants PhD “sandwich” scholarships to promising PhD students from developing countries who wish to carry out half of their PhD research at Ghent University ('North') and half at a university in a dev
Published: 2022-11-17 Type: PhD Study in: Belgium Deadline: February 2, 2023
Cancer Research UK (CRUK) developed this scheme in close consultation with the research community including the expert partner organisations, Black in Cancer and Windsor Fellowship. CRUK are committed to creating equal, diverse and inclusive research environments that enable all researc
Published: 2022-11-01 Type: PhD Study in: United Kingdom Deadline: November 15, 2022
BIGSAS has been awarded two scholarships within the Graduate School Scholarship Programme (GSSP) by the German Academic Exchange Service (DAAD) for which BIGSAS will nominate candidates who have successfully passed the application procedure. BIGSAS provides a centre for creative a
Published: 2022-11-01 Type: PhD Study in: Germany Deadline: December 15, 2022
The James McCune Smith Scholarships fund Black UK domiciled students to undertake PhD research at the University of Glasgow in any research area in which they can offer supervision. They provide an enhanced experience through external mentors, placements, leadership training, community-building a
Published: 2022-10-28 Type: PhD Study in: United Kingdom Deadline: January 31, 2023
Leading House (LH) Africa, in conjunction with the Centre for Development and Environment (CDE), are calling for applications for the PhD Graduate Programme from organizers of Seasonal Schools in Swiss Institutions of Higher Education. The goal of this instrument is to promote research cooperatio
Published: 2022-10-26 Type: PhD Deadline: February 28, 2023
The Fellowships are tenable at the departments and laboratories of public and private universities in Turkey for a minimum period of 6 months to a maximum period of 36 months. The Scientific and Technological Research Council of Turkey (TÜBITAK) and TWAS have established this fellowship prog
Published: 2022-10-24 Type: PhD Deadline: November 15, 2022
The positions are part of the Collaborative Research Center (CRC 228) “Future Rural Africa” funded by the German Research Foundation (DFG). Two of the positions involve a University employment contract (TVL-E13, 65%), the third involves a University stipend contract. All contracts should
Published: 2022-10-24 Type: PhD Deadline: November 15, 2022
In collaboration with UNESCO and a number of centres of excellence in the South, TWAS has instituted a Joint Associateship Scheme to enable competent researchers from the South to visit these centres regularly. An associate is appointed for three years during which he/she can visit a Centre twice fo
Published: 2022-10-21 Type: PhD Deadline: December 12, 2022
These grants take the form of a so-called “sandwich” scholarship: the candidate obtains a scholarship for maximum 24 months to work within 48 months on an alternating basis on the PhD at Ghent University (‘North’) and at the university or research centre in a developing count
Published: 2022-10-14 Type: PhD Deadline: February 2, 2023
The Nanyang President’s Graduate Scholarship (NPGS) is a competitive and prestigious scholarship scheme designed to encourage outstanding graduates or final-year students to take their first step towards a leading research career by studying for a doctoral degree programme (PhD) at the N
Published: 2022-10-10 Type: PhD Study in: Singapore Deadline: December 31, 2022
SATS is proud to announce a full PhD scholarship for emerging theologians interested in Studies in Church and Society with ‘The Africa We Want’ (African Union Agenda 2063). This PhD scholarship opens an exciting opportunity for emerging scholars to make an original contribution by addres
Published: 2022-10-10 Type: PhD Deadline: November 7, 2022
The Eiffel Excellence Scholarship Program was established by the French Ministry for Europe and Foreign Affairs to enable French higher education institutions to attract top foreign students to enroll in their masters and PhD programs. It gives opportunity to the future foreign decision-make
Published: 2022-10-07 Type: PhD Study in: France Deadline: January 10, 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 wil
Published: 2022-10-06 Type: PhD Study in: Malaysia Deadline: December 31, 2022