Opportunities
We want to make it easier for Africans to find opportunities that can help them in their career journeys. Check this page regularly for information about scholarships, funding, mentorship and more!
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Advance Africa
Every year Advance Africa enable thousands of students in developing countries get scholarships and further their education. The various categories for the grants and scholarships are as follows: Research Grants for individuals, scholars, organizations and institutions; Financial support for research; grants/funding available to support scientists and research in the humanities and social sciences; small grants for individuals and small grants for individuals in developing countries.
African Research Excellence Fund
The Africa Research Excellence Fund (AREF) was established by the UK Medical Research Foundation to invest in talented, emerging researchers in Africa. They nurture African health research at its most vulnerable points by supporting and developing early-career researchers. They recognise that achieving better health in Africa needs more outstanding African-led health research, and better translation of that research into healthcare policy and practice. Their vision therefore is to grow the community of African researchers who will deliver excellent research in Africa, for Africa.
Amelia Earhart Fellowship for Women in Aerospace/Mechanical Engineering
Globally, women make up around 25 percent of the workforce in the aerospace industry. In an effort to carry out its mission that women have access to all resources and are represented in decision-making positions on an equal basis with men, Zonta International offers the Amelia Earhart Fellowship.
Black Girls Code
Black Girls CODE is devoted to showing the world that black girls can code, and do so much more. By reaching out to the community through workshops and after school programs, Black Girls CODE introduces computer coding lessons to young girls from underrepresented communities in programming languages such as Scratch or Ruby on Rails. Black Girls CODE has set out to prove to the world that girls of every color have the skills to become the programmers of tomorrow. By promoting classes and programs we hope to grow the number of women of color working in technology and give underprivileged girls a chance to become the masters of their technological worlds. Black Girls CODE’s ultimate goal is to provide African-American youth with the skills to occupy some of the 1.4 million computing job openings expected to be available in the U.S. by 2020, and to train 1 million girls by 2040.
Chevening Scholarships
The Chevening group offers fully funded scholarships to undertake any master’s course at any UK University. Applying for a Chevening scholarship is both competitive and challenging process therefore if you decide to go for it you have to be prepared to give it everything you’ve got! Click on the link below to get access to the Chevening Website. These scholarships cover – tuition fees, travel expenses and monthly stipend.
Chevron
One of the aims of Chevron is to focus on improving instruction in science, technology, engineering and math and on helping provide the career and technical training that can lead to well paid jobs.’ They now also sponsor the Chevron International REACH program for outstanding students who wish to pursue post-secondary education. Applicants should be intending to study on a full time basis and additionally current first year college students in a full time STEM course can also apply. Award: $500 to $2,500
Developing Excellence in Leadership, Training and Science (DELTAS) Africa Awards and Grand Challenges Africa
This initiative is sponsored and in partnership with the Wellcome Trust (The Wellcome Trust). Delivered by the Alliance for Accelerating Excellence in Science in Africa, this initiative aims to support world-class scientific research across the continent. Funding amounts vary according to decisions that would have been made by their internal panel.
DFG German Research Foundation
The DFG offers many different opportunities to enable researchers to participate in international cooperation. Proposals with international participation can be submitted at any time, on any topic, as long as they satisfy the funding principles. There are also specific funding opportunities offered in partnership with foreign partner organisations. The DFG also provides lots of information in the form of various databases to help researchers in other countries find out about the research landscape in Germany.
Dorcas Muthoni PhD Fellowship
Every year Advance Africa enable thousands of students in developing countries get scholarships and further their education. The various categories for the grants and scholarships are as follows: Research Grants for individuals, scholars, organizations and institutions; Financial support for research; grants/funding available to support scientists and research in the humanities and social sciences; small grants for individuals and small grants for individuals in developing countries.
Euraxess
Euraxess is a unique pan-European initiative delivering information and support services to both professional and aspiring researcher. It’s a platform that offers a getaway to Science4Refugess which is a platform by the European Commission aimed at helping refugee researchers find suitable jobs in today’s challenging research landscape.
An international Forum for Cell Biology
ASCB is an inclusive, international community of biologists studying the cell, the fundamental unit of life. We are dedicated to advancing scientific discovery, advocating sound research policies, improving education, promoting professional development, and increasing diversity in the scientific workforce.
Global Alliance for Chronic Diseases
By funding world-class research, the Global Alliance for Chronic Diseases (GACD) aims to contribute to the evidence base that helps policymakers make informed decisions on addressing NCDs in areas around the world where the need is greatest. Therefore, the GACD funds implementation science research in low- and middle-income countries and involving vulnerable populations in high-income countries.GACD members collectively manage over 80% of all public health research funding. All research projects that are part of GACD research programmes receive their funding from the GACD associate member organisations that are participating in each respective programme. GACD member agencies also award funding for other areas of chronic disease research as well as for health research in general separately and researchers are invited to apply for these funds directly with the respective funding agencies.
Google Awards STEM grants through their Google RISE (Roots in Science and Engineering) is designed to support public and private organizations that support students through science, technology, engineering, and math (STEM) initiatives, especially programs geared toward students who might otherwise have limited access to such programs. A way you could become a recipient of this grant is joining an organisation that focuses on STEM and then applying through them.
Graduate Resources for Advancing Diversity with Maryland Astronomy and Physics
Graduate Resources Advancing Diversity with Maryland Astronomy and Physics (GRAD-MAP) strives to build strong, sustainable ties betwen the University of Maryland and mid-Atlantic minority-serving institutions (MSIs). We connect promising MSI students with our graduate and faculty researchers at the University of Maryland. GRAD-MAP has three key goals: 1) Improve the representation of, and climate for, underrepresented minorities in physics and astronomy, particularly at UMD; 2) Build a diverse, collaborative community amongst the physics and astronomy faculty, researchers, and students at UMD and mid-Atlantic HBCUs, MSIs, and community colleges; and 3) Provide graduate students with experience mentoring a diverse group of students and experience developing and implementing a diversity initiative, preparing them to practice allyship and be agents of change throughout their careers. In doing so, we will significantly improve the diversity of Physics and Astronomy graduate students and serve as an example for future initiatives throughout the United States. We are supported by the Physics and Astronomy departments at the University of Maryland, College Park. GRAD-MAP is funded by the University of Maryland College of Computer, Mathematical, & Natural Sciences and the Departments of Astronomy and Physics, and the NSF Career, PIRE, and AAG programs.
IWS Network
IWS Network is a non-for-profit group born out of similar but independent ideas from women who saw the need to provide support and mentorship to fellow Immigrant and International Women in Science (IWS). Early in 2018, these women were discussing the mentorship activities they were doing in their respective cities and realized they could join forces and invite other women to form a Canada-wide IWS Network. This idea spread rapidly, and thanks to the great support received by many other women across Canada, IWS Network is currently present in multiple cities, with prospects to growing even more in the future.
Scholarships for Development
Scholars4dev, short for Scholarships for Development, is an updated listing of international scholarships specifically for people from developing countries, people who would like to pursue development-related fields, and people who seek global and national development through further education. It is our aim to help you find opportunities for higher education and become agents of development in your own countries and the rest of the world.
Science Granting Councils Initiative in Sub-Saharan Africa
The Science Granting Councils Initiative in Sub-Saharan Africa is a multi-funder initiative that aims ‘to strengthen the capacities of science granting councils in sub-Saharan Africa in order to support research and evidence-based policies that will contribute to the continent’s economic and social development.’ On their website you can get a list of the participating councils.
Social Science Research Council: Next Generation Social Sciences in Africa
The Next Generation Social Sciences in Africa is a program that was launched in 2011 in response to an emerging dilemma within higher education in the global South caused by the extraordinary emphasis on increasing undergraduate enrolment without proportionate investment in faculty development, limiting the ability of universities to produce the next generation of researchers, faculty, technocrats, and leaders. The program currently operates to strengthen tertiary education in Africa by offering a sequence of fellowship opportunities for promising PhD students to undertake research and make steady progress toward completion of the doctoral degree and one post-doctoral fellowship. Funding ranges from $3000 to $15000.
The Elsevier Foundation
The Elsevier Foundation contributes over $1 million a year to non-profit organizations. It’s funded by Elsevier, a global information analytics company specializing in science and health. The Elsevier Foundation is part of Elsevier’s corporate responsibility program, along with a number of unique contributions dedicated to sustainable development.The foundation also works with the Organisation for Women in Science for the Developing World (OWSD). The OWSD-Elsevier Foundation Awards are awarded to five women scientist every year. The call for nominations is held from June through September and the winners are announced during the following year at the annual meeting of the American Association for the Advancement of Science in mid February. Important dates: the deadline is in late August each year for awards announced in the following year. Please check the Organization for Women in Science for the Developing World website for latest news, eligibility and submission requirements.