Scholarships & Opportunities

Aspen New Voices Fellowship

Full

Deadline: Annual (varies)

Obama Foundation Scholars / Leaders Programs

Full (Scholars residential program)

Deadline: ~mid-December (Scholars); ~December (Leaders)

Yenching Academy Scholarship (Peking University)

Full

Deadline: ~October-November

Rotary Peace Fellowship

Full

Deadline: ~15 May

Knight-Hennessy Scholars

Full (up to 3 years)

Deadline: ~October (plus a separate Stanford program application)

Schwarzman Scholars

Full

Deadline: ~September/October

Hubert H. Humphrey Fellowship

Full

Deadline: Via US Embassy, commonly ~June-July

Pan African University (PAU) Scholarships — African Union

Full

Deadline: Annual call, recent cycle 15 Nov-15 Dec

AIMS Rwanda PhD & Postdoc Fellowships

Full

Deadline: Aligned with AIMS annual cycle

AIMS Cooperative Master’s

Full

Deadline: Aligned with AIMS annual cycle

AIMS MathEpi (with University of Toronto)

Full

Deadline: Aligned with AIMS annual cycle

AMMI — African Master’s in Machine Intelligence

Full

Deadline: Aligned with AIMS annual cycle

AIMS Master’s in Mathematical Sciences (African Institute for Mathematical Sciences)

Full

Deadline: Varies by centre (~31 August for South Africa 2026/27 cycle)

VLIR-UOS ICP Connect Scholarships (Belgium)

Full

Deadline: Varies by program, generally ~1-28 February

Joint Japan/World Bank Graduate Scholarship Program (JJ/WBGSP)

Full

Deadline: Two windows: ~Jan-Feb and ~March-May

DAAD Leadership for Africa (Germany)

Full

Deadline: ~annually, check DAAD database for current window

DAAD Helmut-Schmidt Programme (Public Policy & Good Governance)

Full

Deadline: ~annually, check DAAD database for current window

DAAD Study Scholarships for STEM Disciplines (Germany)

Full

Deadline: Varies by course, generally ~October

Commonwealth Split-site PhD Scholarships (UK)

Partial

Deadline: Annual, aligned with CSC cycle

Commonwealth Professional Fellowships (UK)

Full

Deadline: Annual, aligned with CSC cycle