1. Harvard Academy for International and Area Studies Postdoctoral Fellowship 2025-2026 (Up to $ 50,000)
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 countries or regions outside of the United States or Canada. Their scholarship should span traditional disciplinary divisions and elucidate comparative, transnational, or domestic issues, past or present.
Click here to apply | Deadline: Sept. 20
2. Chevening Gurukul Fellowship for Leadership and Excellence 2025-2026
The Chevening Gurukul Fellowship for Leadership and Excellence is the UK Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office’s flagship fellowship for India and has run for more than 20 years. The fellowship is aimed at young high-flyers and mid-career professionals from diverse backgrounds with strong and demonstrable leadership potential. The fellowship addresses issues faced by leaders in all fields and explores changing ideas and practices of leadership, looking at the implications of globalisation for Indian leaders.
Click here for details | Deadline: November 5
3. Lester B. Pearson International Scholarships 2025 at the University of Toronto
The Lester B. Pearson International Scholarships provide an unparalleled opportunity for outstanding international students to study at one of the world’s best universities in one of the world’s most multicultural cities.
Click here to appy| Deadline: November 8
4. Commonwealth Master’s Scholarships 2025/2026 (Fully-Funded)
Funded by the UK Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office (FCDO), Commonwealth Master’s Scholarships enable talented and motivated individuals to gain the knowledge and skills required for sustainable development and are aimed at those who could not otherwise afford to study in the UK.
Click here to apply | Deadline: October 15
5. Harvard University MBA Scholarship 2025
The Harvard MBA is one of the world’s leading business programmes, taught at one of the world’s most prestigious Universities. The Boustany MBA Harvard Scholarship is granted once every two years for a two year course at Harvard Business School. The next Scholarship will be awarded for the class commencing Autumn 2025.
Click here to apply | Deadline: May 31
6. Patti Grace Smith Fellowship 2024
The Patti Grace Smith Fellowship is designed to celebrate and serve Black Excellence in Aerospace. They have created a comprehensive program tailored for Black and African-American undergraduate students who want to build a career in aerospace.
Click here to apply | Deadline: October 1
7. Yenching Academy at Peking University 2025 – Full Scholarship for Master’s Study in China
The Yenching Academy of Peking University aims to build bridges between China and the rest of the world through this interdisciplinary master’s programme in China Studies.
Click here to apply| Deadline: December 1
8. U.S. MEPI | Tomorrow’s Leaders Program 2025-2026
Sponsored by the Department of State’s U.S.-Middle East Partnership Initiative (MEPI), the Tomorrow’s Leaders Program offers undergraduate and graduate scholarships to exceptional students from socioeconomically underserved backgrounds who represent the cultural and geographic diversity of the Middle East and North Africa (MENA).
Click here to apply | Deadline: November 29
9. Konrad Adenauer Foundation-SAIlA Scholarships 2025
The Konrad-Adenauer-Stiftung is a German political foundation named after the first chancellor of the Federal Republic of Germany. KAS operates worldwide with the aim to promote democracy through dialogue, political education, and training.
Click here to apply| Deadline: Sept. 21
10. UNU-WIDER Visiting Scholars Programme – September 2024
The Visiting Scholars Programme gives qualified scholars an opportunity to research topics related to development and/or global economic issues, and to participate in UNU-WIDER activities.
Click here to apply | Deadline: Sept. 30
11. UNU-WIDER Visiting PhD Fellowship 2024 (Funding Avaialable)
The Visiting PhD Fellowship Programme gives registered doctoral students the opportunity to utilize the resources and facilities at UNU-WIDER for their PhD dissertation or thesis research on developing economies, and to work with their researchers in areas of mutual interest.
Click here to apply | Deadline: Sept. 30
12. Chevening Scholarship to Study in the UK 2025-2026
Chevening is the UK Government’s global scholarship programme that offers future leaders the unique opportunity to study in the UK. These scholarships are awarded to outstanding professionals from all over the world to pursue a one-year master’s degree in any subject at any UK university.
Click here to apply | Deadline: November 5
13. Scotland Pakistan Scholarships for Young Women and Girls 2024
Scotland Pakistan Scholarships for Young Women and Girls 2024. The Scotland Pakistan Scholarships for Young Women and Girls funds graduate studies for Pakistani women in any HEC recognized university across Pakistan. Funded by the Scottish Government, these grants aim to make higher education more accessible to women, supporting them in achieving their potential and ambition.
Click here to apply | Deadline: Sept. 30
14. American Association of University Women (AAUW) International Fellowships 2025
The International Fellowships have been in existence since 1917. The program provides support for women pursuing full-time graduate or postdoctoral study in the United States to women who are not U.S. citizens or permanent residents, and who intend to return to their home country to pursue a professional career.
Click here to apply | Deadline: November 15
15. Commonwealth PhD Scholarships 2025/2026
Applications are open for the Commonwealth PhD Scholarships 2025/2026. Funded by the UK Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office (FCDO), Commonwealth PhD scholarships contribute to the development needs of Commonwealth countries by supporting research that will have a developmental impact.
Click here to apply | Deadline: October 15
16. AfricaLics PhD Visiting Fellowship Programme 2025
AfricaLics – the African Network for Economics of Learning, Innovation and Competence Building Systems – is inviting suitable PhD student candidates from universities in African countries to apply for participation in the AfricaLics PhD Visiting Fellowship Programme (2025 cohort) focused on Innovation and Development.
Click here to apply | | Deadline: October 7
17. WITS-TUB-UNILAG Urban Lab Master Scholarships 2025
The WITS-TUB UNILAG Programme is offering Masters Scholarships for studies at the School of Architecture and Planning at the University of the Witwatersrand.
Click here to apply | Deadline: Sept. 30
18. Shakira Choonara Young African Scholarship Award 2024
The scholarship is an investment in young people a thriving Africa and African excellence. To-date two scholarships have been awarded to deserving students who have completed their studies. The Shakira Choonara Young African Scholarship Award is awarded each year to a deserving final year student at either the undergraduate or postgraduate level (Honors, Masters, PhD).
Click here to apply | Deadline: Sept. 30, 2024
19. Mastercard Foundation Scholars Program 2024-2025 at the University of Pretoria
The University of Pretoria (UP), in partnership with the Mastercard Foundation Scholars Program aims to support economically disadvantaged yet academically gifted youth in Africa who are committed to effecting positive change on the continent. The Program’s objective is to provide assistance to African youth who are faced with substantial socio-economic barriers, including refugees or internally displaced persons (IDs) and persons with disabilities.
Click here for details | Deadline: Sept. 30
20. Jean Monet Fellowships 2025-2026
The Robert Schuman Centre for Advanced Studies offers one-year Jean Monet Fellowships to scholars who have obtained their doctorate more than five years prior to the start of the fellowship, ie. September 1, 2025 for the academic year 2025-2026. The Fellowship programme is open to post-docs, tenure-track academics and those wishing to spend their sabbatical at the Centre. The Centre offers up to 20 fellowships a year: They invite you to become part of a lively and creative academic community!
Click here to apply | Deadline: October 25
21. Vanier Canada Graduate Scholarships (Vanier CGS) program
The Government of Canada launched the Vanier Canada Graduate Scholarships (Vanier CGS) program in 2008 to strengthen Canada’s ability to attract and retain world-class doctoral students and establish Canada as a global centre of excellence in research and higher learning.
Click here for details | Deadline: October 30, 2024
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