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Grants

Microsoft Research Dissertation Grant for PhD students 2021

Proposals are invited by doctoral students to the Microsoft Research Dissertation Grant for Ph.D. students in 2021. The Microsoft research grant for Ph.D. students at universities in the United States and Canada, who are underrepresented in the field of computing and pursuing research aligned to the research areas carried out by researchers at Microsoft. Microsoft […]

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Fellowships

MECAM Fellowships for IFG “Inequality & Mobility”

The Merian Centre for Advanced Studies in the Maghreb (MECAM) invites applications from early-career researchers in the social sciences for the Interdisciplinary Fellow Group (IFG) “Inequality & Mobility”. The Merian Centre for Advanced Studies in the Maghreb (MECAM), based in Tunis, is a new institutional framework for interdisciplinary, transregional, and intergenerational research. It focuses on […]

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Grants

BIEA Graduate Research Grants 2021/22

The call for application Is open to the 2021/22 BIEA Graduate Research Grants. The British Institute in Eastern Africa graduate attachments offers recent graduates, with an interest in further studies in Africa, the opportunity to gain practical experience of research through a three-month graduate attachment scheme (GAS). In 2021/22 there were will be three GAS […]

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Fellowships

Wits History Workshop Masters Research Fellowships program 2021(Funded)

The Wits History Workshop invites applications for Its Master’s fellowship program to study institutional transformation in urban mobility governance on the African continent. The Wits project is made possible by a research grant awarded by the Volvo Research and Educational Foundations (VREF) at the end of 2020. The project explores changes in urban mobility governance […]

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Fellowships

Freiburg Institute Fellowships for Junior Researchers (Fully Funded)

The Freiburg Institute for Advanced Studies (FRIAS) at the University of Freiburg, Germany invites applications to its Freiburg Institute Fellowships for Junior Researchers. The University of Freiburg is launching the “Young Academy for Sustainability” in spring 2021 with the objective of hosting the world’s finest post-doctoral talents to undertake frontier research in the field of […]

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Fellowships

DST- NRF Centre of Excellence fellowships Program 2022 (Funded)

The DST- NRF Centre of Excellence in Human Development calls for applications to its 2022 Bursaries Masters, Doctoral, and Post-doctoral Fellowships. Each year the DST-NRF Centre of Excellence in Human Development awards bursaries to high-performing Master’s and Doctoral students and Post-doctoral fellows who wish to do research that falls into one of the CoE’s four […]

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Fellowships

OWSD PhD Fellowships for Women Scientist (Fully Funded)

The Organization for Women in Science for the Developing World (OWSD) invites applications to its 2021 Ph.D. Fellowships program for Women scientists. The Fellowship is offered to women scientists from science- and technology-lagging countries (STLCs) to undertake Ph.D. research in the natural, engineering, and information technology sciences at a host institute in another developing country in the Global […]

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Awards

KAAD Postgraduate Fellowship for Africans in Germany (Fully Funded)

Applications are currently invited to the 2021 KAAD Postgraduate Fellowship program for African students in Germany. The KAAD program for sub-Saharan Africa is geared towards the development of African countries and societies as well as the development of qualified individuals. Young university graduates, who have already taken over responsibility in church and society, should be […]

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Awards

DAAD, African Centre for Migration & Society (ACMS) Postgraduate Scholarship 2022

The African Centre for Migration & Society (ACMS) at the University of the Witwatersrand is seeking applications for MA and Ph.D. scholarships offered by DAAD (German Academic Exchange Service) as part of its ‘In-Region Scholarship Programme South Africa’. The program aims at fostering strong, internationally oriented higher education systems in Sub-Saharan Africa with the capacity to contribute to sustainable development. To […]

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Scholars Connect

Digital Asia Hub Research Sprint for Masters and PhD Students 2021

Applications are currently open for the Berkman Klein and Digital Asia Hub Research Sprint for Masters and Ph.D. Students 2021 globally. The Spring 2021 Research Sprint, hosted by the Digital Asia Hub in collaboration with the Berkman Klein Center and the Global Network of Internet & Society Centers, explores the evolving normative concept of “digital […]

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