Fully Funded
Closed
2d past
ARUA Early: Career Research Fellowship
African Research Universities Alliance with support from Mastercard Foundation
Funding amount
Fully Funded Six-Month Fellowship
Deadline
July 15, 2026
Level
Early Career
What's covered
Networking
Training
Research Support
About this opportunity
The ARUA Early-Career Research Fellowship supports promising African researchers by placing them at ARUA Centres of Excellence for six months. The fellowship is designed to strengthen research capacity, encourage collaboration, and build internationally competitive research careers. Up to 42 fellows are supported.
Requirements
- African nationality.
- Affiliation with an African university.
- Early-career researcher.
- Strong research proposal.
- Age generally not above 35 years.
- Academic excellence.
- Commitment to research collaboration.
- Female applicants strongly encouraged