20 Ph.D. Scholarships in USA for Africans 2020 – Application Portal

Filed in Scholarships Update by on November 8, 2019

20 Ph.D. Scholarships in USA for Africans 2020 – Application Portal. 

Ph.D. Scholarships in USA for Africans – Do you wish to Further your education to the Ph.D. level and it seems like that dream is not going to be possible due to financial problems? Worry no more! this page has the solution you are looking for. In this article, I will present to you the list of scholarships offered by the USA government and schools for students in African who wish to further their education to the Ph.D. level.

Ph.D. Scholarships in USA for Africans

Here is the list of top 20 Ph.D. Scholarships in USA for Africans. This scholarship is for students in developing countries in Africa.

1. PhD Research Fellowships for Developing Countries

The Graduate Institute of International and Development Studies, Geneva, Switzerland offers fellowship programme, open to outstanding young professors from universities from developing and emerging countries in Africa, Asia, or Latin America, pursuing advanced research in areas bridging the fields of international and development studies, broadly defined, and working in disciplines such as anthropology, history, law, politics and political science, and economics.

2. Université Catholique de Louvain (UCL) PhD Scholarships

The University of Louvain (UCL) holds a competition for awarding PhD scholarships to citizens of developing countries. By doing so, UCL hopes to contribute not only to reinforcing the capacity building in Cooperation for development,

3. Commonwealth PhD Scholarships

The Commonwealth Scholarship and Fellowship Plan is one of the largest and most prestigious scholarship schemes for international study in the world. Since it was established in 1959, around 30,000 individuals have benefited – 24,000 of them have held awards funded by the United Kingdom, managed by the Commonwealth Scholarship Commission in the United Kingdom (CSC).

4. Trudeau Foundation Doctoral Scholarships

Trudeau Foundation offers Doctoral Scholarships for Canadian Citizens and Foreign Nationals (with preference to developing countries) to study Social Sciences and Humanities at Canadian Universities.

5. Cambridge Trust International Scholarship

The University of Cambridge will offer, via the Cambridge Trusts, approximately 250 Cambridge International Scholarships to Overseas Students who embark on a research course in the next academic year.

6. Fulbright Foreign Scholarships in USA

The Fulbright Foreign Student Program enables graduate students, young professionals and artists from abroad to study and conduct research in the United States. The scholarships are for study towards a Master’s or PhD degree, and can also be awarded for non-degree postgraduate studies.

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7. Hong Kong PhD Fellowship Scheme for International Students

The Hong Kong PhD Fellowship Scheme (HKPFS), established in 2009 by the Research Grants Council (RGC), aims at attracting the best and brightest students in the world to pursue their PhD programmes in Hong Kong’s institutions.

8. CARTA PhD Fellowships for African Researchers

The Consortium for Advanced Research Training in Africa (CARTA) offers an innovative model for doctoral training in sub-Saharan Africa to strengthen the capacity of participating institutions (in Africa, Europe and America) to conduct and lead internationally-competitive research.

9. Abel Visiting Scholar Program for Mathematics PhD Scholars

The Niels Henrik Abel Board and the International Mathematical Union invite applications from mathematicians professionally based in developing countries to visit an international research collaborator for a period of one month. 

10. CIMO Doctoral Fellowship for International Students

The primary target group in the CIMO Fellowship program are such Doctoral level students who will be doing their Doctorate (or Double Doctorate) at a Finnish university.

11. DAAD Scholarships in Germany.

Each year, the German Academic Exchange Service (DAAD) support young professionals from developing countries with a variety of scholarships to pursue internationally recognized Postgraduate degrees in selected courses at German Universities.

12. Japan Foundation United Nations University (JFUNU) Scholarships

Japan Foundation United Nations University JFUNU Scholarship for PhD students from developing countries in the field of Science in Sustainability, Development, and Peace at United Nations University ISP, Japan.

13. Princeton University Postdoctoral Fellowships in Humanities and Social Sciences

Four three-year Postdoctoral Fellowships will be awarded this year. The stipend for each of the three years of the fellowship will be approximately $84,500. In addition, fellows are provided with a shared office, a personal computer, a research account of $5,000 a year, access to university grants, benefits and other resources.

14. Study for Masters and PhD in New Zealand Through the Commonwealth Scholarships

Financial support opportunities for African students are not as common in New Zealand compared to countries like UK. However there are scholarship programmes students from Africa can partake in. Prospective students who want to study for Masters or PhD in New Zealand can take advantage of few scholarship programmes offered in this country. 

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15. Korean Government Scholarships

The Korean Government Scholarship Program (KGSP) is offered to international students from developing countries who want to pursue Bachelors, Masters and PhD degrees in Korean Universities.

16. KAAD Germany Research Fellowship Programme

KAAD is working with partner countries in the regions mentioned below to provide scholarship opportunities to citizens who are interested in research.

17. Singapore International Graduate Award (SINGA)

The Singapore International Graduate Award (SINGA) is a collaboration between the Agency for Science, Technology & Research (A*STAR), the National University of Singapore (NUS) and the Nanyang Technological University (NTU) to offer PhD training to be carried out in English at your chosen lab at A*STAR Research Institutes, NUS or NTU

18. Rotary Yoneyama Foundation Undergraduate

The Rotary Yoneyama Memorial Foundation awards scholarships to overseas students who aspire to study or conduct research in Japanese universities or graduate schools.

19. FIG Foundation PhD Scholarships

International Federation of Surveyors (in French Fédération Internationale des Géomètres abbreviated FIG) is offering scholarships to students from developing countries interested in studying for a PhD degree and in surveying/geomatics.

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20. Newcastle University Overseas Research Scholarship (ORS)

Newcastle University is committed to offering support to the very best international students hoping to pursue a programme of research.

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