0Postgraduates up to the point of PhD
| Call Status | Programme | Call Documents and Links | Faculty Closing Date |
|---|---|---|---|
| Open | The Association of Commonwealth Universities (ACU) and Queen Elizabeth Commonwealth Scholarship (QECS) | Various | |
| Closed | Swiss Government Excellence Scholarship | 15 December 2021 | |
| Closed | Jim Leech Mastercard Foundation Fellowship | 31 November 2021 | |
| Closed | United Kingdom | Commonwealth Masters Scholarship 2022 | 01 November 2021 | |
| Closed | Japan: SDGs Global Leader Programme (MSc and PhD) | 31 October 2021 | |
| Closed | International Postgraduate Funding | Call Summary |
27 September 2021 15 October 2021 |
| Closed | France - South Africa Scholarship Programme | 21 September 2021 | |
|
Closed |
Poliomyelitis Research Foundation (PRF): Bursaries Round 1 Round 2 |
15 February 2021 1 September 2021 |
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| Closed | Rhodes Scholarship for Southern Africa 2022 | 15 August 2021 | |
| Closed | UP Commonwealth Scholarship South Africa Doctoral Studies 2022 | 5 August 2021 | |
| Closed | NRF Postgraduate Scholarship 2022 |
25 June 2021 19 November 2021 |
|
| Closed | The Mandela Rhodes 2022 | 20 April 2021 | |
| Closed | SAMRC | Bongani Mayosi National Health Scholar Programme | 15 April 2021 | |
| Closed | Laura Bassi Editorial Funding 2021 | 31 March 2021 | |
| Closed | Turkiye Scholarships 2021 | 20 February 2021 | |
| N/A | GMSA Communique: Unspent funding | Call Summary | N/A |
| N/A | Announcement regarding NRF extended deadlines | Call Summary | various |
| Closed | Swiss Government Excellence Scholarships 2021-2022 | 15 December 2020 | |
| Closed | Schlumberger Foundation Faculty for the Future Fellowship 2021-2022 | 09 November 2020 | |
| Closed | United Kingdom Government | Chevening Scholarship 2021/2022 | Call Summary | 3 November 2020 |
| Closed | Jim Leech MasterCard Foundation | Fellowship on Entrepreneurship for African Students | 2 November 2020 | |
|
Closed Closed |
Discovery Foundation Awards 2021 |
10 January 2021 12 October 2020 |
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| Closed | Schwarzman Scholarship 2021 | 22 September 2020 | |
| Closed | UP Doctoral Research Bursary 2021 | 16 September 2020 | |
| Closed | MMEG | Margaret McNamara Education Grant |
|
14 September 2020 |
|
Closed Closed Closed Closed Closed Closed Closed |
NRF | Postgraduate (Honours, Masters, Doctoral) Scholarship 2021: Honours Applications SARAO Honours Scholarships Masters Applications Doctoral Applications Doctoral Abroad (Nuffic) Masters and Doctoral Extension Support |
General Application Guide 2021 |
Respective Closing Dates 14 November 2020 31 July 2020 13 July 2020 13 July 2020 31 May 2020 (NUFFIC single site) 7 August 2020 (NUFFIC split site) 2 August 2020 |
| Closed | Global Development Network | The Global Development Awards Competition 2020 | 14:30 30 September 2020 | |
| Closed | Africa Research Excellence Fund | Research Development Fellowship 2020 | 23 September 2020 | |
| Closed | University of Pretoria Commonwealth Scholarship South African Doctoral Studies 2021 |
|
13 September 2020 |
| Closed | Hubert H. Humphrey Fellowship Programme 2021-2022 | Call Summary | 15 August 2020 |
| Closed | UP Department of Medical Virology | Zoonotic Arbo and Respiratory Virus Programme (ZARV) | 10 August 2020 | |
| Closed | South African Field Epidemiology Training Programme 2021 | 31 July 2020 | |
| Closed | L'Oreal-UNESCO for Women in Science South Africa | 20 July 2020 | |
| Closed | TWAS Research and Advanced Training | Call Summary | 20 July 2020 |
| Closed | Queen Elizabeth Commonwealth Scholarship 2021 | 09 July 2020 | |
| Closed | Tobacco Control Research Agenda Grant | Call Summary | 30 June 2020 |
| Closed | Bongani Mayosi Netcare Clinical Scholarship 2020 | Call Summary | 24 June 2020 |
| Closed | South African Medical Research Council (SAMRC) Internship Scholarship Programme | Call Summary | 31 May 2020 |
| Closed | African Health Research Institute (AHRI)/UCL MSc Scholarship 2020/2021 | Call Summary | 31 March 2020 |
| Closed | Fulbright Foreign Student Program 2020/2021 | Call Summary | 31 March 2020 |
| Closed | Laura Bassi Scholarship | Call Summary | 25 March 2020 |
|
Closed Closed Closed |
UP Postgraduate Study Abroad Programme Round 1 (Closed) UP Postgraduate Study Abroad Programme Round 2 (Closed) UP Postgraduate Study Abroad Programme Round 3 Closed) |
Call Summary |
24 February 2019 25 May 2019 24 August 2019 |
| N/A | UP Research and Innovation Support (DRIS) Web and Funding Bulletins | External Research Funding | various |
| N/A | Annual Funding Opportunities - Preliminary Call Schedule 2019 (excel document) | Call schedule | various |
| various | South African Medical Research Council Scholarships Grants webpage | SAMRC webpage | various |
| various | National Research Foundation (NRF) online submission and call advert webpage | various | |
| various |
Rachel Strohm | List of External Research & Travel Funding Opportunities for African Academics Rachel Strohm | List of MA and PhD Fellowship opportunities for African Students |
various | |
| various | Scholars Hub Africa: External Funding Opportunity website - register for updates | visit their site | various |
| various | SA Department of Higher Education & Training (DHET) page of available international scholarships | visit their site | various |
| Closed | Anton and Hubert Rupert bursary 2019 | Call Summary | 1 July 2019 |
| Closed | NRF | Honours Block Grant Scholarship 2019 | 15 January 2019 | |
| Closed | Swedish Institute Study Scholarships | Call Summary | 15 January 2019 |
| Closed | Scholarship Programme to Study in China, Russia or Hungary 2019/2020 | Call Summary |
10 February 2019 9 March 2019 |
| Closed | Irish Kader Asmal Fellowship Programme 2019/2020 | 20 February 2019 | |
| Closed | Masters Scholarship to study in the UK 2019 | Call Summary | 22 February 2019 |
| Closed | Commonwealth Scholarships Tenable in the United Kingdom 2019 | Call Summary | 22 February 2019 |
| Closed | UP Postgraduate Bursaries for Honours, Masters and Doctoral 2019 | 28 February 2019 | |
| Closed | Embassy of France Masters and Joint PhD Scholarships 2019/2020 | 20 March 2019 | |
| Closed | Learn Africa | Scholarships for African Women Students | 07 April 2019 | |
| Closed | Mandela Rhodes Foundation (MRF) | 2019 Scholarship | 15 April 2019 | |
| Closed | IOE-ISH International Masters and Doctoral Centenary scholarship | Call summary | 05 April 2019 |
| Closed | The Geneva Challenge 2019. International Contest for students | 24 March 2019 | |
| Closed | NRF | Freestanding Innovation & Scarce Skills Postdoctoral Fellowships 2019 | 01 April 2019 | |
| Closed | Claude Leon Foundation | Postdoctoral Fellowship in Science, Engineering & Medical Sciences | 30 April 2019 | |
| Closed | NRF | FRF | Sabbatical Grant for PhD or Postdoc Training in 2019 |
Intent to apply submission deadline: 24 April 2019 Application deadline 10 May 2019 |
|
| Closed | NRF | Thuthuka Grant Programme 2019 call for 2020 support | 4 May 2019 | |
| Closed | NRF | Freestanding Innovation & Scarce Skills Postdoctoral Fellowships 2019 | 11 May 2019 | |
|
Closed |
Commonwealth Scholarship Commision | Medical Fellows |
21 May 2019 |
|
| Closed |
NRF-Nuffic | Doctoral Scholarship 2019 |
14 May 2019 | |
| Closed |
FLAIR | Fellowship Opportunity 2019 |
11 June 2019 |
|
| Closed |
NRF | 2019 NRF Master and Doctoral Scholarships |
Call Summary Framework Document Application Guide DAAD FISS SASAC TWAS |
15 June 2019 |
| Closed |
Commonwealth Master’s Scholarship | University of the South Pacific in UK, 2019 |
Call Summary | 13 July 2019 |
|
Closed |
Science & SciLifeLab Prize for Young Scientists 2019 |
15 July 2019 |
|
| Closed |
Edufrica | Home and Overseas scholarships for African Students 2019/2020 |
Call Summary | 25 July 2019 |
| Closed |
TWAS-BIOTEC Postdoctoral Fellowship Programme 2019 |
Call Summary | 31 July 2018 |
| Closed | HWSETA | Postgraduate Research Bursary Programme 2019/2020: | 31 July 2019 | |
|
Closed |
YSEP | The South Africa-China Young Scientists Exchange Programme 2019 |
15 August 2018 |
|
| Closed | Rhodes Scholarship for Masters 2019 | Call Summary | 15 August 2019 |
| Closed |
TWAS | CSIR & DBT Postdoctoral Fellowship Programme |
Call Summary | 31 August 2018 |
| Closed | South African Medical Association. Research Masters Supplementary Scholarships 2019 | 31 August 2019 | |
| Closed | UP | University of Pretoria Commonwealth Doctoral Scholarship 2020 | 2 September 2019 | |
| Closed | NRF | Honours Bursaries for 2020 | 15 September 2019 | |
|
Closed |
Grand Challenges Canada Stars in Sexual and Reproductive Health and Rights |
17 September 2018 |
|
| Closed |
MSCA|Individual Fellowships (IF) 2018 MSCA| Co-funding of regional (COFUND) , national and international programmes 2018 |
Call Summary |
12 September 2018 27 September 2018 |
| Closed |
SAMA | PhD & Masters Supplementary Scholarship |
5 October 2018 | |
| Closed | EWSETA/DST/WRC | Water and Sanitation focused Postgraduate Student Bursary Call | 11 November 2018 | |
| Closed | CEBHA+ | Collaboration for Evidence Based Healthcare and Public Health (CEBHA+) Doctoral Scholarship | 26 November 2018 | |
| Closed | FCS | Swiss Government Excellence PhD Scholarships for foreign students 2019-2020 | 15 December 2018 | |
| TBC | NSFAS-NRF Funding for Honours and Final year BTech 2018 |
Call Summary |
(TBC) January 2018 |
| Closed | University of Lausanne (Switzerland) | Summer Undergraduate Research (SUR) Programme 2017 | 31 January 2017 | |
| Closed | 2017 - 2018 PhD Level Scholarship for South Africans to study in Italy | 20 February 2017 | |
| Closed | Ruth First Educational Trust Scholarship 2017-2018 | Call Advertisement | 9 March 2017 |
| Closed | European Development Days Young Leaders Program 2017 | 9 March 2017 | |
| Closed | University College London (UCL) Summer School 2017 | Call Summary | 10 March 2017 |
| Closed | MOBILE+2 (MOBility for International Learning Experiences) Project Scholarships 2017 | Call Advertisement | 25 March 2017 |
| Closed | NRF | Call for 2016 Annual Progress Reports (APRs) for Continued Funding Scholarships and Fellowships Support in 2017 | 31 March 2017 | |
| Closed | Azerbaijan and ADA University Scholarships | Call Advertisement | 1 April 2017 |
| Closed | UNLEASH Innovation Lab Programme 2017 | Call Poster | 1 May 2017 |
| Closed | Young Scientists' Conference Announcement and Call for Abstracts | 9 May 2017 | |
| Closed | Hamilton Naki Clinical Scholarship 2017 | Call Summary | 21 June 2017 |
| Closed | NRF-TWAS | Doctoral/Renassance Doctoral Scholarships Call for 2017 | 22 June 2016 | |
| Closed | NRF | Study Support for Completing Part-Time Doctoral Studies 2017 | 27 June 2016 | |
| Closed | NRF | Postdoctoral Fellowships 2018 | Call Summary | 6 July 2017 |
| Closed | NRF | Freestanding, Innovation, & Scarce Skills Masters & Doctoral Scholarships and Doctoral Studies Abroad | 11 July 2017 | |
| Closed | UP Vice-Chancellor's Postdoctoral Fellowship Programme 2018 (International Candidates only) | Call Summary | 31 July 2017 |
| Closed | NRF | Extension Scholarship Support for Masters and Doctoral Studies 2017 | 7 August 2016 | |
| Closed | Patrick & Margaret Flanagan Scholarship 2018 | 18 August 2017 | |
| Closed | NRF-DAAD | In-Country Masters & Doctoral Scholarship Programme 2016 | 11 September 2015 | |
| Closed | Margaret McNamara Education Grant (MMEG) | Education Grants for Women who make a Difference | Call Summary | 13 September 2017 |
| Closed | South African Medical Association (SAMA) Scholarships & Bursaries 2017 | Call Summary | 30 September 2017 |
| Closed | Ernst & Ethel Eriksen Trust | Masters & PhD Scholarships 2018 | Call Summary | 30 September 2017 |
| Closed | Discovery Foundation Clinician Awards 2018 |
6 October 2017 15 January 2018 |
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| Closed | Leiden University - South Africa | Scholarship for Undergraduate & Postgraduate | Call Summary | 1 October 2017 |
| Closed | Wellcome Trust | Seed Awards in Humanities and Social Science 2018 | Call Summary | 5 October 2017 |
| Closed | Mandela Washington Fellowship for Young African Leaders 2018 | Call Summary | 11 October 2017 |
| Closed | Gates Cambridge Scholarship 2018/19 | Call Summary | 11 October 2017 |
| Closed | UP PhD Research Bursary |
Call Summary Conditions Document New Application Form |
20 October 2017 |
| Closed | DST | NRF Internship Programme 2018/19 | 10 November 2017 | |
| Closed | Postgraduate Studentship Opportunities at University of Edinburgh through the Darwin Trust of Edinburgh | Call Summary | 15 December 2017 |
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