Africa

Deadline: February 2, 2010

The Ford Foundation International Fellowships Program (IFP) was started in East Africa in the year 2000, with a regional secretariat based at the Inter University Council of East Africa (IUCEA) offices, Kampala, Uganda. In order to serve the East African region effectively, the Program opened offices in Kenya and Tanzania in October 2003.

Deadline: April 30, 2010

105 scholarships are available for Masters students from Africa, India and countries of the Commonwealth who want to make a real difference to the development and prosperity of their home country

30 Full Tuition Fee Scholarships
75 Tuition Fee Scholarships of 50%

You can apply for this scholarship if you

Deadline: January 31, 2010

Dr. Anita Borg (1949-2003) devoted her adult life to revolutionising the way we think about technology and dismantling barriers that keep women and minorities from entering computing and technology fields. Her combination of technical expertise and fearless vision continues to inspire and motivate countless women to become active participants and leaders in creating technology.

The MPIE Ford Foundation Scholarship is a need-based scholarship for African American/Black, American Indian/Alaskan Native, Asian American/Pacific Islander, and Hispanic students. The purpose is to attract capable and promising minority students to pursue teaching careers.

Deadline
Fall July 1, Spring–November 15

Eligibility Criteria

Deadline
September 30, 2009

Goals of the Leadership and Advocacy for Women in Africa (LAWA) Fellowship Program:

Edinburgh Law School is delighted to announce the launch of the Africa LLM/MSc Tercentenary Scholarship, a new series of scholarships for African students applying for the LLM in Law, the LLMs in Commercial, European, Innovation or International Law, or the MSc in Criminology and Criminal Justice. One scholarship will be available each academic year until 2013/2014.

Eligibility

The Aga Khan Foundation provides a limited number of scholarships each year for postgraduate studies to outstanding students from developing countries who have no other means of financing their studies. Scholarships are awarded on a 50% grant : 50% loan basis through a competitive application process once a year in June or July.

The key aim of the Graça Machel Scholarship Programme is to help provide the female human resources necessary for economic, social and cultural development in the southern African region and to develop an educated and skilled workforce that can benefit the wider community.

This award was set up in 1986 to enable an African woman to study full time in the School of Education.