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    We want to make it easier for Africans to find opportunities that can help them in their career journeys. Check this page regularly for information about scholarships, funding, mentorship and more!

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    Association for Black and Minority Ethnic Engineers

    Our mission is to increase the number of BME Engineers who succeed professionally and support young people to explore a career in engineering.

    High School

    Undergraduate

    Mentorship

    Europe

    Engineering

    Developing Excellence in Leadership, Training and Science (DELTAS) Africa Awards and Grand Challenges Africa

    This initiative is sponsored and in partnership with the Wellcome Trust (The Wellcome Trust). Delivered by the Alliance for Accelerating Excellence in Science in Africa, this initiative aims to support world-class scientific research across the continent. Funding amounts vary according to decisions that would have been made by their internal panel.

    Postgraduate

    Funding

    Africa

    Science

    ESA-SEEDS

    Strategies for Ecology Education, Diversity and Sustainability (SEEDS) is a minority education and mentoring program of the Ecological Society of America.

    Fellowships

    Any

    Graduate Resources for Advancing Diversity with Maryland Astronomy and Physics

    Graduate Resources Advancing Diversity with Maryland Astronomy and Physics (GRAD-MAP) strives to build strong, sustainable ties betwen the University of Maryland and mid-Atlantic minority-serving institutions (MSIs). We connect promising MSI students with our graduate and faculty researchers at the University of Maryland. GRAD-MAP has three key goals: 1) Improve the representation of, and climate for, underrepresented minorities in physics and astronomy, particularly at UMD; 2) Build a diverse, collaborative community amongst the physics and astronomy faculty, researchers, and students at UMD and mid-Atlantic HBCUs, MSIs, and community colleges; and 3) Provide graduate students with experience mentoring a diverse group of students and experience developing and implementing a diversity initiative, preparing them to practice allyship and be agents of change throughout their careers. In doing so, we will significantly improve the diversity of Physics and Astronomy graduate students and serve as an example for future initiatives throughout the United States. We are supported by the Physics and Astronomy departments at the University of Maryland, College Park. GRAD-MAP is funded by the University of Maryland College of Computer, Mathematical, & Natural Sciences and the Departments of Astronomy and Physics, and the NSF Career, PIRE, and AAG programs.

    Postgraduate

    Mentorship

    Americas

    Astronomy

    Physics

    IWS Network

    IWS Network is a non-for-profit group born out of similar but independent ideas from women who saw the need to provide support and mentorship to fellow Immigrant and International Women in Science (IWS). Early in 2018, these women were discussing the mentorship activities they were doing in their respective cities and realized they could join forces and invite other women to form a Canada-wide IWS Network. This idea spread rapidly, and thanks to the great support received by many other women across Canada, IWS Network is currently present in multiple cities, with prospects to growing even more in the future.

    Mentorship

    Any

    Science

    Medical Research Foundation

    They independently fund and support promising research in areas of great clinical need but where there is low investment, creating the conditions required to take the improvement of human health to new and exciting frontiers.

    Postgraduate

    Funding

    Any

    Health Science

    Medicine

    SAWISE Scholarship for African Women in Science and Technology

    The scholarship is only offered to Sub-Saharan black females that have achieved a 70% or above grade average in a engineering or science related subject.

    Undergraduate

    Scholarships

    Women in STEM

    Africa

    Engineering

    Science

    United States Scholarship for Africa

    This program was set up to assist undergraduate and postgraduate students in the Motherland – AFRICA – to acquire knowledge in Universities, Colleges and other Institutions of learning in the United States. It is an initiative of the Union of Africa Americans in the United States as part of a special contribution for the development of the human resources of the Motherland.

    Postgraduate

    Undergraduate

    Award

    Scholarships

    Africa

    UW-Minority Achievement Program

    Graduate Opportunities & Minority Achievement Program [GO-MAP] University of Washington – Graduate Excellence Through Diversity

    Postgraduate

    Undergraduate

    Fellowships

    Mentorship

    Americas

    VLIR-UOS scholarship (International Master Programme – ICP)

    VLIR-UOS scholarships (International Master Programme – ICP) are offered to applicants from 31 countries in Africa, Asia and Latin America. The scholarship could be for a masters or training programme at the Flemish university.

    Masters

    Scholarships

    Belgium

    West African Research Association

    WARA is a non-profit membership organization dedicated to the promotion of research on West Africa and the diaspora, scholarly exchange, the dissemination of accurate information on West Africa and its diasporic communities, and increasing awareness of the critical place of West Africa in the global community. WARA offers a variety of awards ranging from travel grants to residencies to pre- and post- doctoral fellowships for research in West Africa and the U.S. All disciplines are welcomed to apply, but requirements vary by award.

    Postgraduate

    Award

    Fellowships

    Africa