ARUA Fellowships (Mainly for African Female Lecturers w/PhD in Past 5 Years)
Thaddeus Metz
The African Research Universities Alliance (ARUA), with support from the Mastercard Foundation and the Carnegie Corporation of New York, is launching this Early-Career Research Fellowship program. The initiative will fund up to forty-two (42) early-career researchers to conduct globally competitive research at the host and affiliated institutions of ARUA’s thirteen (13) Centres of Excellence (CoEs) and the twenty-two (22) Africa-Europe Clusters of Excellence (CoREs).
Each fellowship will have a duration of six months, to be undertaken between March 2026 and February 2027. There will be only two commencement dates for the awards: March 2026 and September 2026. Candidates may select their preferred fellowship period as option 1, which runs from March to August 2026. The deadline for application for option 1 is 22nd January 2026.
The fellowship period for option 2 is September 2026 to February 2027. The deadline for application for option 2 is 15th July 2026.
At least 70% of the fellowships are reserved for female candidates, and applicants must be no older than 35 years at the time of application.
Please refer to http://upnet.up.ac.za/services/it/documentation/docs/004167.pdf for full details.