Grants and opportunities for your next phase

Africa Climate Collaborative, University of Cape Town

Africa Climate Collaborative Postdoctoral Research Fellowships 2027, Ten Fully Funded Three Year Climate Research Places For African PhD Graduates

The Africa Climate Collaborative at the University of Cape Town is filling ten fully funded postdoctoral places in climate and development research. Each three year fellowship pairs a recent African PhD graduate with an experienced UCT mentor and pays a tax free stipend of R380,000 a year, with applications closing on 29 October 2026.

Eligibility: You hold a completed PhD in a discipline relevant to climate and development in Africa, and matching the discipline listed for your chosen research topic

Deadline

October 29, 2026

Location

South Africa, Nigeria, Ghana

Funding or benefit

A tax free stipend of R380,000 per year across the three year fellowship, plus up to R130,000 over three years, with suitable motivation, for relocation costs, medical insurance, research costs and conference attendance.

Commonwealth Secretariat

Commonwealth Blue Charter Incubator Round II, Grants Of £20,000 To £50,000 For Government Led Ocean Projects

Round II of the Commonwealth Blue Charter Incubator is open to national or sub national government bodies in all 56 Commonwealth member countries, including Nigeria, and funds country led ocean projects with grants of £20,000 to £50,000. Between 10 and 15 projects are selected by the second quarter of 2027, and applications close on 11 December 2026 at 23:59 GMT.

Eligibility: The lead applicant must be a legally established national or sub national government entity, such as a ministry, department, agency or other public body with formal government status

Deadline

December 11, 2026

Location

Botswana, Cameroon, Gabon

Funding or benefit

Grants of £20,000 to £50,000 per project, with a minimum project duration of six months and a maximum of eighteen months. Technical assistance and capacity building support comes through the Commonwealth Fund for Technical Cooperation.

Yves Rocher Foundation

Yves Rocher Foundation Terre De Femmes International Award 2027, €10,000 For Women Leading Urban Tree Projects

The Yves Rocher Foundation has opened applications for the 2027 Terre de Femmes International Award on the theme Trees in the City. Two projects led by women anywhere in the world each receive a €10,000 grant, provided the work runs through a non profit organisation that has existed for at least one year. Applications close at midnight on 30 November 2026.

Eligibility: You are any woman of legal age, or a collective of women, committed to nature conservation in connection with trees

Deadline

November 30, 2026

Location

Africa

Funding or benefit

A €10,000 grant per project, awarded to two winning projects selected worldwide. Winners also join the Foundation community of committed women.

Eni

Eni Award 2027 Young Talents From Africa Prize, €25,000 For African PhD Researchers In Energy And Environment

Eni is running the Young Talents from Africa section of its 2027 Eni Award, which gives two African PhD researchers €25,000 each to strengthen the doctoral work they are already doing. Candidates must hold African citizenship and be enrolled in the first or second year of a PhD at a university or research institute in Africa, working on energy or the environment. Applications close on 20 November 2026 at 5pm Central European Time.

Eligibility: You hold the citizenship of one of the African countries listed in the United Nations World Population Prospects, The 2024 Revision, which includes Nigeria, Ghana, Kenya, South Africa

Deadline

November 20, 2026

Location

Algeria, Angola, Benin

Funding or benefit

Two awards of €25,000 each, paid in two instalments against a budget proposal the candidate prepares, which may not exceed the €25,000 prize amount. Winners also receive a customised plaque, and Eni directly provides return travel, transfers and up to two nights of board and lodging for the winner and a maximum of one accompanying person for the prize giving ceremony in Italy.

Geneva Graduate Institute, NORRAG

Postdoctoral Researcher In Global Education Governance At The Geneva Graduate Institute, Switzerland

The Geneva Graduate Institute is hiring a postdoctoral researcher for a Swiss National Science Foundation project on how international organisations produce and use expert knowledge in global education policy. Applications close on 21 October 2026.

Eligibility: A doctoral degree in political science, international relations, comparative and international education, education policy or a related social science discipline

Deadline

October 21, 2026

Location

Africa

Funding or benefit

Salary and welfare benefits are set in line with the Swiss National Science Foundation range for postdoctoral researchers. The advertisement publishes no cash figure.

Free for founders and small businesses

No website yet? Get a business page that works like one

Launch a professional page in minutes, without a developer or hosting bills.

• check_circleYour services, prices and contact details in one place
• check_circleQuill stories to share news and updates
• check_circleEvents and forms for sign ups and enquiries
• check_circleLooks great on every phone

Max Planck School of Cognition

Max Planck School Of Cognition Doctoral Programme, 2027 Intake In Germany, Open To All Nationalities

The Max Planck School of Cognition has reopened its portal for the 2027 doctoral intake. The school recruits across nationalities and across every discipline that studies the mind, from neuroscience to artificial intelligence, and fills places as strong applications arrive.

Eligibility: Open to applicants of all nationalities, with no country restriction published on the application page

Deadline

October 31, 2026

Location

Africa

Funding or benefit

The school presents the doctoral programme as fully funded with extensive support and publishes no cash figure on its application page.

Hamburg Sustainability Conference

Hamburg Sustainability Conference Youth Ambassador Program 2027, Fully Funded For Young Leaders From The Global South

The Hamburg Sustainability Conference is building its 2027 Youth Ambassador cohort from young community leaders living in Global South countries. Ambassadors have their travel and accommodation covered and take part in the roundtable series in December 2026 and the main conference in Hamburg in mid 2027.

Eligibility: You are between 18 and 30 years old

Deadline

October 19, 2026

Location

Nigeria, Ghana, Kenya

Funding or benefit

No cash grant or stipend is published. Selected ambassadors receive fully funded participation, with travel and accommodation costs covered for the roundtable series in December 2026 and the conference in Hamburg on 31 May and 1 June 2027.

AI Hub for Sustainable Development

Anima Mundi Call for Submissions 2026 (African and Global AI Builders, Closes 31 December)

The AI Hub for Sustainable Development, a G7 endorsed initiative co-led by UNDP and Italy’s Ministry of Enterprises and Made in Italy, is collecting digital work for Anima Mundi, a call that asks builders to set one of their own cultural traditions beside a real AI decision. Submissions are open to everyone worldwide, with priority for the 18 Italy-Africa Mattei Plan partner countries and the G7, and the window closes on 31 December 2026.

Eligibility: Open to submitters worldwide, with priority for the 18 Italy-Africa Mattei Plan partner countries and the G7

Deadline

December 31, 2026

Location

Africa

Funding or benefit

No cash award is published. Each accepted submission enters a permanent open online library under Creative Commons licensing with attribution to the author, and forms part of a programme that runs to presentations in February 2027 and September 2027. Volunteer support is offered to anyone who needs work photographed, scanned or recorded so the format does not exclude them.

World Cancer Research Fund International

World Cancer Research Fund Regular Grant Programme 2026 (Up to £500,000 for Four Years)

World Cancer Research Fund International has opened the 2026-27 Regular Grant Programme for research into diet, nutrition, body composition, physical activity and sleep in cancer prevention or survivorship. Investigator initiated awards run to £500,000 over up to four years, pilot and feasibility awards to £60,000 over up to two years, and the programme is now open to researchers anywhere in the world. Letters of intent close on 13 November 2026 at 5pm UK time.

Eligibility: Lead applicants must hold a research position at the host institution for the duration of the project

Deadline

November 13, 2026

Location

Africa

Funding or benefit

Investigator initiated grants of up to £500,000 for up to 4 years. Pilot and feasibility grants of up to £60,000 for up to 2 years.

Get discovered beyond your followers

Be found by customers who do not follow you yet

Nlink promotes businesses across its partner ecosystems, so new people can find you, not just the ones who already know you.

• check_circleYour own free business page
• check_circlePromotion across partner communities
• check_circleShort links you can track anywhere you post
• check_circleAnalytics on who viewed and clicked

The Branco Weiss Fellowship

The Branco Weiss Fellowship 2027, Society in Science (Up to CHF 600,000 for Five Years)

The Branco Weiss Fellowship funds five years of independent research for early-career scientists whose projects deliberately step outside the mainstream of their discipline. A fellowship carries up to CHF 600,000, usable across salary, equipment, travel, consumables and personnel, and applications for the 2027 intake close on 15 January 2027 at 5 p.m. CET.

Eligibility: You officially hold a PhD on 15 January 2027, which means at least having successfully passed your PhD defence before that date

Deadline

January 15, 2027

Location

Africa

Funding or benefit

A Branco Weiss Fellowship amounts to a maximum of CHF 600,000 for up to five years, usable for all legitimate costs of research including salary, equipment, travel expenses, consumables and personnel.

Save Our Seas Foundation

Save Our Seas Foundation Ocean Storytelling Photography Grant 2026 (US$2,000 plus a Paid Assignment)

The Save Our Seas Foundation has opened applications for its 2026 Ocean Storytelling Photography Grant, which gives two early-career photographers a US$2,000 cash prize each plus a paid three-week assignment to document one of the marine research or conservation projects the foundation funds. Applications are open from 30 September to 15 November 2026 at 18:00 CET, and the foundation especially encourages applicants from the Global South.

Eligibility: Open to early-career and emerging storytellers with no more than five years of experience in a photography-related discipline

Deadline

November 15, 2026

Location

Africa

Funding or benefit

Two winners are selected for each grant. Each receives a US$2,000 cash prize and a paid three-week photographic assignment to document an SOSF-supported marine research or conservation project, plus a published photo essay and a chance to showcase the work at an international conference or exhibition.

African Poetry Book Fund

Evaristo Prize for African Poetry 2026 (USD $1,500 for Ten Poems)

The African Poetry Book Fund is accepting submissions for the Evaristo Prize for African Poetry, an annual award of USD $1,500 for a packet of ten poems by an African poet who has not yet published a full-length collection. The 2026 window runs from 1 October to 1 November 2026, and entries go in through Submittable.

Eligibility: Open to African writers, meaning someone born in Africa, a national or resident of an African country, or someone whose parents are African

Deadline

November 1, 2026

Location

Africa

Funding or benefit

USD $1,500 to the winner. Where the winning work is a translation, a percentage of the prize money is awarded to the translator.