10 Scholarships, Fellowships & Internships for African Students Closing in the Next 90 Days
A share-ready shortlist of 10 fully funded scholarships, fellowships and internships open to African students with deadlines in the next 90 days. Verified links, exact deadlines, and direct apply buttons.
Most scholarship lists for African students are stale within a month. This one is different: every single opportunity below closes in the next 90 days, every link goes to the official provider, and every deadline has been re-checked by our editors.
These ten are the highest-leverage opportunities currently open — picked for funding generosity, low competition relative to the prize, or explicit eligibility for African applicants. Some close in days, not weeks.
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Glenmore Medical Postgraduate Scholarship — University of Edinburgh
United KingdomMastersDeadline: 28 May 2026Why it's worth your time: One of the few fully funded UK Master's awards specifically open to medical and dental graduates from Africa — full tuition + stipend at a top-10 global medical school.
Funding: Fully funded
💡 If you're a doctor or dentist eyeing a UK Master's, this is the one to share in your WhatsApp medical group today.
Full eligibility, documents and apply link - 2
German Bundestag International Parliamentary Scholarship (IPS) 2027
GermanyFellowshipDeadline: 29 May 2026Why it's worth your time: A 5-month fully funded fellowship in Berlin working inside the German parliament — explicitly designed for young African graduates.
Funding: €700/month + housing, travel and insurance
💡 Closes in days. Tag every politics, law and international relations grad you know.
Full eligibility, documents and apply link - 3
Audi Environmental Foundation × One Young World Summit 2026 (Cape Town)
South AfricaYoung leaders (18–30)Deadline: 1 June 2026Why it's worth your time: Fully funded scholarship to the One Young World Summit hosted in Cape Town — flights, accommodation and summit fees covered, with the summit on African soil this year.
Funding: Fully funded delegate place
💡 African delegates have a home-ground advantage in 2026. Share with anyone working on climate or sustainability.
Full eligibility, documents and apply link - 4
SIDS Scholarships in Water & Sustainable Development — IHE Delft
NetherlandsMastersDeadline: 1 June 2026Why it's worth your time: Fully funded Master's at the world's largest international graduate water education facility, with funded places earmarked for African students.
Funding: Tuition + €1,220/month + flights + insurance
💡 Engineering and environment grads — this one rarely gets the attention it deserves.
Full eligibility, documents and apply link - 5
University of Leeds Undergraduate Means-Tested Scholarship
United KingdomUndergraduateDeadline: 1 June 2026 (12:00pm UK)Why it's worth your time: A renewable scholarship for African undergraduates heading to Leeds that meaningfully reduces tuition over a 3-year degree.
Funding: £3,000/year for 3 years (+£2,000/year care-experienced)
💡 Final-year secondary students with a Leeds offer — set a reminder for 11am UK time on June 1.
Full eligibility, documents and apply link - 6
Queen Elizabeth Commonwealth Scholarships (QECS) 2027 — Master's
Multiple (Commonwealth)MastersDeadline: 3 June 2026, 15:00 UTCWhy it's worth your time: Fully funded Master's at a low- or middle-income Commonwealth country — a smarter, less competitive alternative to Chevening for many African applicants.
Funding: Tuition + living allowance + return flights + arrival grant
💡 The deadline is 3pm UTC — set the alarm to UTC, not Lagos / Nairobi / Cairo time.
Full eligibility, documents and apply link - 7
ICMM Young Leaders Scholarship 2026
South AfricaYoung leadersDeadline: 7 June 2026Why it's worth your time: Fully funded delegate place at the One Young World Summit in Cape Town for young leaders working on mining, metals, energy transition or community impact.
Funding: Fully funded delegate place
💡 Geoscience, mining and energy students — this is your ticket.
Full eligibility, documents and apply link - 8
Regent Global–Pankaj Award to End Conflict
South AfricaYoung leaders & foundersDeadline: 15 June 2026Why it's worth your time: Cash awards of up to $100,000 for initiatives tackling conflict and division, plus a fully funded place at OYW Cape Town. Few awards on the continent offer this kind of unrestricted capital.
Funding: Fully funded summit + $10,000–$100,000 in cash awards
💡 If you run a peacebuilding nonprofit, social enterprise, or community initiative — this is the post to forward.
Full eligibility, documents and apply link - 9
IJP Middle East Programme Journalists' Bursary 2026 (Germany)
GermanyWorking journalistsDeadline: 15 June 2026Why it's worth your time: A €5,000 reporting bursary for journalists from Africa and the Middle East to spend several weeks reporting from Germany.
Funding: €5,000 stipend + €1,000 travel allowance
💡 Send this to every journalist friend in Lagos, Nairobi, Cairo and Johannesburg.
Full eligibility, documents and apply link - 10
ifa Scholarship on Cultural Heritage & Museum Transformation 2027 (Germany)
GermanyProfessionals / postgraduateDeadline: 30 June 2026Why it's worth your time: Fully funded fellowship in Germany for African heritage professionals, curators and cultural workers — one of the few funded opportunities aimed at this field.
Funding: Fully funded
💡 Museum staff, archivists and arts professionals across the continent — share widely.
Full eligibility, documents and apply link
How to apply without missing the window
- Pick two, not ten. Choose the two opportunities where you already have most of the documents.
- Block 90 minutes per application. Two well-crafted essays will beat ten rushed ones.
- Reuse and adapt. Your statement of purpose for one Master's scholarship is 70% reusable for the next.
- Submit 48 hours early. Every year, portals collapse on the final day. Don't be there for it.
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