Africa

Fund Mental Health Research with AI: OpenAI AI and Mental Health Grants 2026 (Grant Funding $5K–$100K per Project, $2M Total)

If you study mental health and you use computational tools, this grant lights a clear path to fund the next twelve to twenty-four months of serious work.

Funded Visiting Chair for African Social Scientists 2026: Claude Ake Visiting Chair — Three Months in Uppsala with Tax Free Stipend and Travel Grants

If you are a senior social scientist based at an African university who studies war and peace, conflict resolution, human rights, democracy, or development — this opportunity was designed with you in mind.

Fundraising Fellowship for Women-Led NGOs 2026: How to Join the SparkUp Initiative and Grow Your Impact

If you're leading a women-run NGO or grassroots organization and constantly wrestling with the same question — *“How on earth do we fund this work properly?”* — the SparkUp Initiative Fellowship 2026 is very much your kind of opportunity.

Gain Professional Training and Travel Support: HIIA Future Leaders Program 2026 (Foreign Policy Fellowship)

If you care about foreign policy, want hands-on research experience, and can picture yourself in Budapest for a few focused months, the Hungarian Institute of International Affairs (HIIA) Future Leaders Program 2026 is something to take seriously.

Gain Real Climate Education Experience: UNFCCC ACE Internship 2026 (Unpaid) — Apply by January 11 2026

If you care about climate education, youth engagement, or making public information about climate change actually useful, this internship is one of those rare backstage passes.

Get a Full Tech Scholarship in Uganda: Airtel Africa Foundation University Tech Scholarship 2026 (20 Awards)

If you’re a first-year student in Uganda aiming to study IT, Computer Science, Software Engineering, Data Science, Cybersecurity, or Artificial Intelligence, this is the kind of scholarship that can change the next few years of your life.

Get Fully Funded Policy Training for Postgraduate Researchers: SAIIA Africa Youth Portal and Research Programme 2025

If you are a postgraduate researcher dreaming of taking your academic work out of journals and into policy conversations, this is the kind of opportunity that short-circuits the usual circuitous route.

Get NGN 6.5 Billion per State Consortium: NPHCDA Grant for Health Supply Chain Digitalization, Cold Chain and Last Mile Delivery (2025)

If your state health ministry has ever stared at a fridge that should be full of vaccines and found only dust and a thermometer that reads "—", this opportunity was written for you.

Amount: NGN ₦6,500,000,000 per state consortium Deadline: Oct 10, 2025 Location: Nigeria

Get Up to $100,000 for AI Safety and Science: Foresight Institute Nodes Grant 2026 ($3M Available)

Artificial intelligence is sprinting ahead, reshaping what researchers can do in biology, nanotechnology, forecasting, and security. That speed brings opportunity — and real risk.

Ghana TVET Manufacturing Grants 2025: How Technical Universities Can Win GHS 9.5 Million Each

If you run a technical university or TVET institution in Ghana and you are constantly stretching a thin budget across outdated equipment, underpaid instructors, and ambitious curricula, this is the kind of opportunity that can change the scale of ...

Amount: GHS ₵9,500,000 per institution Deadline: Jun 16, 2025 Location: Ghana