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Other Funding Resources


The Institute for African Development hereby offers links to various external Institutions and organizations with fellowships, scholarships and grants for African studies and issues appertaining to African Development.


Cornell Graduate School Funding Database

http://www.gradschool.cornell.edu/index.php?p=132


AWLAE Fellowship Program

Provides educational opportunities, especially to women, by offering fellowships to Masters and PHD students in Environmental and Agriculture related areas

See http://www.winrock.org/eastafrica/Awlae/fellowship.htm


DuBois-Mandela-Rodney Fellowship

The Center for Afro- American and African Studies (CAAS) at the University of Michigan invites applications for the DuBois-Mandela-Rodney post-doctoral Fellowship Program from postdoctoral scholars working on Africa or the African Diaspora.

See http://www.umich.edu/~iinet/caas/fellow&grants/dubois-mandela-intro.htm


The Leakey Foundation-Franklin Mosher Baldwin Memorial Fellowships

The Leakey Foundation provides this fellowship for scholars with citizenship in any African country who seek to obtain an advanced degree or specialized training in an area of study related to human origins research.

See http://www.leakeyfoundation.org/grants/g3.jsp


Five College African Scholars Program

Provides young faculty scholars from African universities an opportunity for 5 or 10-month residencies to move their own research projects to publication at Amherst College, Hampshire College, Mount Holyoke College, Smith College, and the University of Massachusetts Amherst."

See http://www.fivecolleges.edu/sites/asp/


Ford Foundation

With the International Fellowships Program, Ford Foundation supports African students for up to three years of master's or doctoral study at universities anywhere in the world.

See http://www.fordfound.org


Fulbright Programs

They offer diverse grants and fellowships including the Fulbright Student Program, Fulbright Scholar Program and Fulbright Teacher Programs.

See http://www.iie.org/fulbright/


Global Youth Connect

Offers a list of scholarships, fellowships and grants to young people interested in peace and human rights.

See http://www.globalyouthconnect.org/


Hubert H. Humphrey Fellowship Program

"The Program brings accomplished professionals from designated countries of Africa, Asia, Latin America, the Caribbean, the Middle East, and Eurasia to the United States at a midpoint in their careers for a year of study and related professional experiences".

See http://www.iie.org/Template.cfm?&Template=/programs/hhh/overview.htm


Neiman Foundation for Journalism at Harvard University

Offers a list of fellowships for International journalists.

See http://www.nieman.harvard.edu/


Rockefeller Foundation

The Rockefeller Foundation Humanities Fellowships support scholars and writers for research on global social and cultural issues relating to diversity, sustainability and civil society.

See http://www.rockfound.org/


Stanford University Web links

This is a database of useful sites for fellowships and grants for African students and scholars.

See http://www-sul.stanford.edu/depts/ssrg/africa/grants.html


University of Wisconsin Madison Grants Information Center

Has a directory of fellowships, scholarships and Grants from various institutions for various fields of study available to African women students and scholars.

See http://www.library.wisc.edu/libraries/Memorial/grants/trippcov.htm


University for Pennsylvania fellowship listing

Has a directory of fellowships, scholarships and grants from various institutions for various fields of study.

See http://www.sas.upenn.edu/African_Studies/Grants/menu_Grants.html


The Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars

Awards academic-year residential fellowships to individuals in the social sciences and humanities with outstanding project proposals on national and/or international issues--topics that intersect with questions of public policy or provide the historical framework to illumine policy issues of contemporary importance.

See http://www.wilsoncenter.org/index.cfm?fuseaction=sf.welcome