Sub-Saharan Africa - 2025 Call for Application

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Sub-Saharan Africa - 2025 Call for Application

Find out more about the current edition of the Sub-Saharan Africa regional program.

This year 30 prizes will be given to the Sub-Saharan Africa program. 25 phDs and 5 Postdocs from the 48 countries of Sub-Saharan Africa.

Calendar

The call for application starts on February 24th and continues until April 7th at 11:59pm local time (Paris).The evaluation period is from mid April to the beginning of July.

  • February 24, 2025 Start of the call for application/nomination
  • April 9, 2025 Closing of the call for application/nomination
  • September 26, 2025 Candidates' final selection

Program Overview

Partners

UNESCO

Award(s) of the Prize

25 endowments for doctoral students and 5 for post-doctoral students.

Amount per endowment

10.000€ for doctoral students.

15.000€ for post-doctoral students.

Main eligibility criteria

  • Be a PhD student or have obtained a Ph.D in the following scientific fields: Life and Environmental sciences, Physical sciences, Engineering, Mathematics, Computer and information sciences (2nd year at least).

  • Be from one of the 48 countries in the sub-Saharan African region, and work in a research laboratory or institution in one of the countries of the region, or be enrolled in a University in one of the 49 countries of the region (including South Africa).

    OR

  • Be from one of the 49 countries in the sub-Saharan African region (including South Africa) and work in a research laboratory or institution in one of the 48 countries of the region, or be enrolled in a University in one of the 48 countries of sub-Saharan Africa.

Therefore, applicants originally from South Africa doing their research in South Africa are not eligible for this programme.

Selection criteria

Scientific excellence of the research project.

Quality of the application.

Ability to communicate and promote science.

Initial launch date
2010
Total number of endowments awarded since launch
231

Information document(s)

Fiind the poster of the call for application 2025 here: FWIS Africa 2025 call for application_uk 

Find the rules & regulations of 2025 here: FWIS Africa - Regulations 2025