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Fellowships for South African students 2027
58 open fellowships are listed today, 1 of them fully funded, 26 closing within 30 days. Most listings this cycle are hosted in the United States, Germany, the United Kingdom. I Tatti, Aarhus Institute of Advanced Studies (AIAS), UNESCO fund the largest number of programmes.
3 do not require IELTS. By level: 28 Postdoc, 18 Professionals, 17 PhD, 9 Masters, 2 Undergraduate. The nearest deadline is Health Innovation Hub (H2i) Pitch Perfect Africa Fellowship on 29 September 2026. Every deadline below was checked against the official page.
This guide covers 25 open calls for South African applicants with deadlines from 5 to 20 October 2026. Five name South Africa and five are fully funded. Johannesburg closing times and what to prepare. Scholarships for South African Students 2027: Open Calls and Deadlines
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Africa Institute Fellowships 2027 in Sharjah for African studies
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World Bank Group Young Professionals Program 2027
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UNU-WIDER Visiting PhD Fellowship in Helsinki with EUR 2,100 a month
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UNESCO Japan Young Researchers Fellowships Programme
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Senckenberg Global Fellowships in Germany for Global South researchers
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Getty Conservation Guest Scholars Program in the USA
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AfricaLics PhD Visiting Fellowship 2027 in South Africa
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Bayreuth Academy Fellowships in African Studies, Germany
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Software Sustainability Institute Fellowship Programme 2027
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Health Innovation Hub (H2i) Pitch Perfect Africa Fellowship
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Africa Institute Fellowships 2027 in Sharjah for African studies
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World Bank Group Young Professionals Program 2027
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UNU-WIDER Visiting PhD Fellowship in Helsinki with EUR 2,100 a month
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UNESCO Japan Young Researchers Fellowships Programme
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Senckenberg Global Fellowships in Germany for Global South researchers
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Getty Conservation Guest Scholars Program in the USA
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AfricaLics PhD Visiting Fellowship 2027 in South Africa
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Bayreuth Academy Fellowships in African Studies, Germany
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Software Sustainability Institute Fellowship Programme 2027
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AIAS Visiting Fellowships 2027: Unsalaried Research Visits in Denmark
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IAIFI Postdoctoral Fellowship 2027-2030 at MIT
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CEES Fellowship Program Spring 2027: Research Stay in Switzerland
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Relais Connect & Create 2027: Africa-Europe Communications Fellowship
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Mandela Washington Fellowship 2027 for Young African Leaders
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African Climate Collaborative PhD Fellowships 2027 at UCT
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Smithsonian Institution Fellowship Program 2027 in the United States
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Leverhulme Trust Early Career Fellowship 2027 at CRASSH, Cambridge
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The Image Centre Research Fellowships 2027 in Toronto for photography research
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CFJ Fellowship 2027 for Early-Career Women Lawyers
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Cornell Atkinson Postdoctoral Fellowship in Sustainability 2027
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Mohamed Ali Foundation Fellowship 2027 at Durham University
23 days leftNo IELTS required
FOR-GHP Fellowship 2027: outbreak readiness for sub-Saharan Africa
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National Press Foundation Rare Disease Reporting Fellowship 2026
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EUI Jean Monnet Fellowships 2027-2028 for Postdocs in Italy
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NASA Hubble Fellowship Program 2027 for Postdocs in the United States
31 Oct
MPIfG Visiting Researchers Programme
31 Oct
The Open Notebook Early-Career Science Journalism Fellowship 2027
31 Oct
MATS Residency 2027 Winter Intake for AI safety researchers
2 Nov
Georg Arnhold Senior Fellowship 2028 at the GEI in Germany
3 Nov
AIAS-AUFF Postdoctoral Fellowships at Aarhus Institute
4 Nov
Umeå University Postdoctoral Scholarship in Statistics 2027
8 Nov
Equality Fund Global Journalism Fellowship 2026: CAD 4,000 Stipend
9 Nov
EPFL AI Center and Swiss AI Initiative Postdoctoral Fellowships 2026
Opens 29 Sept
Anzisha Fellowship 2027 for African entrepreneurs aged 22 and under
10 Nov
ICANN Fellowship Program 2027 with Travel Support to Lisbon
16 Nov
Berenson Fellowship 2027-2028 at Villa I Tatti in Florence
16 Nov
I Tatti Digital Humanities Fellowship: six months in Florence with USD 5,200 a month
16 Nov
Wallace Fellowship at I Tatti: postdoctoral residency in Florence with USD 5,200 a month
17 Nov
Hoover Fellow Position 2027 at Stanford's Hoover Institution for early-career scholars
20 Nov
Mo Ibrahim Leadership Fellowships 2027 for Emerging African Leaders
22 Nov
Internet Society Fellowship Program 2027: USD 5,000 Project Stipend
30 NovFully funded
Yenching Academy Fellowship 2027 at Peking University
30 Nov
Asharami Square Energy Reporting Fellowship 2026 for journalists across Africa
1 Dec
Jim Leech Mastercard Foundation Fellowship on Entrepreneurship 2027
1 Dec
Vital Impacts Environmental Photography Fellowships 2027
1 Dec
workspacebrussels Studio Residency Open Call for Artists
1 Dec
Harvard Environmental Fellows Program 2027 with a USD 92,000 salary
1 Dec
ECTRIMS Postdoctoral Research Fellowship Programme 2027
1 Dec
McDonald Fellowship for MS Researchers from Developing Countries
15 Dec
MOPGA 2027: French Government Fellowship for Early-Career Researchers
15 Jan
Global South Visiting Scholar Programme 2027-2028 at Allard Law
22 Jan
EMBO Postdoctoral Fellowships 2027 for life-science research abroad
31 Jan
beVisioneers Mercedes-Benz Fellowship 2027/28 for Young Innovators
28 Feb
Kleinhans Fellowship 2027 for Community Forestry Research
Rolling applicationsNo IELTS required
Heilbronn AI Fellowships: DAAD-funded research stays in Germany for AI researchers
Rolling applications
Transfyr AI Fellowship for Researchers, Remote Option
Rolling applications
AIXI Labs Remote Research Fellowship in AI Safety
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Tech Policy Press Fellowship 2027: USD 10,000 remote fellowship on tech and democracy
Closed
IWM Digital Humanism Fellowship 2027 in Vienna for researchers
Closed
Chicago Booth Journalists in Residence Program Fellowship
Closed
Africa's Data Future Fellowship 2026: remote programme with a USD 1,500 stipend
Closed
The Harvard Academy for International and Area Studies Fellowship
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