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Scholarships, grants and fellowships for Ivorian applicants 2027

Twenty-five calls open to applicants from Côte d'Ivoire close between 5 and 23 October 2026. Two name the country and four are fully funded, with every stated closing hour given in Abidjan time.

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Scholarships for Ivorian Students 2027: Open Calls and Deadlines

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Côte d'Ivoire is eligible for 25 calls that close in October 2026, the first on Monday the 5th and the last on Friday the 23rd. Two of them write the country's name into their eligibility rules. Four are fully funded by AfriWay's definition. Each closing hour quoted below is also given in Abidjan time.

What Ivorians can apply for this October

Fourteen of the 25 are fellowships. Scholarships number six, grants four, and there is one training programme, all from 24 separate funders. By level, the list favours people who already hold a doctorate, with 11 calls for postdocs. Master's and doctoral candidates get seven each and people in work six. Three calls accept any level. Only one welcomes undergraduates.

Who else you compete with depends on the eligibility rule. Côte d'Ivoire appears by name in the country lists of Chevening Scholarships 2027/28: One-Year UK Master's (closed) and Mandela Washington Fellowship 2027 for Young African Leaders (closed). ARC-GSSP Postgraduate Scholarships for African Students (closed) and African Climate Collaborative PhD Fellowships 2027 at UCT (closed) want African nationals of any country. Three calls stop at sub-Saharan Africa and three at developing countries, and an Ivorian qualifies under both rules. Fifteen are open worldwide.

Grouped by discipline, the calls look like this:

Fully funded options in date order

The label is narrow. Scholarships and fellowships must pay tuition and a living allowance, a grant only living costs. Four calls qualify, the last closing on 16 October.

6 October, morning. Chevening Scholarships 2027/28: One-Year UK Master's (closed) shuts at 11:00 UTC, and UTC is Abidjan's own clock. Côte d'Ivoire is on its list. It funds a year-long master's at a UK university in any discipline, fees and living allowance included, for candidates with two years of experience.

6 October, evening. Knight-Hennessy Scholars 2027: Fully Funded Graduate Study at Stanford (closed) shuts at 13:00 Pacific Time, 20:00 in Abidjan. For as long as three years of graduate study in any field, Stanford pays tuition and fees, a stipend for rent, meals, books and local travel, and one economy-class trip to Stanford and back each year. The award attaches to the programme you are about to enrol in when selected, so settle that choice first.

7 October, last minute of the day. For ARC-GSSP Postgraduate Scholarships for African Students (closed), GMT and Abidjan time coincide. Nationals of any African country may apply. Tuition is covered in full for postgraduate study lasting two years at most, in engineering, mathematics or climate and environment, with a living stipend on top, plus travel support and other eligible costs. Côte d'Ivoire is one of its hosts, so this award can keep you at home.

16 October, 23:59 GMT. The fourth is a grant, AGNES Intra-Africa Mobility Grants 2026 for PhD Researchers (closed). It lets a doctoral researcher from sub-Saharan Africa spend one or two months at an institute outside their home country, capped at EUR 2,300 for the shorter stay and EUR 3,000 for the longer one, for travel and subsistence.

Some calls pay most costs without the label. FOR-GHP Fellowship 2027: outbreak readiness for sub-Saharan Africa charges no tuition and buys economy flights, visas and lodging for its three workshops, but pays no per diem. Mohamed Ali Foundation Fellowship 2027 at Durham University provides lodging, all meals, an honorarium and a research travel grant. Leading for Humanity 2027: Tutu Foundation Leadership Programme (closed) covers programme costs, lodging and meals, though not the fare to South Africa.

West Africa, French speakers and developing countries

Start with two absences. The list contains no call limited to West Africa and none limited to French speakers. What it does contain is eight calls with a regional or economic filter, and Côte d'Ivoire clears every one.

West Africa as a destination. The region appears among hosts, not among conditions. ARC-GSSP Postgraduate Scholarships for African Students (closed) can place you in Ghana, Senegal or Côte d'Ivoire, as well as South Africa, and FOR-GHP Fellowship 2027: outbreak readiness for sub-Saharan Africa counts Ghana among its hosts.

Sub-Saharan Africa. Both AGNES grants belong here. AGNES-BAYER Science Foundation Research Grant 2026 for PhD Students (closed) offers each doctoral researcher it selects in climate and environment or agriculture EUR 7,000 at most, and AGNES Intra-Africa Mobility Grants 2026 for PhD Researchers (closed) pays for the research stays covered above. Both require English and an online form. FOR-GHP Fellowship 2027: outbreak readiness for sub-Saharan Africa completes the group, an 18-month fellowship on outbreak readiness for health professionals, running between 1 December 2026 and 7 July 2028.

Developing countries. Germany's DAAD EPOS scholarships fund three master's courses here. ISATEC (MSc Marine Biology), University of Bremen: DAAD EPOS 2027 (closed) is for marine biologists. Sustainable Renewable Energy Technologies MSc, Oldenburg: EPOS 2027 (closed) lasts 24 months, and its deadline comes a year ahead of the start. International Health MSc, Charité Berlin: DAAD EPOS Scholarship 2027 (closed) enrols its next class in September 2027. None of the three takes candidates with under two years of experience.

The whole continent. Only two calls accept every African nationality, ARC-GSSP Postgraduate Scholarships for African Students (closed) and African Climate Collaborative PhD Fellowships 2027 at UCT (closed). The second offers 12 doctoral places of 48 months in climate and environment or social science.

French speakers. English is required wherever a language is specified, which happens in ten listings. French comes up once, at Mohamed Ali Foundation Fellowship 2027 at Durham University, where reading French, English, Arabic and Ottoman Turkish well is needed to use the collection. Africanists can also try Bayreuth Academy Fellowships in African Studies, Germany (closed), which has 15 places for doctoral and postdoctoral researchers.

Deadlines closest first, in Abidjan time

Abidjan keeps UTC+0 all year, so GMT and UTC times need no conversion. Throughout this period London is one hour ahead of Abidjan, central Europe two, and the United States four to seven hours behind.

An unpublished hour is a reason to finish early. Submit in working hours the day before, while a help desk can still answer.

Preparing your application from Côte d'Ivoire

First, rule out calls you cannot enter. You need two years of experience for Chevening Scholarships 2027/28: One-Year UK Master's (closed), for FOR-GHP Fellowship 2027: outbreak readiness for sub-Saharan Africa and for all three EPOS courses. AIAS Visiting Fellowships 2027: Unsalaried Research Visits in Denmark (closed) asks for four. The age ceiling at Mandela Washington Fellowship 2027 for Young African Leaders (closed) is 35.

Anyone who studied in French should sort out the English evidence early, because each call reads it differently. ISATEC (MSc Marine Biology), University of Bremen: DAAD EPOS 2027 (closed) demands C1 unless English is your mother tongue or your most recent studies were wholly taught in it. Sustainable Renewable Energy Technologies MSc, Oldenburg: EPOS 2027 (closed) is satisfied with B2 and names seven certificates, telc and UNIcert among them next to IELTS and TOEFL iBT. FOR-GHP Fellowship 2027: outbreak readiness for sub-Saharan Africa takes an IELTS of 6.0, a TOEFL iBT of 79 to 80, native-speaker status, or a degree finished in English with written proof. Mandela Washington Fellowship 2027 for Young African Leaders (closed) requires proficient English.

CEES Fellowship Program Spring 2027: Research Stay in Switzerland (closed) expects all documents in English, sent as one PDF. If your transcripts are only in French, arrange translations now and check whether they must be certified.

Referee letters take longest to secure. IAIFI Postdoctoral Fellowship 2027-2030 at MIT (closed) counts them in the file due on 7 October, while The Image Centre Research Fellowships 2027 in Toronto for photography research (closed) wants them in the same email as your application. Contact your referees this week.

Finally, cost out what the award leaves unpaid. At Bayreuth Academy Fellowships in African Studies, Germany (closed), a fellow without any income from home receives EUR 2,500 monthly, provided the home institution or last funder confirms it. AIAS Visiting Fellowships 2027: Unsalaried Research Visits in Denmark (closed) pays no salary, so get your employer's written agreement to go on paying you. The single stipend from The Image Centre Research Fellowships 2027 in Toronto for photography research (closed), at most CAD 10,000, must stretch across travel, research and related costs.

Questions Ivorian applicants ask

Which calls name Côte d'Ivoire?

Its name is on the eligibility lists of Chevening Scholarships 2027/28: One-Year UK Master's (closed) and Mandela Washington Fellowship 2027 for Young African Leaders (closed), and on the host list of ARC-GSSP Postgraduate Scholarships for African Students (closed).

Can I be funded without leaving Côte d'Ivoire?

Yes, through ARC-GSSP Postgraduate Scholarships for African Students (closed), whose hosts include Côte d'Ivoire. Every other call that states a host country sends you abroad.

Is a French application accepted?

No listing says so. All ten that name a language include English, so read the official page before you write a word in French.

Is IELTS compulsory?

No. FOR-GHP Fellowship 2027: outbreak readiness for sub-Saharan Africa explicitly accepts other proof instead. Sustainable Renewable Energy Technologies MSc, Oldenburg: EPOS 2027 (closed) accepts it as one option among seven, and ISATEC (MSc Marine Biology), University of Bremen: DAAD EPOS 2027 (closed) asks for C1 evidence.

What is open to undergraduates?

Only The Image Centre Research Fellowships 2027 in Toronto for photography research (closed) mentions undergraduates by name. Digital Science Catalyst Grant 2026 for AI tools that act on research (closed), ARC-GSSP Postgraduate Scholarships for African Students (closed) and Leading for Humanity 2027: Tutu Foundation Leadership Programme (closed) impose no level condition.

Is there an age limit?

Mandela Washington Fellowship 2027 for Young African Leaders (closed) caps age at 35. None of the other listings mentions age.

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