Scholarships, grants and fellowships for Egyptian applicants 2027

Egyptian applicants can still enter 25 calls with deadlines between 5 and 31 October 2026. Two print Egypt on their country list, and four are fully funded. Egypt is part of North Africa, so calls reserved for Sub-Saharan Africa shut Egyptians out, and you will not find any of them below.

What is open to Egyptian applicants now

Fourteen of the 25 calls are fellowships. The rest are seven scholarships, three grants and one training programme from 23 funders. Postdoctoral researchers have the widest choice with 13 calls, while master's applicants have nine, PhD candidates six and working professionals six.

Who you compete against depends on the eligibility rule. Chevening Scholarships 2027/28: One-Year UK Master's (closed) and Chevening OCIS Fellowship 2027 at Oxford for Professionals (closed) name Egypt. ARC-GSSP Postgraduate Scholarships for African Students (closed), African Climate Collaborative PhD Fellowships 2027 at UCT (closed) and Mastercard Foundation Scholars Program at UCT 2027 for Postgraduates accept every African country. Three German master's courses target developing countries, and the other 17 calls take any nationality.

Postdocs. Pay is where these calls differ most. Cornell Atkinson Postdoctoral Fellowship in Sustainability 2027 offers four fellows USD 65,000 a year for three years, plus Cornell employee benefits and USD 12,000 a year for research and travel. Senior and postdoctoral fellows at Smithsonian Institution Fellowship Program 2027 in the United States (closed) receive USD 60,000 a year, or USD 65,000 in earth and planetary sciences. NASA Hubble Fellowship Program 2027 for Postdocs in the United States supports 24 fellows for 36 months, with health insurance, relocation, travel and research costs on top of the salary. IAIFI Postdoctoral Fellowship 2027-2030 at MIT (closed) pays about 15% above the minimum postdoc salary at MIT. At EUI Jean Monnet Fellowships 2027-2028 for Postdocs in Italy, 20 fellows receive EUR 2,850 a month. In the humanities and social sciences, add Leverhulme Trust Early Career Fellowship 2027 at CRASSH, Cambridge (closed) and CEES Fellowship Program Spring 2027: Research Stay in Switzerland (closed). At AIAS Visiting Fellowships 2027: Unsalaried Research Visits in Denmark (closed), fellows bring their salary with them from their home institution.

Professionals. Chevening OCIS Fellowship 2027 at Oxford for Professionals (closed) has six places, each for five months of research. Software Sustainability Institute Fellowship Programme 2027 (closed) gives computing and IT professionals 15 months in the United Kingdom. Leading for Humanity 2027: Tutu Foundation Leadership Programme (closed) takes place in South Africa, and OpenAI AI and Teen Development Research Grant Program 2026 (closed) awards grants of up to USD 1 million to postdocs and professionals.

Smaller grants and undergraduates. Projects funded by IFRA-Nigeria Research Grants 2027 for Humanities and Social Sciences receive at most EUR 1,000 each. Digital Science Catalyst Grant 2026 for AI tools that act on research (closed) offers up to GBP 25,000, which can be shared between recipients. Undergraduates appear in only one listing, The Image Centre Research Fellowships 2027 in Toronto for photography research (closed), which has six awards.

Fully funded awards in deadline order

On AfriWay, the fully funded label requires tuition and a living stipend in the same award. Four calls in this guide meet it, and one of the four names Egypt.

Chevening Scholarships 2027/28: One-Year UK Master's (closed) comes first, at 11:00 UTC on 6 October 2026, which is 14:00 in Cairo. It covers tuition and living costs in any subject, and applicants need at least two years of work experience.

Nine hours later, at 23:00 Cairo time, Knight-Hennessy Scholars 2027: Fully Funded Graduate Study at Stanford (closed) closes. For up to three years of any graduate degree at Stanford, it pays tuition and associated fees, a stipend for living and academic costs, and an economy-class ticket for one trip to and from Stanford each year. Every nationality can apply.

ARC-GSSP Postgraduate Scholarships for African Students (closed) closes at 23:59 GMT on 7 October, which is 02:59 on 8 October in Cairo. It pays full tuition for up to two years of postgraduate study in mathematics, engineering or environment and climate, with a living stipend and travel support, in South Africa, Côte d'Ivoire, Senegal or Ghana.

Mastercard Foundation Scholars Program at UCT 2027 for Postgraduates has the latest deadline, 31 October, with no hour. Applicants from any African country can use it for an honours degree, a master's programme or an eligible postgraduate diploma in the Faculty of Health Sciences at the University of Cape Town. It pays tuition, a laptop, campus accommodation, living expenses, medical aid, a study visa where needed, and a return trip to the university every year.

Two fellowships come close. Chevening OCIS Fellowship 2027 at Oxford for Professionals (closed) pays living expenses, a return economy airfare and a research allowance, but for research rather than a degree. Mohamed Ali Foundation Fellowship 2027 at Durham University provides accommodation, all meals, a research travel grant and an honorarium at the end.

Calls that name Egypt, cover developing countries or take all nationalities

Named lists. Chevening Scholarships 2027/28: One-Year UK Master's (closed) sets out a long list of eligible countries across several continents, and Egypt is on it. Chevening OCIS Fellowship 2027 at Oxford for Professionals (closed) is far narrower. Its eligible countries are Algeria, Egypt, Libya, Malaysia, Morocco, Nigeria, Senegal, Sudan, Tunisia and Türkiye, so you compete with applicants from nine other countries rather than the whole world.

All of Africa. Besides ARC-GSSP Postgraduate Scholarships for African Students (closed) and Mastercard Foundation Scholars Program at UCT 2027 for Postgraduates, the third call open to the whole continent is African Climate Collaborative PhD Fellowships 2027 at UCT (closed), with 12 fellowships of 48 months in environment and climate or social sciences.

Developing countries. Three master's listings in Germany target developing countries: ISATEC (MSc Marine Biology), University of Bremen: DAAD EPOS 2027 (closed), Sustainable Renewable Energy Technologies MSc, Oldenburg: EPOS 2027 (closed) and International Health MSc, Charité Berlin: DAAD EPOS Scholarship 2027 (closed). The listings do not define developing countries, and nothing in them confirms that Egypt qualifies. Check the country rule on each official page before you put a week into the application. All three ask for at least two years of work experience, and the Charité intake begins in September 2027.

Every nationality. The remaining 17 calls accept applicants from any country. For an Arabic speaker, Mohamed Ali Foundation Fellowship 2027 at Durham University stands out, because full use of its collection requires good reading knowledge of Arabic, Ottoman Turkish, French and English.

Deadlines closest first, in Cairo time

Egypt keeps summer time, UTC+3, until the last Thursday of October, and the Cairo hours below assume that offset. The clocks go back at the end of that Thursday, so the two deadlines after it use UTC+2. When a page allows two readings, the earlier Cairo hour is the one given.

• 5 October: Digital Science Catalyst Grant 2026 for AI tools that act on research (closed) at 17:00 BST, or 19:00 in Cairo. Bayreuth Academy Fellowships in African Studies, Germany (closed) at 23:59 CEST, which is already 00:59 on 6 October in Cairo. Software Sustainability Institute Fellowship Programme 2027 (closed) gives no hour.
• 6 October: AIAS Visiting Fellowships 2027: Unsalaried Research Visits in Denmark (closed) at noon in Copenhagen, or 13:00 in Cairo. The page says CET, which would mean 14:00, but Denmark is still on summer time, so plan for 13:00. Chevening Scholarships 2027/28: One-Year UK Master's (closed) at 11:00 UTC (14:00 in Cairo), Knight-Hennessy Scholars 2027: Fully Funded Graduate Study at Stanford (closed) at 13:00 Pacific Time (23:00 in Cairo), and Chevening OCIS Fellowship 2027 at Oxford for Professionals (closed) with no hour.
• 6 October in California: OpenAI AI and Teen Development Research Grant Program 2026 (closed) at 23:59 Pacific Time, when it is already 09:59 on 7 October in Cairo.
• 7 October: IAIFI Postdoctoral Fellowship 2027-2030 at MIT (closed) needs every document, reference letters included, by this date. ARC-GSSP Postgraduate Scholarships for African Students (closed) at 23:59 GMT, or 02:59 on 8 October in Cairo.
• 12 and 14 October: CEES Fellowship Program Spring 2027: Research Stay in Switzerland (closed), then Leading for Humanity 2027: Tutu Foundation Leadership Programme (closed), both without an hour.
• 15 October: ISATEC (MSc Marine Biology), University of Bremen: DAAD EPOS 2027 (closed), Sustainable Renewable Energy Technologies MSc, Oldenburg: EPOS 2027 (closed) and International Health MSc, Charité Berlin: DAAD EPOS Scholarship 2027 (closed) with no hour. African Climate Collaborative PhD Fellowships 2027 at UCT (closed) at 23:00 South African time, which is midnight in Cairo as 15 October ends. Smithsonian Institution Fellowship Program 2027 in the United States (closed) at 23:59 Eastern Time, or 06:59 on 16 October in Cairo.
• 16 October: Leverhulme Trust Early Career Fellowship 2027 at CRASSH, Cambridge (closed) at noon, with no time zone stated. As UK time, that is 14:00 in Cairo, an hour earlier than a UTC reading.
• 18 October: The Image Centre Research Fellowships 2027 in Toronto for photography research (closed) at 23:59 EST. Toronto is actually on daylight time in October, so the earlier reading is 06:59 on 19 October in Cairo.
• 20 October: Cornell Atkinson Postdoctoral Fellowship in Sustainability 2027 at 17:00 Eastern Time, which is midnight in Cairo, and Mohamed Ali Foundation Fellowship 2027 at Durham University, which must receive your application that day.
• 23 October: EUI Jean Monnet Fellowships 2027-2028 for Postdocs in Italy at 14:00 CEST, or 15:00 in Cairo.
• 28 October: NASA Hubble Fellowship Program 2027 for Postdocs in the United States at 23:00 UTC, which is 02:00 on the Thursday morning in Cairo. Summer time still applies at that hour.
• 30 October: IFRA-Nigeria Research Grants 2027 for Humanities and Social Sciences at 23:59 WAT. Cairo is back on UTC+2 by then, so the cut-off is 00:59 on 31 October.
• 31 October: Mastercard Foundation Scholars Program at UCT 2027 for Postgraduates, with no hour.

Where no hour is given, finish the day before. Nine of the stated cut-offs fall between midnight and 10:00 in Cairo, when a dropped connection leaves no time for a second attempt.

Preparing your application from Egypt

Start with the rules you cannot change before October ends. Chevening OCIS Fellowship 2027 at Oxford for Professionals (closed) asks for at least five years of professional experience, AIAS Visiting Fellowships 2027: Unsalaried Research Visits in Denmark (closed) for four, and Chevening Scholarships 2027/28: One-Year UK Master's (closed) and the three German master's courses for two. Short of the minimum? Spend the hours on a call where you qualify.

Next, sort out proof of English. None of the 25 listings says that IELTS is waived. ISATEC (MSc Marine Biology), University of Bremen: DAAD EPOS 2027 (closed) requires a C1 certificate from anyone whose native language is not English or whose last course of study was not taught completely in English, so a degree taught wholly or partly in Arabic means you need that certificate. Sustainable Renewable Energy Technologies MSc, Oldenburg: EPOS 2027 (closed) accepts TOEFL iBT, IELTS, Cambridge, PTE Academic, TOEIC, telc or UNIcert at level B2. CEES Fellowship Program Spring 2027: Research Stay in Switzerland (closed) wants every document in English, merged into a single PDF. Applications to IFRA-Nigeria Research Grants 2027 for Humanities and Social Sciences can be written in French or English.

Ask for reference letters this week. They take longest. IAIFI Postdoctoral Fellowship 2027-2030 at MIT (closed) treats the letters as part of the file due on 7 October. At The Image Centre Research Fellowships 2027 in Toronto for photography research (closed), the letters must arrive by email together with the application. At Bayreuth Academy Fellowships in African Studies, Germany (closed), fellows without pay from home receive EUR 2,500 a month only with a confirmation from their home institution or last funding organisation.

Then price the costs each call leaves to you. Leading for Humanity 2027: Tutu Foundation Leadership Programme (closed) covers programme costs, accommodation and meals, yet participants or their sponsors pay for travel to and from South Africa. The CAD 10,000 from The Image Centre Research Fellowships 2027 in Toronto for photography research (closed) has to cover travel, research and related expenses, with no separate travel or accommodation allowance.

Frequently asked questions

Which calls in this guide name Egypt?

Chevening Scholarships 2027/28: One-Year UK Master's (closed) and Chevening OCIS Fellowship 2027 at Oxford for Professionals (closed). Three more accept any African country: ARC-GSSP Postgraduate Scholarships for African Students (closed), African Climate Collaborative PhD Fellowships 2027 at UCT (closed) and Mastercard Foundation Scholars Program at UCT 2027 for Postgraduates.

Can Egyptians apply to calls for Sub-Saharan Africa?

Not when a call is limited to that region. Egypt lies in North Africa, which is why no such call appears here.

Which awards cover a whole postgraduate degree?

Four do: Chevening Scholarships 2027/28: One-Year UK Master's (closed), Knight-Hennessy Scholars 2027: Fully Funded Graduate Study at Stanford (closed), Mastercard Foundation Scholars Program at UCT 2027 for Postgraduates and ARC-GSSP Postgraduate Scholarships for African Students (closed), which places its scholars in four African host countries. Only the first names Egypt.

What time does Chevening close in Cairo?

At 14:00 Cairo time on 6 October 2026, which is 11:00 UTC. Chevening OCIS Fellowship 2027 at Oxford for Professionals (closed) closes the same day, with no hour stated.

Does any call here waive IELTS?

None of the 25 listings says so. Sustainable Renewable Energy Technologies MSc, Oldenburg: EPOS 2027 (closed) is the only one that lists the English tests it accepts.