Scholarships, grants and fellowships for Moroccan applicants 2027

Twenty-five calls open to applicants from Morocco have deadlines from 5 October to 31 October 2026. Just two print Morocco among their eligible countries, and four cover tuition together with living costs.

Open calls for Moroccan applicants right now

Of the 25 calls, 14 are fellowships. Scholarships number seven, grants three, and there is a single training programme, all from 23 separate funders. By level, 13 calls are open to postdoctoral researchers, nine to master's students, six to doctoral candidates and six to people already in work. Three set no level.

Eligibility falls into four groups. Chevening Scholarships 2027/28: One-Year UK Master's (closed) and Chevening OCIS Fellowship 2027 at Oxford for Professionals (closed) name Morocco. 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 welcome applicants from anywhere in Africa. Three German master's courses are aimed at developing countries. The remaining 17 calls accept any nationality.

One rule works against you. Morocco is a North African country, and a call reserved for Sub-Saharan Africa does not accept its applicants, so AfriWay keeps such calls off this page.

With a doctorate. Cornell Atkinson Postdoctoral Fellowship in Sustainability 2027 pays a salary of USD 65,000 a year, with an extra USD 12,000 each year to spend on research and travel. It lasts three years and has four places. At Smithsonian Institution Fellowship Program 2027 in the United States (closed), the annual rate is USD 60,000 for postdocs and senior scholars, and earth and planetary scientists at that level get USD 65,000. NASA Hubble Fellowship Program 2027 for Postdocs in the United States names 24 fellows for 36 months, and its package goes beyond salary to cover relocation, health insurance, travel and research costs. AIAS Visiting Fellowships 2027: Unsalaried Research Visits in Denmark (closed) comes with no salary.

In a profession. Chevening OCIS Fellowship 2027 at Oxford for Professionals (closed) offers six five-month research stays to people with five years of experience or more. Computing and IT specialists can spend 15 months in the United Kingdom through Software Sustainability Institute Fellowship Programme 2027 (closed). OpenAI AI and Teen Development Research Grant Program 2026 (closed) makes individual research grants worth up to USD 1 million, open to postdocs and professionals.

Smaller sums and undergraduates. No project funded by IFRA-Nigeria Research Grants 2027 for Humanities and Social Sciences receives more than EUR 1,000, and Digital Science Catalyst Grant 2026 for AI tools that act on research (closed) has GBP 25,000 at most, which it can share among several winners. Only The Image Centre Research Fellowships 2027 in Toronto for photography research (closed) names undergraduates.

Fully funded awards, earliest deadline first

AfriWay gives its fully funded label only to awards that pay tuition and a living stipend. Four calls here qualify, one of them naming Morocco.

First comes Chevening Scholarships 2027/28: One-Year UK Master's (closed), due at noon in Rabat on 6 October 2026, which the funder writes as 11:00 UTC. This is the call that lists Morocco. The award covers tuition and living costs for the whole course, any subject is welcome, and you need at least two years of work behind you.

Knight-Hennessy Scholars 2027: Fully Funded Graduate Study at Stanford (closed) follows that evening, at 21:00 Rabat time or 13:00 in California. Any Stanford graduate degree qualifies, and the award runs three years at most, paying tuition and related fees, living and study costs, and an economy ticket to Stanford and back once a year. Every nationality is eligible.

ARC-GSSP Postgraduate Scholarships for African Students (closed) is due at 23:59 GMT on 7 October, and by then Rabat clocks already show 00:59 on the 8th. It is open across Africa to postgraduate students of mathematics, engineering and environment and climate, and it places them in Senegal, Ghana, South Africa or Côte d'Ivoire for as long as two years. It pays full tuition, a stipend to live on and help with travel.

Mastercard Foundation Scholars Program at UCT 2027 for Postgraduates leaves the most time, until 31 October, with no closing hour. Any African applicant can use it for a master's, an honours degree or an eligible postgraduate diploma from UCT's health sciences faculty. It pays tuition, a laptop, a room on campus, living costs, medical aid, the study visa if you need one and yearly travel to Cape Town and back.

Calls that name Morocco, target developing countries or accept anyone

The two named lists. Chevening Scholarships 2027/28: One-Year UK Master's (closed) has a long list in which Morocco is one African entry among many. The list for Chevening OCIS Fellowship 2027 at Oxford for Professionals (closed) is tightly drawn: Morocco, Algeria, Tunisia, Libya, Egypt, Sudan, Senegal, Nigeria, Malaysia and Türkiye. Its six fellowships cover economics, health, the humanities, natural and social sciences, and public policy.

All of Africa. African Climate Collaborative PhD Fellowships 2027 at UCT (closed) is the third call open to every African country. The University of Cape Town offers 12 PhD places through it, each lasting 48 months, in climate and environment or the social sciences.

Developing countries. The DAAD EPOS scheme funds three German master's courses for applicants from 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). None of the three listings says which countries count, and none confirms Morocco. Settle that on the official page first, then write the motivation letter. Oldenburg closes its EPOS round a year before the 24-month course starts, and Charité's next intake is September 2027.

Any nationality. The other 17 calls are open worldwide, and a few of them reward a Moroccan profile. Mohamed Ali Foundation Fellowship 2027 at Durham University expects good reading knowledge of French, Arabic, English and Ottoman Turkish, which favours someone educated in Arabic and French. IFRA-Nigeria Research Grants 2027 for Humanities and Social Sciences takes applications in French as well as English, for research in Togo, Ghana, Benin, Niger, Chad, Cameroon, Nigeria, Burkina Faso or Côte d'Ivoire.

Deadlines in Rabat time, closest first

Every Rabat time below assumes UTC+1, the offset Morocco keeps outside Ramadan. For the European deadlines, that puts Rabat level with London and one hour behind Berlin, Copenhagen and Rome.

• 5 October: Digital Science Catalyst Grant 2026 for AI tools that act on research (closed) shuts when London reads 17:00 BST, which is also 17:00 in Rabat. For Bayreuth Academy Fellowships in African Studies, Germany (closed), 23:59 CEST means 22:59 here. Software Sustainability Institute Fellowship Programme 2027 (closed) gives only the date.
• 6 October: AIAS Visiting Fellowships 2027: Unsalaried Research Visits in Denmark (closed) ends at noon in Copenhagen. The page says CET, yet Denmark is on summer time that day, so aim for 11:00 in Rabat. Chevening Scholarships 2027/28: One-Year UK Master's (closed) ends at noon Rabat time, printed as 11:00 UTC, and Knight-Hennessy Scholars 2027: Fully Funded Graduate Study at Stanford (closed) at 21:00 here, 13:00 on the Pacific coast. Chevening OCIS Fellowship 2027 at Oxford for Professionals (closed) gives only the date.
• 7 October: OpenAI AI and Teen Development Research Grant Program 2026 (closed) runs until 23:59 Pacific Time on 6 October, which is 07:59 on the morning of 7 October in Rabat. IAIFI Postdoctoral Fellowship 2027-2030 at MIT (closed) ends the same day, and letters of reference must already be in.
• 8 October: for ARC-GSSP Postgraduate Scholarships for African Students (closed), 23:59 GMT on 7 October becomes 00:59 in Rabat.
• 12 October: CEES Fellowship Program Spring 2027: Research Stay in Switzerland (closed), date only.
• 14 October: Leading for Humanity 2027: Tutu Foundation Leadership Programme (closed), date only.
• 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), date only. African Climate Collaborative PhD Fellowships 2027 at UCT (closed) ends at 23:00 South African time, 22:00 here.
• 16 October: Smithsonian Institution Fellowship Program 2027 in the United States (closed) runs until 23:59 Eastern Time on 15 October, so the Rabat cut-off is 04:59 on 16 October. Leverhulme Trust Early Career Fellowship 2027 at CRASSH, Cambridge (closed) stops at 12:00 with no zone given, which equals noon in Rabat if it means UK time.
• 19 October: The Image Centre Research Fellowships 2027 in Toronto for photography research (closed) prints 23:59 EST on 18 October. Toronto is on daylight time, so the earlier reading, 04:59 in Rabat, is the one to use.
• 20 October: Cornell Atkinson Postdoctoral Fellowship in Sustainability 2027 ends at 17:00 Eastern Time, 22:00 here. Mohamed Ali Foundation Fellowship 2027 at Durham University must receive the file that day.
• 23 October: EUI Jean Monnet Fellowships 2027-2028 for Postdocs in Italy ends at 14:00 CEST, 13:00 here.
• 28 October: NASA Hubble Fellowship Program 2027 for Postdocs in the United States prints 23:00 UTC, which is midnight in Rabat as the date changes.
• 30 October: IFRA-Nigeria Research Grants 2027 for Humanities and Social Sciences ends at 23:59 West Africa Time, the same clock as Rabat.
• 31 October: Mastercard Foundation Scholars Program at UCT 2027 for Postgraduates, date only.

Five of these cut-offs land between midnight and 08:00 in Rabat. At that hour a power cut or a frozen upload cannot be fixed in time, so make the previous evening your personal deadline. When only a date is shown, submit a day ahead.

Preparing from Morocco: papers, languages and money

Check your years of experience first, because good writing cannot fix a shortfall. Five years are the minimum for Chevening OCIS Fellowship 2027 at Oxford for Professionals (closed), four for AIAS Visiting Fellowships 2027: Unsalaried Research Visits in Denmark (closed), and two for Chevening Scholarships 2027/28: One-Year UK Master's (closed) as well as the three EPOS courses.

Where a listing names a language, English is on it, and not one of the 25 says it waives IELTS. ISATEC (MSc Marine Biology), University of Bremen: DAAD EPOS 2027 (closed) asks for proof of English at level C1 unless English is your first language or your last programme was taught entirely in English, so a French- or Arabic-taught degree does not exempt you. Sustainable Renewable Energy Technologies MSc, Oldenburg: EPOS 2027 (closed) accepts Cambridge, IELTS, PTE Academic, TOEFL iBT, TOEIC, UNIcert or telc at level B2. All materials for CEES Fellowship Program Spring 2027: Research Stay in Switzerland (closed) must be in English and sent as one PDF file.

Referees take longer than anything else in the file. IAIFI Postdoctoral Fellowship 2027-2030 at MIT (closed) treats a missing letter as an incomplete application on 7 October, and The Image Centre Research Fellowships 2027 in Toronto for photography research (closed) asks for the letters to travel in the very email that carries your application. Give each referee the deadline, the submission route and two or three points to cover.

Then work out which costs stay with you. At Bayreuth Academy Fellowships in African Studies, Germany (closed), the EUR 2,500 monthly rate is for fellows without any income from home, and your home institution or last funder has to confirm that situation. Leading for Humanity 2027: Tutu Foundation Leadership Programme (closed) pays for the programme itself, lodging and food, while the trip to South Africa and back falls on you or a sponsor. At The Image Centre Research Fellowships 2027 in Toronto for photography research (closed), one stipend of CAD 10,000 must pay for your travel, your research and everything around them, because nothing extra comes for flights or housing.

Questions Moroccan applicants ask

Which calls here list Morocco by name?

Two do: Chevening Scholarships 2027/28: One-Year UK Master's (closed) and Chevening OCIS Fellowship 2027 at Oxford for Professionals (closed). Widen the net to calls that welcome all of Africa and you can add 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.

Are Moroccans eligible for Sub-Saharan Africa calls?

No. Morocco lies in North Africa, so a call restricted to Sub-Saharan Africa leaves it out, and this guide lists none of them. Calls open to all African countries are a different matter and do include Morocco.

Is French accepted anywhere?

Only IFRA-Nigeria Research Grants 2027 for Humanities and Social Sciences says it takes applications in French, as an alternative to English. Every other listing that states a language requirement includes English.

When exactly does Chevening close for applicants in Rabat?

Noon in Rabat on 6 October 2026, the moment the funder lists as 11:00 UTC. Chevening OCIS Fellowship 2027 at Oxford for Professionals (closed) has the same date but no stated hour.

Does Morocco count as a developing country for the German EPOS courses?

The three listings do not say. Check the country list on each official programme page first.