African Health Sciences Postdoctoral Fellowship

The African Health Sciences Postdoctoral Fellowship provides research fellowships for African scientists in biomedical and health sciences to conduct research at leading African institutions. The fellowship offers salary support and a research budget for two years and accepts applicants working in fields such as medicine, nursing, public health and biomedical engineering. The programme is hosted in South Africa and is targeted at postdoctoral-level researchers from African countries.

Salary support and a research budget for two years; tuition coverage and may include living expenses and travel costs.

Open to applicants studying at the postdoctoral level from Algeria, Angola, Benin, Botswana, Burkina Faso, Burundi, Cabo Verde, Cameroon, Central African Republic, Chad, Comoros, Congo (Brazzaville), Congo (DRC), Cote d'Ivoire, Djibouti, Egypt, Equatorial Guinea, Eritrea, Eswatini, Ethiopia, Gabon, Gambia, Ghana, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Kenya, Lesotho, Liberia, Libya, Madagascar, Malawi, Mali, Mauritania, Mauritius, Morocco, Mozambique, Namibia, Niger, Nigeria, Rwanda, Sao Tome and Principe, Senegal, Seychelles, Sierra Leone, Somalia, South Africa, South Sudan, Sudan, Tanzania, Togo, Tunisia, Uganda, Zambia, Zimbabwe.

Prepare academic transcripts, recommendation letters and a personal statement and submit the application via the official website.