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Dorcas Muthoni PhD Fellowships for African Female Students

🏛 Universitat Pompeu Fabra (UPF) 📍 Spain 📅 2026

About this opportunity

PhD fellowship offered at Universitat Pompeu Fabra (UPF) in Spain, for African female students. It supports doctoral studies in ICT, with a focus on promoting gender equality in STEM and enabling research across multiple ICT topics. The fellowship includes a predoctoral contract with a salary, start-up funds, and covers doctoral program fees under the PRC framework, lasting up to three years (with potential extension).

Benefits & funding

Predoctoral salary, startup fund, teaching assistant load, coverage of certain fees, and a three-year doctoral contract (with potential extension).

Eligibility

African female students who hold an MSc or equivalent; African nationality applicants only will be considered.

How to apply

Submit applications to the UPF ICT PhD programme and to the Dorcas Muthoni PhD Fellowship simultaneously, including a motivation letter and supervisor support letter, plus required documents.

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