African STARS MSc Fellowship 2025 for Researchers

The African STARS MSc Fellowship offers a fully funded two-year MSc programme in Bioinformatics of Infectious Diseases and Pathogen Genomics, hosted at Stellenbosch University in South Africa, with collaboration from Institut Pasteur de Dakar. It provides structured coursework, hands-on research training, mentorship, and career development support for African scientists aiming to lead infectious disease and pathogen genomics research.

Tuition, accommodation, living stipend, research expenses, travel, health insurance, mentorship, and career development support

Applicants must be born in and/or living in Africa, be 35 years of age or younger, and hold a BSc Honours (NQF level 8) or an equivalent 4-year degree in a related field such as Bioinformatics, Data Science, Mathematics, Statistics, Computer Science, Biochemistry, Genetics, or Molecular Biology.

Step 1: complete the external scholarship application form; Step 2: submit formal university admission application for the MSc programme