Queen Elizabeth Scholarship for West Africa

The Queen Elizabeth Scholarship for West Africa is a development-focused programme hosted at the University of Ghana that funds five-week professional development, leadership and research experiences for doctoral, postdoctoral, and early-career researchers from eligible countries to work on health equity and inclusive growth initiatives. The programme combines research with professional training and field placements in non-university institutions serving rural communities, with a collaborative research project component and networking activities.

Leadership and ethics training, research methods training, networking with QE fellows and project resources, a collaborative research project with an international placement partner, and engagement activities with local communities.

Applicants must be doctoral students, postdoctoral researchers, or early-career researchers with a PhD, and must be citizens of eligible African countries or Canadian citizens, able to participate in a five-week on-site training in eastern Ghana.