Scholarship for Aspiring African Women: The Queen Elizabeth Fellowship for Career Starters is open to applications from suitably qualified young African women, postdoctoral researchers and early career scientists in the final stages of their doctoral studies.
The Fellowship is supported and funded by the Queen Elizabeth Scholarship in West Africa Program focusing on Sustainable Development Goal 5 (Gender Equality) and (Gender Equality) as cross-cutting or core goals.
Queen Elizabeth Scholarship for Early Career Women | Eligibility Criteria
To be considered for the Queen Elizabeth Scholarship for Advanced Scholars from Africa, applicants must meet the required criteria:
- Applicants must be African women.
- All applicants must be able to communicate in English or French.
- Must be enrolled i a doctoral research, post-doctoral research or early career research.
- Must be from an eligible West African countries.
- Research must fall into the eligible thematic areas.
- Applicants must be mobile and willing to travel. Travel may occur across West Africa and/or to Canada where feasible and permissible.
- Eligible Countries: Benin, Burkina Faso, Cabo Verde, Cameroon, Central African Republic, Chad, Congo, Cote d’Ivoire, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Equatorial Guinea, Gabon, Gambia, Ghana, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Liberia, Mali, Mauritania, Niger, Nigeria, Sao Tome and Principe, Senegal, Sierra Leone, Togo.
Scholarship Benefits
- Mobility expenses
- Accommodation
- Research placement expenses
- Travel and health insurance
How to Apply
Interested applicants for the Queen Elizabeth Scholarship for Early Career Women are to complete their application and provide all the required information and document.
Application Deadline: September 20, 2023
