African Postgraduate Scholarships

Canon Collins Trust

• The Canon Collins Trust foundation has scholarship money available to students from African countries. These countries include South Africa, Namibia, Botswana, Swaziland, Lesotho, Zimbabwe, Zambia, Malawi, Angola and Mozambique, and are allocated to students who wish to obtain postgraduate degrees.

  The mission of the Canon Collins Trust is to promote educational opportunities in southern Africa and to help build an educated and skilled workforce. Canon Collins Trust is based in the United Kingdom. The organization has helped more than 50,000 students to continue their postgraduate education.

  22 The Ivories
  6 Northampton Street
  London
  N1 2HY
  Tel: +44 (0) 20 7354 1462

UPeace Scholarships

• The UPeace Africa Programme offers a limited number of scholarships to students obtaining their PhD in peace and conflict studies. Students who are interested in the UPeace scholarship must hold citizenship from an African country, be enrolled full-time in a PhD program with a focus on peace and conflict studies, and already have completed a master's degree in a related field. Qualifying applicants receive up to $15,000 toward tuition, living expenses and research material.

  The Research Coordinator,
  UPEACE Africa Programme,
  P.O.Box 2794 code 1250, Addis Ababa,
  Ethiopia, Fax: +251 11 6180993, Tel: +251 11 6180991/92

AMMSI

• The African Mathematics Millennium Science Initiative (AMMSI) aims to promote graduate studies in the field of mathematics throughout African countries. The organization has five regional offices throughout sub-Saharan Africa, with a mission to strengthen mathematics in the regions of Botswana, Burkina Faso, Cameroon, Kenya and Nigeria.

  Graduate students interested in studying at an African university can receive up to $2,000 dollars toward their education in mathematics. Non-African students may also qualify for the funding as long as they are considering studying at an African university in one of the five regions listed above.

  Professor Wandera Ogana
  AMMSI Programme Director
  School of Mathematics, University of Nairobi,
  P.O. Box 30197, GPO 00100, Nairobi, KENYA