FOR GRADUATE STUDENTS

Australian Development Scholarship Program (ADS)

• The Africa ADS program provides academic scholarships to undertake Master Degrees and Postgraduate Diplomas There website is designed to be a useful tool for you to find out more information about the scholarships eligibility criteria, country specific details, the institutions at which the scholarships can be undertaken, information about Australia and the regions where the institutions are located as well as details on the forum (chat room) and alumni to connect with past and present awardees.
• Priority sectors: Health field (specifically in areas related toHIV / AIDS)
• Number of scholarship available for 2009 : 6

Canon Collins Trust

• provides scholarships to students who wish to pursue a postgraduate degree (mainly Master’s degrees of one or two years) in either the United Kingdom or South Africa.

Rhodes Scholarships in Southern Africa

• The Scholarship is for full-time study and pays your entire tuition fee. It provides you with a comfortable living allowance of £11,000 per year, and also pays the cost of transport for you and your necessary belongings to and from Oxford .
• There are ten Scholarships available in Southern Africa each year.

University of Edinburgh Southern African Scholarships

• will offer two scholarships for postgraduate study in any subject offered by the University to students from Southern African countries. One of the scholarships will be available for a one year Master’s degree programme and the other scholarship for a three year PhD degree programme.
• The scholarship covers the overseas rate of tuition fee and University accommodation for the duration of the postgraduate degree programme.

For PhD Students

University of Newcastle

• will roll out the second stage of a major development initiative in eastern and southern Africa, launching a new scholarship scheme with the Government of Kenya for five PhD students.
• The scholarship scheme is part of a $2.6 million University initiative to build capacity in countries in eastern and southern Africa.
• The initiative involves waiving fees for up to 30 government-sponsored research higher degree students from Africa to study at the University of Newcastle in Australia over the next three years.
• The five scholarships launched today in Kenya are the second stage of the initiative, and follow five scholarships announced in Botswana last year.