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Applications are now open for the 2025/2026 AfDB Japan Africa Dream Scholarship (JADS) Program. The Japan Africa Dream Scholarship (JADS) is a capacity building program by the African Development Bank and the Government of Japan.
The Intra-Africa Mobility for Training Agribusiness and Food Systems Scientists for African Agriculture (TAFSA) program has announced its third call for applications for its Credit-Seeking Mobility Scholarship. Funded by the European Union, this initiative provides fully-funded opportunities for currently enrolled Master's and PhD students to undertake a semester of study and research at a leading African university outside their home country. The program aims to enhance skills, promote collaboration, and improve the quality of higher education across Africa. Fields of study include Agriculture, Agribusiness, Food Science & Technology, and Human Nutrition. The scholarship covers a monthly stipend, health insurance, and travel costs.
The Austrian Agency for Education and Internationalisation (OeAD) has announced its fourth call for proposals under the Supporting African Science and Tertiary Education (SASTE) grant program. This initiative funds collaborative projects between African and Austrian higher education institutions aimed at strengthening science, research, and tertiary education in Africa. The program supports a wide range of activities, including curriculum development, research collaboration, staff and student mobility, and capacity building. The call is open until November 2025, providing a significant opportunity for institutional partnerships to develop impactful, long-term projects that enhance the African higher education landscape.
The FS4Africa project has launched an open call for proposals, offering up to €600,000 in funding to support groundbreaking innovations that address critical food safety challenges across Africa. This grant targets consortia of SMEs, startups, research institutions, and other stakeholders developing solutions in areas such as foodborne pathogen detection, supply chain traceability, post-harvest loss reduction, and climate-resilient food safety practices. Selected projects will receive not only financial support but also technical assistance and mentoring to help bring their ideas to market. This is a pivotal opportunity for innovators to contribute to a safer, more secure, and sustainable African food system.
The International Livestock Research Institute (ILRI) is offering a fully-funded PhD Graduate Fellowship to investigate the critical barriers to livestock vaccine adoption in smallholder farming systems. This multidisciplinary, mixed-methods research will focus on Peste des Petits Ruminants (PPR) control in small ruminants (sheep and goats) in Mali and Ethiopia. The successful candidate will work within a leading CGIAR research center to generate actionable insights that can improve animal health, enhance livestock productivity, and bolster the livelihoods of smallholder farmers across the region. This is an exceptional opportunity for a doctoral student to contribute to high-impact, applied research in global development and veterinary epidemiology.
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