SAIIA Africa Youth Portal and Research Programme 2025 – YOA

Deadline: December 12, 2025

Applications are open for the SAIIA Africa Youth Portal and Research Programme 2025. The Africa Youth Portal and Research Programme consists of every week-lengthy in-individual coaching workshop titled ‘From Academia to the Think Tank: A Young Researcher’s Journey’, adopted by steady assist from mentors to help you in your skilled and private progress as an aspiring researcher. The coaching will happen in Johannesburg, South Africa, from 20-25 April 2026 (TBC).

It goals to equip 20 chosen postgraduate youth researchers with the talents, instruments and networks to transition from educational analysis into impactful coverage work. Participants will obtain mentorship, coaching and the OPPORTUNITY to publish on the Africa Youth Portal.

Training Focus Areas

• Think tank vs. educational analysis
• Writing brief, impactful coverage items
• Research dissemination and media engagement
• AI and digital instruments for researchers
• Personal branding and profession mapping
• Thematic analysis areas: Education, local weather change, Gender, armed battle, and youth inclusion and company

Benefits

• The venture will cowl the related travelling and lodging prices.
• Mentorship from skilled researchers
• Training in analysis writing, media engagement and digital instruments
• Opportunity to publish on the Africa Youth Portal
• Networking with friends, specialists and potential employers
• Eligibility to hitch the Youth Advisory Committee

Eligibility

To be eligible, candidates should:

• Be aged between 18 and 35 years.
• Be at present enrolled in or have lately accomplished a postgraduate programme (Honours, Masters or PhD).
• Be finding out or have studied one of many following fields: Political science, worldwide relations, journalism, improvement research, sociology, legislation, economics, science or foresight research.
• Demonstrate a powerful curiosity in coverage analysis and youth improvement.
• Be accessible to take part for the total period of the coaching workshop and in subsequent engagements and programmes.
• Commit to producing a publishable analysis piece (800–1000 phrases) by the tip of the programme.

Application

Applications should embody:

• A accomplished application type
• A brief motivation letter (max 500 phrases)
• CV (max 2 pages)
• Academic transcript or proof of enrolment
• A quick analysis proposal (max 1 web page) aligned with one of many thematic areas

Click here to apply

For extra data, go to SAIIA Africa Youth Portal and Research Programme.