ARUA Early-career Research Fellowships 2026 (Stipend available) – YOA

Deadline: January 22, 2026

Applications are open for the ARUA Early-career Research Fellowships 2026. The African Research Universities Alliance (ARUA), with assist from the Mastercard Foundation and the Carnegie Corporation of New York, is launching this Early-Career Research Fellowship program. The initiative will fund as much as forty-two (42) early-profession researchers to conduct globally aggressive analysis on the host and affiliated establishments of ARUA’s 13 (13) Centres of Excellence (CoEs) and the twenty-two (22) Africa-Europe Clusters of Excellence (CoREs).

The program goals to boost the capability of early-profession researchers at African universities by offering them with time away from educating duties at their home establishments to collaborate with extremely skilled and distinguished researchers at ARUA CoEs or the Africa-Europe CoREs. Each CoE or CoRE is predicted to host analysis fellows from international locations apart from its personal.

Responsibilities

The key roles and obligations of the analysis fellow are as follows:

• Work with different researchers to undertake numerous related research on the CoE or CoRE underneath the steerage of an assigned mentor.
• Write and publish a minimal of 1 (1) educational paper (a collectively authored paper the place the guy is the primary/lead writer might be acceptable) in a excessive-affect journal (at the least, listed in Scopus or Web of Science), with an accompanying coverage temporary or weblog put up on the suitable platforms of the respective host establishment.
• Deliver at the least two (2) shows and take part in technical workshops with fellow researchers and different stakeholders.
• Assist in creating and bolstering new partnerships between the respective CoE or CoRE and different related our bodies.
• Assist in disseminating analysis findings of the CoE or CoRE.

Benefits

• Successful candidates will likely be contracted by ARUA for six months. The analysis fellowship shall present a month-to-month stipend of US$2,000, a modest fee for lodging, and journey assist (return ticket to host establishment). Note that there are not any relocation bills.
• Additional monetary assist is accessible for eligible ladies who could require adjustment help (e.g., for childcare). The host CoE will present the analysis fellow with workplace house.

Eligibility

• Applicants have to be African nationals who’ve a PhD in a self-discipline/sub-self-discipline associated to the thematic space of the Centre of Excellence or Cluster of Research Excellence.
• Applicants have to be inside 5 years of finishing their PhD.
• Applicants ought to be younger college (or analysis) members at an ARUA college. Eligible candidates from non-ARUA Universities can apply.
• Female postdoctoral fellows will likely be thought-about in restricted circumstances.
• The applicant shouldn’t be greater than 35 years outdated on the time of making use of.
• Applicants ought to have a extremely aggressive observe file related to the OPPORTUNITY and be keen to develop a robust worldwide standing and analysis status.
• Applicants have to be out there to spend 6 months away from their home college and be capable to return to their home establishment.
• Applicant have to be engaged on an ongoing challenge associated to the CoE or CoRE and have available information to perform the primary roles and obligations.
• Eligible ladies are strongly inspired to apply. At least 70% of the fellowships will likely be awarded to feminine candidates.

Application

To apply for this analysis fellowship, submit the next paperwork:

• Cover letter outlining your causes for making use of for the place and particulars of how you’ll obtain the roles and obligations of the place. This ought to embody an summary of your expertise within the related area and the way you meet the eligibility standards. The candidate should specify the actual ARUA CoE or Africa-Europe CoRE to which they’re making use of. If an applicant has beforehand frolicked on the proposed CoE or CoRE (e.g., as a scholar, postdoc, and so forth.), the duvet letter ought to embody a motivation for a way this go to will construct on the pre-current relationship. Applicants might also counsel potential supervisors whom they might have already contacted. Applicants also needs to define in the event that they require a visa to go to the host or an affiliated establishment of the CoE or CoRE and, if that’s the case, what’s required and the estimated processing time.
• Full CV, together with applicant particulars (e.g., date of start, passport quantity, nation of origin, citizenship, and so forth.), particulars of doctoral diploma, {qualifications} obtained, analysis output, an outline of the applicant’s contribution in collectively authored publications, and particulars of two referees. In the case of shortlisted candidates, candidates will likely be required to ask the referees to submit a quick report assessing the applicant’s suitability for the fellowship. Referees shouldn’t be primarily based on the proposed host CoE or CoRE.
• A Letter of Support from the applicant’s everlasting/home establishment, together with a sign of suitability for the place and that the candidate will return to the home establishment.
• Evidence of the Award of PhD.
• A Brief Concept Note (max. 1,500 phrases, together with references) outlining your proposed analysis challenge/plan. Note that the proposed analysis challenge/plan ought to be possible throughout the fellowship interval (6 months) and properly aligned to the targets of the host CoE and CoRE. Candidates who can show that they possess the mandatory information or analysis supplies to assist their proposed analysis can have a major benefit.
• Two (2) educational writing equivalent to peer-reviewed journal articles, guide chapters, convention proceedings, coverage temporary and so forth. This shouldn’t be a chapter out of your doctoral thesis. In the case of a collectively authored piece, it is best to describe your contribution.
• The biodata web page of a sound passport

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For extra data, go to ARUA Early-career Research Fellowships.