African Population and Health Research Center (APHRC) Internship Program 2026 – YOA

Deadline: April 13, 2026

Applications are open for the African Population and Health Research Center (APHRC) Internship Program 2026. The African Population and Health Research Center (APHRC) is a premier analysis-to-coverage establishment, producing proof, strengthening analysis and associated capability within the African analysis and improvement ecosystem, and participating coverage to tell motion on well being and improvement. APHRC seeks to drive change by growing sturdy African analysis management and selling proof-knowledgeable resolution-making (EIDM) throughout sub-Saharan Africa.

The Center, via its Research and Related Capacity Strengthening (RRCS) Program, seeks to strengthen particular person and institutional analysis capability to allow African researchers to totally take part in defining and implementing precedence inhabitants and well being packages on the continent. As part of particular person capability strengthening efforts, APHRC has, through the years, been operating a requirement-pushed internship program whose goal is to nurture proficient younger Africans to turn out to be future students, analysis leaders and aligned professionals.

For the 2026 interval, the Program has opened internship alternatives within the following tasks and departments for 3-6 months, beginning May 2026.

Responsibilities

Generally, profitable candidates will probably be anticipated to:

• Work with the assigned supervisor to develop a set of targets for the internship, a piece plan, and to ship on the targets.
• Work intently with the assigned supervisor to supply frequent mission updates and studies and many others.
• Contribute to coverage engagement and strategic planning as could also be wanted.
• Make at the very least one brown bag presentation (BBP) about their work at APHRC.
• Submit a written report at the very least 1 week earlier than the top of their internship.
• Submit an internship/visiting scholar suggestions kind.
• Participate within the internship follow- up analysis survey.

Eligibility

• Either accomplished a bachelor’s diploma within the final six months; and/or pursuing/finishing a grasp’s diploma in any of the next areas: inhabitants research/demography, statistics, epidemiology, economics, social sciences, or associated self-discipline. More data within the subject of training required might be discovered within the particular person mission write- up.
• Quantitative and qualitative analytical abilities are desired for analysis internships.
• This name is open to nationals of sub-Saharan African international locations.
• The internship will probably be hybrid, with the expectation that the intern will probably be bodily obtainable when required for internship actions.

Application

The application course of has two steps. The first step is to finish a brief on-line survey HERE. The second step includes sending as one PDF an application containing:

• Your curriculum vitae (2 pages max)
• Your certificates of accomplished undergraduate diploma or grasp’s diploma.
• Other certificates(s) which may be related in your internship application.
• 1-2 letters of advice (every 1-web page max, one in all which have to be from a earlier or present educational supervisor) supporting your suitability for the internship.

The doc is to be despatched through e mail to [email protected] with “2026 INTERNSHIP” as the topic line of the e-mail. Incomplete or late purposes is not going to be thought-about.

The deadline for the purposes is April 13, 2026. Only shortlisted candidates will probably be contacted. All purposes must be addressed to:

The Internship and Visiting Scholar Review Committee
African Population and Health Research Center
APHRC Campus, Manga Close, off Kirawa Road, Kitisuru
P.O. Box 10787-GPO, Nairobi

For extra data, go to APHRC Internship.