African Leadership Centre Fellowships for African Scholars in Peace, Security and Development 2026 (Degree-Awarding) – YOA

Deadline: May 24, 2026

Applications are open for the African Leadership Centre Fellowships for African Scholars in Peace, Security and Development 2026. This award is designed for younger African students passionate a couple of profession in management, safety, and improvement, to affect discourse and follow in these areas.

Spanning eighteen months, this fellowship combines rigorous educational analysis, impactful writing, and coverage evaluation on management, safety, and improvement points, culminating in a six-month attachment at a number one African college, regional group, or Centre of Excellence on the continent.

This programme makes use of modalities of studying that combine a grasp’s programme on Global Leadership and Peacebuilding at King’s College London with a uniquely tailor-made mentoring programme—comprising quite a few group mentoring classes, simulation practices, one-on-one and peer-to-peer mentoring classes, institutional visits, and attachment.

Upon completion, fellows emerge with educational data, analysis expertise, mentorship coaching, and sensible expertise, linked to a community of distinguished African consultants in peace, safety, and improvement to take part in setting a brand new peace, safety and improvement agenda for Africa.

Eligibility

Candidates should be capable to display the next values throughout all phases of the programme: selling African led concepts and processes of change; impartial considering; integrity; pursuit of excellence; recognition of youth company; and respect for variety in all its kinds.

• Candidates will need to have citizenship in an African nation.
• Successful candidates should maintain legitimate journey paperwork previous to acceptance.
• Candidates should maintain a grasp’s or bachelor’s diploma with an equal degree {of professional} expertise.
• The fellowship is open to junior school members based mostly in universities in Africa from departments of political science; worldwide relations; historical past, regulation, improvement research, peace, safety and battle research, and associated departments.
• Candidates have to display an curiosity in pursuing careers in the sector of peace, safety and improvement. Previous study or engagement with the problems of safety and improvement isn’t required. However, candidates should display a primary familiarity with these points.
• Candidates should moreover be capable to display the capability to undertake analysis on points regarding peace and safety in Africa.
• Candidates might be anticipated to have a transparent plan on utilise data gained in the Fellowship upon returning to their international locations and educational establishments.
• If provided the Fellowship, candidates ought to safe unconditional acceptance into the MSc in world Leadership and Peacebuilding at King`s College London by the University’s deadline. Note that for most African college students passing an English Language Proficiency Test is obligatory to achieve unconditional acceptance to the MSc Programmeme at King’s College London.

Application

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For extra data, go to African Leadership Centre Fellowships.