TWAS-CUI Postgraduate Fellowship Programme 2026 for young scientists from developing countries (Funded) – Opportunities For Africans

Application Deadline: 15 June 2026

Applications at the moment are open for the 2026 TWAS-CUI Postgraduate Fellowship Programme. The TWAS-COMSATS University Islamabad (CUI) Fellowship Programme for postgraduate analysis gives fellowships to young scientists from developing countries aside from Pakistan, who want to receive their PhD in pure or social sciences.

Programme particulars

• TWAS-CUI Postgraduate Fellowships are tenable within the departments and laboratories of the campuses of the COMSATS University Islamabad (CUI).
• FULL-TIME Fellowships (for these not registered for a PhD of their home nation): The Fellowship might granted for a interval of as much as 3 years. Candidates will register for their PhD within the related division at one of many campuses of CUI, Pakistan.
• CUI-TWAS Fellowships are provided within the following areas of the pure and associated utilized sciences: Computer Science
  Computer Engineering
  Interdisciplinary Research Centre in Biomedical Materials (IRCBM)
  Mathematics
  Environmental Sciences
  Biotechnology
  Chemistry
  Pharmacy
• CUI-TWAS Fellowships are additionally provided within the following social and financial sciences: Management Science, Development Studies
• CUI will present a month-to-month stipend which ought to be used to cowl dwelling prices similar to meals, lodging and medical health insurance. The month-to-month stipend won’t be convertible into overseas forex.
• Successful candidates will have the ability to be part of from the Autumn semester in September 2026 or the Spring semester, in February 2027 with exception of the Abbottabad campus the place Spring semester begins in March (relying availability of PhD programmes).
• The language of instruction is English.

Eligibility

Applicants for these fellowships should meet the next standards:

• be nationals of a developing nation (aside from Pakistan);
• should not be on website in Pakistan;
• should not maintain any visa for short-term or everlasting residency in Pakistan or any developed nation;
• maintain an MSc diploma (with analysis) in a subject of pure sciences;
• IF making use of in a subject of eligible social sciences, maintain a MSc diploma in a subject of social sciences;
• be a most age of 35 years by 31 December within the yr of application;
• FULL-TIME Fellowships candidates:
  a) should be keen to register at CUI, Pakistan;b) should maintain a Master’s diploma or equal diploma, with thesis of 06 credit score hours and with a minimum of 3.0/4.0 CGPA or 60% marks, and with out “D” grades all through the educational profession; c) should move a Graduate Record Examinations- GRE (Subject) take a look at as per coverage of the Higher Education Commission, Pakistan (HEC) or should sit the Graduate Assessment Test (GAT topic) managed by the National Testing Service, Pakistan (NTS) inside the first semester of research at CUI and rating a minimal mark of 60;

For More Information:

Visit the Official Webpage of the TWAS-CUI Postgraduate Fellowship Programme