*I update as I learn about more opportunities for scholars, travelers, writers, activists, & artists*
College/Post-Baccalaureate Research Programs
- McNair Scholars Program:https://mcnairscholars.com/
- Mellon Mays Undergraduate Fellowship Program: http://www.mmuf.org/
- Ralph Bunche Summer Institute: http://www.apsanet.org/rbsi
- USC Predoctoral Summer Institute for First Generation and Diverse Scholars: https://dornsife.usc.edu/poir/predoctoral-summer-institute/Summer
- Predoctoral Workshop for Students of Color: https://priceschool.usc.edu/predoctoralworkshop/
- Princeton Emerging Scholars Program: https://www.princeton.edu/politics/graduate/emerging-scholars-program/
- Hot Metal Bridge Post-Bac https://www.asgraduate.pitt.edu/hot-metal-bridge-post-bac-program
- Pathways to Research and Doctoral Careers https://www.predoc.org/
- The PhD Excellence Initiative
- Introduction to Diversity in Doctoral Education & Scholarship @ Wharton
International Service Experience Fellowships
- Middle East and North Africa Regional Fellowship Program http://www.menarprogram.org/
- Princeton in Africa (in Latin America and Asia) https://www.princetoninafrica.org/
- Fulbright U.S. Student Program https://us.fulbrightonline.org/about/fulbright-us-student-program
- African Leadership Academy http://www.africanleadershipacademy.org/programs/
Doctoral/Graduate/Teaching Fellowships
- APSA Minority Fellowship Program: http://www.apsanet.org/mfp
- Ford Foundation Fellowship Program: http://sites.nationalacademies.org/pga/fordfellowships/index.htm
- Mawazo PhD Scholars Programme: https://mawazoinstitute.org/phdscholars
- Mo Ibrahim Foundation Scholarship for Graduate Study for African nationals: https://mo.ibrahim.foundation/fellowships/scholarships
- Mo Ibrahim Foundation Academy Fellowship: https://www.chathamhouse.org/academy/fellowships/africa
- Paul and Daisy Soros Fellowship for New Americans: https://www.pdsoros.org/
- NSF Graduate Research Fellowship Program: https://www.nsfgrfp.org/
- Freedom Summer Collegiate: http://www.freedomsummercollegiate.org/
- Penn Predoctoral Fellowships for Excellence Through Diversity: https://provost.upenn.edu/predoctoral-fellowships
Post-Doctoral Fellowships
- UC President’s Postdoctoral Fellowship Program
- Oxbridge College Junior Research Fellowships
- Harvard Society of Fellows
- Nuffield College Oxford Postdoctoral Prize Research Fellowships in Politics
- The Harvard Academy for International and Area Studies
- Klarman Postdoctoral Fellowship
- Social, Behavioral and Economic Sciences Postdoctoral Research Fellowship, NSF
- U Michigan NCID Postdoctoral Fellowship
- The Carolina Postdoctoral Program for Faculty Diversity
- Princeton President’s Postdoctoral Research Fellowship
- U Michigan President’s Postdoctoral Research Fellowship
- University of Maryland President’s Postdoctoral Fellowship
- UPenn Postdoctoral Fellowships for Academic Diversity
- Stanford Center on Democracy, Development, and the Rule of Law Pre- and Postdoctoral Fellowship
- ACLS Emerging Voices Fellowships
- Ford Foundation Postdoctoral Fellowship
- West African Research Association Postdoctoral Fellowship
Other Post-graduate Fellowships
- World Bank Africa Fellowship Program
- UN Economic Commission for Africa Fellowship for Young African Professionals
- World Trade Organization Young Professionals Programme
- Institute of Current World Affairs Writing Fellowship
- Fulbright Postdoctoral Scholar Awards
- Ife Institute of Advanced Studies
- More graduate and postdoctoral funding opportunities here and here
More Resources for Funding, Reading, and Application Advice:
- https://rachelstrohm.com/scholarships/ (extensive list of opportunities for African academics)
- http://democracyinafrica.org/decolonising-the-university-the-african-politics-reading-list/ (working list of academic literature on African Politics)
- A Guide to All Things PhD and Academia: The Professor Is In
- Advice on applying to PhD programs (and grad school more generally) from Prof. Tressie Cottom, Prof. Yuhua Wang, and Prof. Chris Blattman
- Advice on “planning your way to a PhD” from Shaquilla Harrigan
- “Reading, Processing, and Participating in Graduate School” by Dr. Alex C. Lange
- Extensive insight on “Reading Strategies” by Dr. Raul Pacheco-Vega
- http://www.apsanet.org/diversityprograms
- https://gsas.harvard.edu/financial-support/fellowships/fellowships-early…
- https://gradschool.utah.edu/diversity/external-fellowships
- https://graddiv.ucsc.edu/financial-aid/minority-fellowships.html
- Princeton University Press Book Proposal Development Grant
- Free and Low Cost Resources for Grad Students/Early Career Scholars
For Faculty, Established Scholars, Artists, Activists, etc.
- NSF Summer Course on Grant Writing
- Easton Nook Retreat Space for Scholars, Writers, Artists, and Activists
- Women of Color Faculty Retreat
- Andrew Carnegie Fellowship
- HKS Women and Public Policy Research Fellowship Program
- Guggenheim Memorial Foundation Fellowship
- McArthur Fellows Program
- School for Advanced Research Resident Scholars Fellowship
- Hurston/Wright Foundation Writing Workshops
- The Silvers Grants for Works in Progress
- Soros Equality Fellowship
- Pen Open Book Award and Artist Residency
- French Institutes for Advanced Study Fellowship Programme
- Durham Univeristy Institute of Advanced Study
- Merian Institute for Advanced Studies in Africa Fellowship
- Hedgebrook’s Writer-in-Residence Program
- Alison Wearing Memoir Writing Programs and Retreats
- Key West Literary Seminar and Writing Workshops
- Craigardan Scholarly, Literary, Artistic, and Culinary Residencies