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CODESRIA — Grants and Fellowships

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The Council for the Development of Social Science Research in Africa is the continent's own social science council, funding African scholars directly. Its institutes—Democratic Governance, Gender, Economic Policy—combine funding with structured residential training, which suits early-career staff.

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Browse the grants-and-fellowships announcements category. Create an account on the CODESRIA online application portal to apply.

Enquiries: codesria@codesria.org.

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2026 Democratic Governance Institute — Migration Governance: Rethinking Mobility and Democratic Agency in Africa

CODESRIA — Council for the Development of Social Science Research in Africa · Senegal

CODESRIA's institutes combine funded residency with structured intellectual training: laureates arrive with a research paper, work on it across two weeks with senior resource persons, and leave with a revised paper and a route to publication. This year's theme is migration governance and democratic agency, held in Lagos in partnership with the Centre for Migration Studies at the University of Ghana. This is the continent's own social science council funding African scholars directly, with no Northern partner anywhere in the structure.

Deadline: 31 August 2026Closed
Value: See call
Focus: Social science · Law & governance

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CODESRIA — Research Grants on University Ecosystems

CODESRIA — Council for the Development of Social Science Research in Africa · Senegal

CODESRIA, with Carnegie support, invites researchers at African universities and research institutions to study the higher-education landscape through two linked lenses: gender and associational life on campus, and academic and intellectual freedom. Funded projects are expected to produce publishable scholarship and policy-relevant evidence on equity, governance and institutional culture in African universities. Grantees receive 15 months of support and join knowledge-exchange workshops and peer-learning forums.

Deadline: 16 January 202768 days left
Value: USD 5,000–15,000 per grant
Focus: Humanities · Social science

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