A research residency in Japan for young researchers from UNESCO member states, funded by the Japanese government. The 2026 cycle is organised around five themes: heritage conservation; AI for natural resource management and climate; ethical and inclusive AI; AI for cities and infrastructure; and AI and education. That thematic shape makes it one of the few routes in this digest that touches education research, which is otherwise almost entirely absent.
Deadline
30 Sept 202633 days left
Value
Up to US$10,000 per fellow as a lump sum; ten fellowships available in this cycle
The British Academy Postdoctoral Fellowships are three-year awards made to an annual cohort of outstanding early-career humanities and social-science researchers pursuing an independent research project towards a significant piece of publishable research. Funded by the UK Department for Science, Innovation and Technology, the scheme is designed to strengthen research and teaching experience and improve the holder's prospects of a permanent academic post.
African Export-Import Bank (Afreximbank) · Pan-African (HQ Cairo)
Invites original postgraduate research (Master’s or PhD) on African trade, finance, regional integration, and sustainable development. Papers of 3,000–5,000 words are submitted and judged by an independent jury. Top papers are presented to Afreximbank leadership and published as policy briefs.
A Nordic postdoctoral fellowship funded by the Novo Nordisk Foundation and shared across four institutes for advanced study, organised around the theme of inequity in health. Note that this is a salaried, full-time research position requiring relocation to a Nordic country for almost two years.
Deadline
1 October 202634 days left
Value
Full-time salary under the host country's collective agreements, varying by seniority and country, plus up to €20,000 in research costs, relocation travel and assistance, and office space
This fellowship supports African university faculty and research-organisation scientists who want to embed artificial intelligence in their scientific or engineering research; it funds a year of residency and advanced AI training at the University of Michigan, then a second year implementing that capability back at the home institution. The design deliberately guards against brain drain: the second year is the point, not an afterthought. Applicants submit a CV and an Individualised Training, Research and Impact Plan.
Deadline
: 5 October 2026 (Phase 1); Phase 2 closes 23 November 2026. Applications open 17 August 202638 days left
The British Academy's flagship international programme funds interdisciplinary projects led by UK-based humanities and social-science researchers working with overseas partners. The 2027 round is themed Mobilities: the movement of people, materials, ideas, narratives and innovation across borders, societies and time. It is supported by the UK Department for Science, Innovation and Technology. Collaboration may draw in any SHAPE or STEM discipline, provided the research is led by and grounded in the humanities and/or social sciences.
Deadline
7 October 202640 days left
Value
Up to £300,000 over 24 months at 80% FEC (maximum project value £375,000 at 100% FEC)
Funded by the UK Department for Science, Innovation and Technology, the Talent Development Awards help humanities and social-science researchers acquire and advance skills in core areas — advanced quantitative methods, data science, digital humanities, and languages — and pilot new methods. The awards are explicitly designed to lay the methodological groundwork for larger grant applications later and can be used to support collaborative and partnership working locally, nationally, or internationally.
The Max Weber Programme is Europe's largest postdoctoral fellowship in the social sciences and humanities, hosting roughly 65 fellows a year across economics, history, law, political and social sciences, the Robert Schuman Centre and the School of Transnational Governance. It combines protected research time with structured training in publishing, grant writing and teaching.
Deadline
16 October 2026, 14:00 CEST49 days left
Value
Approximately €2,500 per month, plus family allowance, health insurance and a research allowance
JST (or AMED) with JICA — Government of Japan · Japan
SATREPS funds three-to-five-year joint research projects between Japanese research institutions and institutions in developing countries, on problems that matter both locally and globally. It is unusual among funders because it couples a competitive research grant with Japanese Official Development Assistance: JST (or AMED) funds the Japanese side's research, while JICA delivers technical cooperation — equipment, Japanese researcher visits, training, and research costs incurred in the partner country. The programme is run by JST, AMED, JICA, MOFA, and MEXT together. More information is provided in the Resources section.
Deadline
19 October 2026, 12:00 noon (Japan time) ·52 days left
RSF funds research in economics, sociology, political science, demography, and psychology, particularly work using rigorous methods (randomised evaluations, natural experiments, large datasets) to understand social inequality, poverty, and labour markets. Open to USA and international researchers
Deadline
Rolling - Check Funder website61 days left
Value
Up to $200,000 incl. 15% indirect costs (Trustee grants); up to $75,000 (Presidential-authority grants)
Zentrum für interdisziplinäre Forschung (ZiF), Bielefeld University · Germany
ZiF funds small interdisciplinary teams to spend one to three months working together at Bielefeld's institute for interdisciplinary research. Unlike most European institute schemes, there is no requirement to already hold a European post: applicants may be based at a university or research institute in Germany or abroad, and a Malawi-based academic can be a lead convenor. That makes this the most straightforwardly usable European residency in this digest.
Supports post-doctoral anthropological research, ethnographic fieldwork, archival research, collaborative community research. Open to all sub-disciplines: cultural, social, biological, linguistic, and archaeological anthropology. Particularly strong for global South researchers.
