Top Fully Funded and Paid Opportunities for Youth: Scholarships – Internships – Jobs – Competitions – Conferences [Updated 21st October]

Competitions & Awards

• Applications Now Open for the 2025 Anzisha Prize: Win Over $50,000 and Business Support for Young African Entrepreneurs! – Apply here
• Locally Led Humanitarian Assistance Prize Competition 2024 for Women-Led and Women’s Rights Organizations Making a Difference – Apply here

Conferences

• Apply for Harvard WECode 2025 College Conference for women – Apply here

Grants

• Apply for The International Dialogue Centre (KAICIID) Dialogue 360 Grants: Support for Interfaith and Community Initiatives – Apply here
• Call for Applications: Research Professorships in Health – Apply here
• Reporters in Residence Program: Winter 2025 Applications Now Open! ?– Apply here
• Grant Opportunity: Lead the Digital Democracy Initiative in Sub-Saharan Africa, East Asia, and South Asia ?– Apply here
• The Clothworkers' Foundation funds UK-registered charities and not-for-profits engaged in capital projects ?– Apply here
• Apply for the Search for Common Ground Rapid Response Fund for women, peace, and security projects(Grants of up to $250,000) ?– Apply here
• Call for Applications- Royal Geographical Society (RGS)-IBG Fieldwork Grants for Researchers 2025 ?– Apply here

Fellowships

• 2025 Demographic and Health Surveys (DHS) Fellows Program is now open for applications(Fully-funded by USAID) – Apply here
• Mountaintop International Full-Time Fellowship with Short Training at Harvard University – Apply here
• 500 Humboldt Research Fellowships for International Applicants(Fully-funded 6–24-month research stay in Germany- open to all countries) – Apply here
• Apply for the Yale World Fellows Program and Be a Global Changemaker(Fully-funded to USA) – Apply here
• Fully Funded 2025 Minority Fellowship Programme by the Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR) – Open to All Nationalities! – Apply here
• Fellowship Opportunity: African Peacebuilding Network (APN) Research Policy Fellowship for African Scholars – Apply here
• Digital Impact Alliance Fellowship Program: Shape the Future of Digital Public Infrastructure and Data Governance – Apply here
• Join the International Fellowships for Women for full-time graduate or postdoctoral studies in the United States – Apply here
• Join the NYC Urban Fellows Program 2025-2026: A Prestigious Public Service Fellowship – Apply here
• Empower Change: Apply for the 2025 Community Food Systems Fellowship to Transform Local Food Systems – Apply here
• Apply Now for the beVisioneers: The Mercedes-Benz Fellowship! – Apply here
• Marshall Sherfield Fellowships 2025: Application Cycle Now Open – Apply here
• CrossCulture Fellowship Program for civil society actors, professionals and volunteers(Fully-funded to Germany and open to over 40 countries) – Apply here
• Call for Applications: Fellowship in the water sector ?– Apply here
• Fellowships for Doctoral Research in Africa: Supporting Next Generation Scholars ?– Apply here

Jobs

• Exciting Analyst Opportunity at Dalberg Advisors (Geneva & London) – Apply here
• Job Alert: Programs Manager Role at Watson Institute (Full Time, Remote) – Apply here
• Policy Advisor, Environment, Conflict, and Peacebuilding – Join IISD’s Resilience Program ?– Apply here

Short Courses & Training

• Unlock Your Potential: Apply for the Energy Leadership Accelerator (ELA) Program – Apply here
• Apply Now: International Program on Indigenous Peoples’ Rights and Policy at Columbia University – Apply here
• A Call for Applications for the ALAMIME Training Programme - Transforming Malaria Management – Apply here
• Community Solutions Program: Application Now Open for 2025 Cohort(Fully-funded to USA) – Apply here
• Fully Funded PhD Opportunities: UBEL Doctoral Training Partnership (DTP) ESRC Studentships for 2025 ?– Apply here
• Global Adolescent Health Course from the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine ?– Apply here
• Bangladesh100: be part of the change! ?– Apply here

Internships

• MBA Internships - Summer 2025 at Apple for USA-based Students – Apply here
• Nintendo of America 2025 Summer PAID Internship Positions Now Open! – Apply here
• Apply for the European Union Agency for Asylum (EUAA) Traineeship Program: Paid 6-Month Internships for Graduates – Apply here
• Call for Proposals: €1-2M EU Funding for Skills Development in Tanzania’s Critical Minerals Sector – Apply here
• Apply for the Paid Summer 2025 HCC Internships & Health Equity Scholars Program – Gain Experience, Mentorship, and Professional Development – Apply here
• Call for Applications: Paid Remote Spring 2025 Internships at The Fund for Peace (Open to All Nationalities) – Apply here
• Kickstart Your Global Impact: Apply Now for the 2025 Salzburg Global Internship Program! ?– Apply here
• Internship Opportunity at the Atlantic Council’s Global Energy Center ?– Apply here
• Paid Internships with UNFPA Country / Regional Offices in Africa, Asia and Latin America & the Caribbean ?– Apply here

Masters & PhD

• Apply Now: Mastercard Foundation and Arizona State University (ASU) Offering 120 Fully-Funded Graduate Scholarships for Africans – Apply here
• NYU Center for Data Science PhD Program: Fall 2025 Applications Open – Apply here
• DAAD Scholarships and Funding Opportunities for South African and Sub-Saharan African Students and Research – Apply here
• Pursue a PhD or EngD with SINGA in Singapore – Apply here
• Apply for the Digital Governance Scholarship in Berlin – Apply here
• PhD Project Application for the 2025 Cohort at Centre-UB ?– Apply here
• Fully-funded Scholarship Opportunities through the Mastercard Foundation's Scholars Program: Apply Now Undergraduate and Graduate Scholarships – Apply here
• Fully-funded Mastercard Foundation Scholarship Program at McGill University: Apply Now – Apply here
• Applications open for Mastercard Foundation Scholars Program at Carnegie Mellon University Africa(Fully-funded) – Apply here
• Mastercard Foundation AfOx Scholarships for African Students to Study at Oxford University,UK(Fully-funded) – Apply here
• Earth University's MasterCard Foundation Scholarships to Empower Tomorrow's Sustainability Leaders(Fully-funded) – Apply here
• University of California, Berkeley Mastercard Foundation Scholars Program for Young Africans(Fully Funded Scholarships to Study in USA) – Apply here

Other Opportunities

• Apply for the WAAW Foundation Scholarship Providing Support for African Women in STEM – Apply here
• 2025 Ashinaga Africa Initiative in Francophone and Lusophone countries is now open(Fully-funded Undergraduate degree aborad) – Apply here
• TWAS-UNESCO Associateship Scheme: Empowering Researchers in the Global South ?– Apply here
• Apply for the TechGirls 2025: Empowering the Next Generation of Female Leaders in STEM(Fully-funded) ?– Apply here