Eni Nigeria 2020 One-Year Post National Diploma Industrial Training Program for young Nigerians

Application Deadline: November 4th, 2019

Nigerian Agip Oil Company (NAOC) Limited as part of its Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) program offers Nigerian students in Nigerian Polytechnics the opportunity to gain a year Industrial Training experience(from January to December 2020).

University of British Columbia Mastercard Foundation Scholars Program 2020/2021 for study in Canada (Fully Funded)

Application Deadline: December 13, 2019

The University of British Columbia is pleased to partner with The Mastercard Foundation Scholars Program to provide comprehensive scholarships to students from Sub-Saharan Africa. The Program provides access to education for academically talented, yet economically marginalized young people. Scholars in the Program have a demonstrated commitment to giving back to their communities and develop the leadership needed to contribute to social and economic transformation across the continent.

Union Bank Management Trainee Programme 2020 for young Nigerian Graduates.

The Union Bank Management Trainee Program is a comprehensive training program designed to prepare high-performing young talents into becoming well-rounded bankers and the future leaders of the Bank.

Google AI Residency Program 2020 for Young Graduates in STEM Fields

The Google AI Residency Program is a 12-month research training role designed to jumpstart or advance your career in machine learning research. The goal of the residency is to help residents become productive and successful AI researchers.

Federal Government Scholarship Awards 2020/2021 for Nigerians in Tertiary Institutions

APPLICATION DEADLINE: Friday 6th December 2019 by 11:59 PM

The Honourable Minister of Education (HME), Mallam Adamu Adamu, hereby invites interested and qualified Nigerians to participate in the 2020/2021NominationComputer Based Test (CBT) for the Federal Government Scholarship Awards for young Nigerians.

Bilateral Education Agreement (BEA) Scholarship Award 2020/2021 for Nigerians to Study Abroad.

APPLICATION DEADLINE: Friday 6th December 2019 by 11:59 PM

The Honourable Minister of Education (HME), Mallam Adamu Adamu, hereby invites interested and qualified Nigerians to participate in the 2020/2021

Harold W. McGraw, Jr. Center for Business Journalism Fellowship 2020 for Business Journalists ($USD $15,000)

Application Deadline: January 10, 2020.

The Harold W. McGraw, Jr. Center for Business Journalism, an initiative of the Craig Newmark Graduate School of Journalism at the City University of New York, began offering Fellowships to accomplished journalists in the summer of 2014. Nearly three dozen veteran journalists have since been awarded grants of up to $15,000

Chalmers University of Technology IPOET Scholarships 2020 for Study in Sweden (Funded)

Deadline: 15 January 2020

Description
Chalmers will be offering around 50 IPOET scholarships in 2019, funded by the Swedish Council for Higher Education, to prospective fee-paying students. The scholarships are administered and awarded by Chalmers.

Selection
The selection is based on the applicants' relative academic excellence, which primarily includes weighted average grade but also home university's stature (including a position on global ranking lists) and priority order of the application for Chalmers Master's programs.

PhD International funding for Science Education at Curtin University in Australia

Applications Deadline: 31/10/2019  

A merit-based Ph.D. scholarship is available for the holder to conduct research in a project, funded by the Australian Research Council Discovery Project scheme

World Bank #Blog4Dev Competition 2020 for Young Africans

• DEADLINE: November 30, 2019

• ELIGIBILITY: Must be a citizen of, and currently living in, a Sub-Saharan Africa country and be between 18-28 years of age on November 30, 2019.

• TOPIC: What will it take to end child marriage in your country?

Swedish Institute Scholarships for Global Professionals (SISGP) 2020/2021 for Master’s Level Studies in Sweden (Fully Funded)

Application Deadline: February 20th, 2020

We grant scholarships to a large number of master’s programs starting in the autumn semester 2020.

Commonwealth100 Online Leadership Program [Free]

Commonwealth100 is a new, free, crowd-sourced, experiential, online leadership development program that aims to equip a new generation of young leaders from the Commonwealth with skills relevant to the 21st century, with the Open Source Leadership model.

Open Source Leadership was crowdsourced from and co-created by 1000 young leaders across the Commonwealth in 2017 and identifies five key areas of development crucial for 21st-century leadership. Open Source Leaders are: Awake, Interconnected, Trustworthy, Quick, and Accessible.

PZ Cussons Nigeria Engineering Graduate Trainee Program 2019 for young Nigerian graduates

Application Deadline: October 20th 2019

PZ Cussons is a dynamic consumer products group and innovator of some of the world’s best known and loved brands. Calling on over 130 years of expertise, we operate internationally in carefully selected developed and emerging markets that present the greatest strategic potential for future growth. 

African Development Bank Young Professionals Program 2020 for young Africans

Application Deadline: November 13th, 2019 (midnight GMT).

Do you have passion and commitment to development of Africa? Outstanding academic and professional achievements? A commitment to engage in crucial issues in Africa’s development? Do you wish to make a difference, be part of something bigger than yourself and explore your leadership potential? If yes, you are the one we are looking for.

Agbami Scholarship 2019 (For Young Nigerians

Star Deep Water Petroleum Limited, a Chevron company and operator of the Agbami Field, in its continuous support for capacity building in the health and engineering sectors as a strategic feed into the national manpower pool, is offering a number of University Scholarship Awards to qualified Nigerian students from ALL states of the Federation.

Deadline: Midnight, 30th October, 2019.

The scholarship program, funded by Star and its Agbami co-ventures, is a major component of their Social Investment in the strategic development of health and education in Nigeria.

British Council #IdeasChangeLives Challenge 2019 (£20,000 Prize + More)

Do you have a great digital idea that has the potential to create a better world? If so, enter the #IdeasChangeLives challenge. You could win a prize of £20,000 and the chance to work with the British Council’s Digital, Partnerships and Innovation team on an initiative to help achieve one of six of the United Nations’ Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs).

UBA Foundation National Essay Competition 2019 | N4.5m in Prizes

Deadline: 4th November 2019.

UBA Foundation, the CSR arm of the United Bank for Africa (UBA) Plc, announces the commencement of the 2019 edition of the National Essay Competition (NEC) for senior secondary school students in Nigeria. The NEC provides a competitive platform to develop the intellectual and writing abilities of senior secondary school students in Nigeria. Winners get educational grants to study in any African University of their choice.

Leventis Foundation Admission Form into a One-year Training Program in Modern and Sustainable Agriculture 2019/2020 (Fully Funded + Free Feeding)

Application Deadline: 15th of November, 2019

Screening/Examination comes up on the 16th of November, 2019.

The Leventis Foundation (Nigeria) is a charitable company dedicated to the training of farmers in modern and sustainable agricultural practices and rational use of natural resources.
The Foundation has been running agricultural training for youths and farmers since 1987 and currently has six schools in different agro-ecological zones of Nigeria. The schools located in the FCT, Osun, Kaduna, Kano and Gombe states are co-financed by Leventis Foundation and the respective State Governments. All the schools offer training to young people (male and female) desirous of making a good career in farming.

NNPC/Total National Merit Scholarship Award 2020/2021 | N150,000 Per Academic Year

Application Deadline: 14th November 2019.

  Annually, Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC), and Total Upstream Companies in Nigeria (TUCN): Total Exploration & Production Nigeria Limited (Total E&P Nig Ltd) and Total Upstream Nigeria Limited (TUPNI), together with their venture partners, award scholarships to deserving Nigerian students in the tertiary institutions in the country.

U.S. Department of State 2020 Professional Fellows Program on Inclusive Disability Employment for mid-career professionals (Fully Funded to USA)

Application Deadline: November 12, 2019. 

The Professional Fellows Program on Inclusive Disability Employment is sponsored by the U.S. Department of State Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs.

Sciences Po Mastercard Foundation (Bachelor & Master) Scholars Program 2020/2021 for study in France (Fully Funded to France)

Application deadlines for the Mastercard Foundation Scholarships are: 

• Bachelor: January 29, 2020
• Master: December 5, 2019

The Mastercard Foundation Scholars Program at Sciences Po aims to support 126 talented African students through their studies and to offer the next generation of leaders a world-class social science education, so they can go on to become changemakers in their home countries.

Sciences Po Emile-Boutmy (Undergraduate & Postgraduate) Scholarships 2020/2021 for Study in France (Funded)

Application Deadline: December 15, 2019
Sciences Po created the Emile Boutmy scholarship, named after the founder of Sciences Po (1871), in order to welcome the very best international students from outside the European Union. The Emile Boutmy Scholarship is awarded to top students whose profiles match the admissions priorities of Sciences Po and individual course requirements.

KPMG Undergraduate Scholarship Program for young Nigerians 2019

Application Deadline: 25th October 2019

In line with KPMG Nigeria’s commitment to improving communities, KPMG will be contributing to the advancement of education.

National Information Technology Development Agency (NITDA) Scholarship Scheme 2019/2020

Application Deadline: 21st November 2019.

The National Information Technology Development Agency (NITDA) has as its mandate to develop and regulate the Information Technology in Nigeria. Developing and regulating IT will support in transforming Nigeria into an IT-driven economy for global competitiveness and the dire need for digital literacy.

The Agency has since 2010 established a scholarship scheme for Masters and Doctoral degree in relevant areas of Information Technology (IT) and ICT Law obtainable in Nigerian (Government and Private) Universities.

NNPC/SNEPCo National University Scholarship 2019 for Nigerian Students

Application Deadline: 23rd October 2019.

Shell Nigeria Exploration and Production Company Limited (SNEPCo), its co-venture partners and the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC) hereby invites applications from qualified Nigerian students for the 2019 NNPC/SNEPCo National University Scholarship Programme. The program aims to promote academic excellence and improve the skills of young Nigerians. It provides a yearly grant to the successful applicants from their second year to the completion of their degree program.

SheBegan International Scholarship for Women 2020-2021 (Funded To USA)

The International Scholarship for Women (ISW) Program offers sponsorship for women studying full-time graduate, undergraduate, or postdoctoral programs in the U.S.A.

The full education funding grants are offered to the women of all countries other than Iran, to study in U.S. Universities and exemption for the women, those are ISW institution members. First preference will be given to the women that prove prior dedication to the charitable or volunteering work for empowering women in their specific fields and also to the women through professional, community, or civic work.

The Oando Graduate Accelerated Programme 2019 for young Nigerians

Application Deadline: 21st October 2019

OandoGAP is a unique opportunity to develop recent graduates who have the potential to become leaders, and in the medium to long term strengthen the local oil and gas talent pipeline.

USA Diversity Immigrant Visa Program (DV-2021) Lottery : Live and Work in the United States of America.

Application Deadline: (GMT-5), Tuesday, November 5, 2019.

The Department of State annually administers the statutorily-mandated Diversity Immigrant Visa Program. Section 203(c) of the Immigration and Nationality Act (INA) provides for a class of immigrants known as “diversity immigrants” from countries with historically low rates of immigration to the United States.

VLIR-UOS Sustainable Development and Global Justice (SUSTJUSTICE) Postgraduate Scholarships 2020/2021

Application Deadline: 15 October 2019 
The Law and Development Research Group of Antwerp University will be running a training program on “Sustainable Development and Global Justice” (SUSTJUSTICE) from 10 February to 30 April 2020.
SUSTJUSTICE offers a comprehensive teaching program based on the research lines of the Law and Development Research Group.

AfDB Japan Africa Dream Scholarship (JADS) Program 2020 for young Africans to study in Japan (Fully Funded)

 

Application Deadline: October 31, 2019 
The Japan Africa Dream Scholarship (JADS) Program is a capacity-building project by the AfDB and Japan which was initiated in 2017 with the aim of providing two-year scholarship awards to highly achieving African graduate students to enable them to undergo post-graduate studies (i.e. a two-year Master’s degree program) in selected priority development areas on the continent and Japan.

Australia Africa Awards Masters Scholarships 2020 for Study in Australia (Fully Funded)

Application Deadline: 6 December 2019
Australia Awards are prestigious international scholarships offering the next generation of global leaders an opportunity to undertake study, research and professional development in Australia. Australia Awards Scholarships, funded by the Australian Government’s Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade, address the development needs of Australia’s partner countries, as well as strengthening links between people and organizations.

Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) Africa Empowering the Teachers Fellowship Programme 2020/2021 (Fully Funded to USA)

Application Deadline:November 1st 2019 08:00 PM (EDT)
The MIT-Empowering the Teachers (MIT-ETT) program at MIT strives to foster innovation in science and engineering education in tertiary academic institutions in Africa through an intense engagement with faculty members from African universities. NNPC/TOTAL is the corporate partner and sponsor of this program.

Australia Awards Fellowships & Professional Development – Short Courses 2020 for Africans to study in Australia ( Fully Funded)

Application Deadline: 17 January 2020
An Australia Awards Short Course is a training and professional development opportunity funded by the Australian Government’s Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade.

Guaranty Trust Bank (GTBank) Internship Programme for OND Graduates 2019

Deadline: Not Specified.
The Guaranty Trust Bank (GTB) is offering internship program offers to OND graduates to enable them to gain industry experience and on-the-job training in banking operations by supporting the day-to-day activities of its Transaction Services team whilst learning best-in-class banking processes and procedures.

NNPC/Eroton JV Undergraduate Scholarship Scheme 2019/2020

Deadline: Not Specified...
The Nigeria National Petroleum Corporation/Exploration & Production Company Limited Joint Venture (NNPC/Eroton JV), in pursuance of its Corporate Social Responsibility, invites applications from suitably qualified applicants for its 2019/2020 Academic Session Tertiary Scholarship Scheme.

University of Edinburgh Mastercard Foundation Scholars Program 2020/2021 for study in Scotland (Fully Funded)

Application Deadline: November 29th, 2019
In partnership with the Mastercard Foundation, the University of Edinburgh will provide 200 full scholarships to students from Africa with great academic and leadership potential but few educational opportunities.

African Academy of Sciences (AAS) Postdoctoral Fellowship in Medical & Health Sciences 2020

Deadline: Sunday, December 1, 2019
The African Academy of Sciences (AAS), the U.S. National Institutes of Health (NIH) and the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation are partnering under the auspices of the Coalition of African Research & Innovation (CARI) to establish this post-doctoral training fellowship program, the African Postdoctoral Training Initiative (APTI).

TU Delft Sub-Saharan Africa Excellence Scholarship 2020/2021 | Funded to Study in Netherlands

Apply Before: 15 December 2019 (23:59 CET).

These scholarships give talented, motivated and broadly interested students from Sub-Saharan Africa the opportunity to study at the Delft University of Technology. The Global Initiative aims to support capacity building in the Global South and to advance future leadership focusing on sustainable global development.

University of Oxford – Weidenfeld and Hoffmann Scholarships and Leadership Programme 2020 | Fully Funded

Deadline: January 10, 2020 (Varies by Course) 

The Weidenfeld-Hoffmann Scholarships and Leadership Programme cultivates the leaders of tomorrow by providing outstanding university graduates and professionals from developing and emerging economies with the opportunity to pursue fully-funded graduate studies at the University of Oxford, combined with a comprehensive programme of leadership development, long-term mentoring and networking.

Bayelsa State Undergraduate Bursary Scheme 2019 for Poly & University Students

As part of our Human Resource Development Initiatives, the Bayelsa State Scholarship Board (BSSB) under the Ministry of Education, is commencing the 2019 Bursary scheme to equip Bayelsa State undergraduate students with relevant training and learning skills to compete effectively in various professional disciplines.

Salzburg Global Internship Program 2020 for young professionals (Funded to Salzburg, Austria/Washington, DC,USA)

Application Deadline: October 31, 2019.

Are you passionate about helping to shape a better world? Are you hungry to put your classroom learning to work and gain real-world knowledge and skills? Do you want to work in an international team in an inspiring environment?

US-MEPI Student Leaders Program 2020 for undergraduate & graduate Students from the Middle East and North Africa (Fully Funded to USA)

Application Deadline: December 3, 2019.
The US-MEPI Student Leaders program offers outstanding undergraduates from across the MENA region an intensive leadership training course of approximately 5 weeks in the United States from June 24 – July 29, 2020. The program emphasizes lessons in participatory governance and the application of leadership skills.