Unleash your potential and advance your career with our curated list of 80+ development fellowships tailored for individuals and young professionals in 2024!
From hands-on projects to immersive learning experiences, these fellowships are designed to help you develop the skills and connections necessary to succeed. Don’t miss out on these transformative opportunities—apply now and take the first step towards a brighter and more successful future!
Applications open for Africa Finance Corporation Fellowship Programme
Deadline: 8 September 2024
The Africa Finance Corporation (AFC) is inviting applications for its fellowship programme to strengthen the capacity of a cohort of dynamic emerging leaders who, as they progress in their careers, will build bridges between the global North and South and find new ways to address the climate crisis…[more]
Call for Applications: Jean Monnet Fellowships
Deadline: 25 October 2024
The European University Institute offers one-year Jean Monnet Fellowships to scholars to become a part of lively and creative academic community…[more]
Apply for Fernand Braudel Senior Fellowships
Deadline: 30 September 2024
The European University Institute is inviting applications for the Fernand Braudel Senior Fellowships to provide a framework for established academics with an international reputation to pursue their research at the EUI…[more]
CFAs: I Tatti Wallace Fellowship Program for Scholars
Deadline: 15 November 2024
I Tatti is currently accepting applications for the Wallace Fellowship program designed for scholars who explore the historiography and impact of the Italian Renaissance in the Modern Era (19th-21st centuries)…[more]
Applications open for Berenson Fellowship Program
Deadline: 15 November 2024
I Tatti, in partnership with The Lila Wallace – Reader’s Digest Fund, is inviting applications for the Berenson Fellowship program designed for scholars…[more]
I Tatti Fellowship in the Digital Humanities
Deadline: 15 November 2024
The I Tatti fellowship in the Digital Humanities aims to support the work of scholars in the humanities or social sciences, librarians, archivists, and data science professionals whose research interests or practice cut across traditional disciplinary boundaries and actively employ technology in their work…[more]
Apply for FRIAS Senior Fellowships Programme
Deadline: 13 September 2024
The Freiburg Institute for Advanced Studies (FRIAS) is currently looking for submissions for the Senior Fellowships Programme to support academic exchange across existing boundaries between disciplines, between different cultures and countries, between established and younger researchers…[more]
CFAs: FRIAS Early Career Fellowships Programme
Deadline: 13 September 2024
The Freiburg Institute for Advanced Studies (FRIAS) is inviting applications for its Early Career Fellowships Programme to support academic exchange across existing boundaries between disciplines, between different cultures and countries, between established and younger researchers…[more]
Applications open for Camargo Fellowship 2025-2026
Deadline: 1 October 2024
The Camargo Foundation is inviting applications for the Camargo Fellowship Program to support groundbreaking research, experimentation, and interdisciplinary approaches in the Arts and Humanities…[more]
Call for Applications: Alfried Krupp Fellowships 2025/26
Deadline: 31 August 2024
The Alfried Krupp Wissenschaftskolleg Greifswald is awarding up to six Alfried Krupp Senior Fellowships and up to eight Alfried Krupp Junior Fellowships for the academic year 2025/26…[more]
Structurist Creative Research Fellowship 2024
Deadline: 19 August 2024
The Structurist Creative Research Fellowship (SCRF) is available to individuals pursuing research and creative work engaged in the thematics and intersections brought forward in The Structurist…[more]
CFAs: Wilson Center Fellowship Program
Deadline: 1 October 2024
The Wilson Center invites scholars, practitioners, journalists and public intellectuals to take part in its flagship international Fellowship Program and to take advantage of the opportunity to engage actively in the Center’s national mission…[more]
Call for Applications: OHCHR Indigenous Fellowship Program
Deadline: 31 August 2024
The Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR) is pleased to announce the Indigenous Fellowship Program to give indigenous persons the opportunity to gain knowledge about the UN system and mechanisms dealing with human rights issues in general and indigenous issues in particular…[more]
Apply Now: Amelia Earhart Fellowship
Deadline: 15 November 2024
The Zonta International is pleased to announce the Amelia Earhart Fellowship awarded annually to up to 30 women pursuing Ph.D./doctoral degrees in aerospace engineering and space sciences…[more]
Apply Now: Eisenhower Fellowships Global Program 2025
Deadline: 16 August 2024
The Eisenhower Fellowships will assemble a diverse group of visionaries from across the globe and invite them to the United States for a unique nearly six-week program with both in-person and virtual components…[more]
Getty Pre- and Postdoctoral Fellowships
Deadline: 1 October 2024
Getty is pleased to announce it’s Pre- and Postdoctoral Fellowships supporting early-career scholars from around the world to make substantial and original contributions to the field of art history…[more]
United Nations-Nippon Foundation Fellowship
Deadline: 15 September 2024
The Division for Ocean Affairs and the Law of the Sea of the Office of Legal Affairs of the United Nations, is now accepting applications for the 2025 session of the United Nations – The Nippon Foundation (UNNF) Fellowship Programme…[more]
Apply for Humboldt Research Fellowship
Deadline: Ongoing
The Alexander von Humboldt Foundation is pleased to announce the Humboldt Research Fellowship for researchers of all nationalities and research areas…[more]
RFPs: Wildlife Fellowship Training Grant
Deadline: 14 August 2024
The Morris Animal Foundation requests for proposals to bridge science and resources to advance the health of animals…[more]
Apply for ICCROM Fellowship Programme
Deadline: 15 September 2024
Applications are now open for the International Centre for the Study of the Preservation and Restoration of Cultural Property (ICCROM) Fellowship Programme to bring fresh perspectives, facilitate the exchange of knowledge and ideas and stimulate new avenues of research that will enrich the field of heritage conservation…[more]
KWI International Fellowship Programme
Deadline: 30 August 2024
Applications are now open for the KWI International Fellowship Programmes designed for excellent researchers from the humanities, cultural studies, and the social sciences…[more]
CYD Proof of Concept Fellowships
Deadline: Ongoing
The École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne (EPFL) and the Cyber-Defence (CYD) Campus have jointly launched the brand-new CYD Proof of Concept Fellowships as part of the wider CYD Fellowships programme…[more]
CYD Distinguished Postdoctoral Fellowships
Deadline: 15 August 2024
The École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne (EPFL) is currently accepting applications for the CYD Distinguished Postdoctoral Fellowships that will provide a salary and research and conference funds for up to two years, enabling fellows to complete a research project at the CYD Campus under the supervision of a professor at a higher education institution in Switzerland…[more]
Call for Proposals: CYD Doctoral Fellowships
Deadline: 15 August 2024
The EPFL is pleased to announce the CYD Doctoral Fellowships that will provide a salary and research and conference funds for four years (with a possible one-year extension), enabling fellows to complete a PhD thesis at the CYD Campus under the supervision of a professor at a higher education institution in Switzerland…[more]
Apply for Bow Seat True Blue Fellowship
Deadline: 1 September 2024
The Bow Seat is pleased to announce the True Blue Fellowship that provides peer guidance, capacity building, and funding to young people who are developing projects that address the ocean, waterways, and/or climate change challenges in their local communities through a creative arts lens…[more]
Apply for Art Futures Fellowship Programme
Deadline: 15 August 2024
The Art Futures is offering an annual fellowship programme to widen participation and engagement in the arts towards more just and sustainable societies in Europe and beyond…[more]
Apply now for Radcliffe Fellowship Program
Deadline: 12 September 2024
Applications are now open for the Harvard Radcliffe Fellowship Program for scientists, writers, scholars, public intellectuals, and artists, with an opportunity to step away from usual routines and dive deeply into a project…[more]
INQUA Fellowship Program for International Mobility 2024
Deadline: 15 September 2024
The INQUA Fellowship Program financially supports early-career scientists (ECRs), as well as scientists from low- and middle-income countries/developing countries (DCRs), to gain international Quaternary research experience at a foreign institution for the duration of 3–6 months…[more]
InteRussia International Relations Fellowship Programme
Deadline: 5 September 2024
The Gorchakov Fund, Federal Agency for the Commonwealth of Independent States, Compatriots Living Abroad, and International Humanitarian Cooperation, and MGIMO University have jointly launched the InteRussia fellowship programme for specialists in international relations…[more]
ChadTough Defeat DIPG Fellowship Grant
Deadline: 13 September 2024
Submissions are now open for the ChadTough Defeat DIPG Fellowship Grant for outstanding pre-doctoral and post-doctoral fellows…[more]
Applications open for Arturo Falaschi Postdoctoral Fellowships
Deadline: 30 September 2024
The International Centre for Genetic Engineering and Biotechnology (ICGEB) offers competitive Postdoctoral Fellowships in Life Sciences to highly motivated scientists wishing to pursue postdoctoral research in a world-class scientific environment…[more]
Submissions open for Arturo Falaschi Short-term PhD Fellowships 2024
Deadline: 30 September 2024
The International Centre for Genetic Engineering and Biotechnology (ICGEB) offers Short-term fellowships for Pre-doctoral studies in ICGEB Component laboratories to fund ongoing collaborative research between scientists from ICGEB Member States and research groups at ICGEB laboratories in Trieste, Italy, New Delhi, India and Cape Town, South Africa, with the aim of facilitating access to the latest research techniques and to strengthen capacity building…[more]
Call for Applications: Thyssen@KWI Fellowship
Deadline: 30 September 2024
The Kulturwissenschaftliche Institut Essen (KWI) has announced the Thyssen@KWI Fellowship to addresse excellent researchers from the humanities, cultural studies, and the social sciences…[more]
CYD Master Thesis Fellowships – A Talent Program for Cyber-Defence Research
Deadline: Ongoing
In order to promote research and education in cyber-defence, EPFL, the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology in Lausanne, and the Cyber-Defence (CYD) Campus have jointly launched the “CYD Fellowships…[more]
Applications open for InteRussia Program for IR Professionals 2024
Deadline: 1 September 2024
The Gorchakov Fund in partnership with MGIMO University and the ANO “Mezhdunarodniki” are launching a call for applications for the InteRussia programme of short-term scientific and research fellowships for rising professionals in international relations, political science and area studies…[more]
Become an Atlantic Fellows for Equity in Brain Health at GBHI – Apply Now!
Deadline: 20 September 2024
The Atlantic Fellows for Equity in Brain Health program at GBHI is providing innovative training, networking, and support to emerging leaders focused on improving brain health and reducing the impact of dementia in their local communities and on a global scale…[more]
RFPs: National Glaucoma Research Program
Deadline: 31 October 2024
The BrightFocus Foundation is providing research funds for U.S. and international researchers pursuing pioneering research leading to greater understanding, prevention, and treatment of glaucoma…[more]
Call for Submissions: African Plant Nutrition Outreach Fellowship
Deadline: 2 September 2024
Submissions are now open for the African Plant Nutrition Outreach Fellowship to support education, training, and communication programs relevant to improving the use and efficiency of plant nutrients in African agro-ecosystems…[more]
FRIAS Sustainable Governance Senior Fellowships for Researchers
Deadline: 13 September 2024
The Freiburg Institute for Advanced Studies (FRIAS) is seeking applications for the Sustainable Governance Senior Fellowships to support innovative research projects through individual and group fellowships…[more]
CFAs: Carnegie African Diaspora Fellowship Program
Deadline: 18 September 2024
The Institute of International Education’s Carnegie African Diaspora Fellowship Program (CADFP) is a scholar fellowship program for educational projects at African higher education institutions…[more]
Submissions open for ITTO Fellowship Programme
Deadline: 2 September 2024
International Tropical Timber Organization (ITTO) offers fellowships through the Freezailah Fellowship Fund to promote human resource development and to strengthen professional expertise in member countries in tropical forestry and related disciplines…[more]
WCRP Global South Fellowship 2024
Deadline: 30 September 2024
The World Climate Research Programme (WCRP) has announced a research fellowship with a focus on Africa available through its new Global South Fellowship program…[more]
Accelerating African Women’s Leadership in Climate Action Fellowship
Deadline: 10 September 2024
The Accelerating African Women’s Leadership in Climate Action Fellowship seeks to achieve a twin goal of increasing the number of African women leading climate change action and catalyze production of climate solutions that work for women smallholders…[more]
CFAs: World Bank Group Africa Fellowship Program
Deadline: 25 August 2024
The Africa region of the World Bank Group (WBG) has opened the application period for the 2025 WBG Africa Fellowship Program for Ph.D. candidates and recent Ph.D. graduates who are Sub-Saharan Africa nationals…[more]
Equity Initiative Fellowship Program – Apply Now!
Deadline: 31 August 2024
The Equity Initiative Fellowship, also known as the Atlantic Fellows for Health Equity in Southeast Asia (AFHESEA), is a fully funded award designed for working professionals from Southeast Asia and China to advance Fellows’ competency in leadership and health equity, and to inspire and deepen their commitment to advancing social justice in health…[more]
Postdoctoral Fellowships for Research within Plant Science, Agriculture and Food Biotechnology
Deadline: 21 August 2024
The Novo Nordisk Foundation is pleased to announce individual fellowships to support outstanding postdoctoral scientists conducting research within plant science, agriculture and food biotechnology…[more]
Novo Nordisk Foundation Postdoctoral Fellowships for Research
Deadline: 21 August 2024
The Novo Nordisk Foundation is currently accepting applications for individual fellowships to support outstanding postdoctoral scientists conducting research within industrial biotechnology and environmental biotechnology…[more]
Inter-American Foundation Research Fellowship Program
Deadline: 3 December 2024
The Inter-American Foundation (IAF), in conjunction with the Social Science Research Council (SSRC), welcomes applicants for its new Research Fellowship Program to advance rigorous field-based research on actionable questions about community-led development in Latin America and the Caribbean…[more]
Harkness Fellowships in Health Care Policy and Practice 2024
Deadline: 1 November 2024
The Commonwealth Fund is pleased to announce the Harkness Fellowships that provide a unique opportunity for individuals who are committed to advancing health care policy and practice to spend a year in the United States conducting internationally comparative research with mentorship from leading U.S. experts…[more]
Open call for Postdoctoral Fellowships
Deadline: 11 September 2024
Submissions are now open for the Postdoctoral Fellowships…[more]
PAGES African Mobility Fellowship
Deadline: 15 August 2024
Past Global Changes (PAGES) announces the Inter-Africa Mobility Research Fellowship Program (African Mobility Fellowship) for African early-career scientists studying past global changes…[more]
Latin American and Caribbean Mobility Fellowship
Deadline: 15 August 2024
PAGES International Mobility Research Fellowship Program for Latin American and Caribbean (LAC) early-career scientists on past global changes…[more]
Christine Mirzayan Science & Technology Policy Graduate Fellowship Program (US)
Deadline: 9 September 2024
The Christine Mirzayan Science & Technology Policy Graduate Fellowship Program is a full-time, hands-on training and educational program that provides early career individuals with the opportunity to spend 12 weeks at the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine in Washington, DC learning about science and technology policy and the role that scientists and engineers play in advising the nation…[more]
Apply for LGBTQ+ Health Fellowship (US)
Deadline: Ongoing
The UW Department of Family Medicine and Community Health, in partnership with the AMA Foundation, has launched applications to support the LGBTQ+ yearlong academic fellowship at the University of Wisconsin School of Medicine and Public Health…[more]
Donald M. Payne International Development Fellowship Program (US)
Deadline: 24 October 2024
The USAID Donald M. Payne International Development Graduate Fellowship Program seeks to attract outstanding individuals who are interested in pursuing careers in the Foreign Service of the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID)…[more]
Apply for Schaeffler India Social Innovator Fellowship Program 2024
Deadline: 15 August 2024
The Schaeffler is seeking applications for its India Social Innovator Fellowship Program to recognize and reward individuals who are developing unique sustainable solutions that have the potential to positively impact society…[more]
NEA Translation Project Fellowships Program (United States)
Deadline: 16 January 2025
The National Endowment for the Arts (NEA) has announced Literature Fellowships Program to support projects for the translation of specific works of prose, poetry, or drama from other languages into English…[more]
Early Career Advancement Fellowships Programme (United Kingdom)
Deadline: 19 September 2024
The Blood Cancer UK has launched Early Career Advancement Fellowships Programme to support the development of the most talented early career researchers, so they can go on to become the next generation of blood cancer research leaders…[more]
Thomas R. Pickering Graduate Fellowship Program (United States)
Deadline: 26 September 2024
The Thomas R. Pickering Graduate Fellowship is a U.S. Department of State program administered by Howard University that seeks to attract and prepare outstanding young people, based on financial need, who represent ethnic, gender, social, and geographic diversity and have an interest in pursuing a Foreign Service career in the U.S. Department of State…[more]
Call for Applications: Graduate Fellowship Program (United States)
Deadline: 19 September 2024
The Rangel Graduate Fellowship is a program that aims to attract and prepare outstanding young people for careers in the Foreign Service of the U.S. Department of State in which they can help formulate, represent, and implement U.S. foreign policy…[more]
Postdoctoral Fellowships in Humanities and Social Sciences (UK)
Deadline: 2 October 2024
The British Academy is inviting proposals from early career researchers in the humanities and social sciences wishing to pursue an independent research project, towards the completion of a significant piece of publishable research…[more]
Apply for Mid-Career Fellowships (United Kingdom)
Deadline: 21 August 2024
The British Academy is pleased to announce the Mid-Career Fellowships to support outstanding individual researchers with excellent research proposals, and to promote public understanding and engagement with humanities and social sciences…[more]
AI in Cardiovascular and Respiratory Disease Diagnostics Fellowship (UK)
Deadline: 13 September 2024
The Medical Research Foundation is delighted to be funding fellowships for mid-career researchers who are making a transition to independence to support research that will increase understanding of Artificial Intelligence (AI) methods for the diagnosis of cardiovascular or respiratory diseases…[more]
Submissions open for Teach For India Fellowship
Deadline: 1 September 2024
Submissions are now open for the Teach for India Fellowship, an empowering movement to revolutionise education in India…[more]
Sidney Myer Creative Fellowships (Australia)
Deadline: 25 August 2024
Sidney Myer Fund is calling artists, creators and cultural leaders across the entire spectrum of the visual, performing, interdisciplinary, new media and literary arts, as well as the humanities, to apply for Sidney Myer Creative Fellowships…[more]
American Council of Learned Societies Fellowships (US)
Deadline: 25 September 2024
The American Council of Learned Societies (ACLS) is inviting research proposals from scholars in all disciplines of the humanities and interpretive social sciences…[more]
CAPES-Humboldt Research Fellowship Program (Brazil)
Deadline: 29 November 2024
Applications are now open for the CAPES-Humboldt Research Fellowship Program which supports postdoctoral researchers and experienced researchers with their research in Germany…[more]
Arnold O Beckman Postdoctoral Fellowship (United States)
Deadline: 6 September 2024
Applications are now open for the Arnold O. Beckman Postdoctoral Fellowship in Chemical Sciences or Chemical Instrumentation Award Program that supports advanced research by postdoctoral scholars within the core areas of fundamental chemistry or the development and build of chemical instrumentation…[more]
Open Call: Dance/USA Fellowships to Artists
Deadline: 15 August 2024
The Dance/USA Fellowships to Artists (DFA) supports dance and movement-based artists from across the U.S. and its territories who work at the intersection of social and embodied practices…[more]
ODA Global Innovation Fellowships 2024
Deadline: 6 November 2024
The British Academy is pleased to announce the ODA Global Innovation Fellowships to provide opportunities to UK-based early- and mid-career researchers from across the humanities and social sciences to develop their skills, networks and careers in the creative and cultural, public, private and policy sectors to address challenges that require innovative approaches and solutions…[more]
Art Fund Teacher Fellowship Program (United Kingdom)
Deadline: 18 October 2024
With the support from Clore Duffield Foundation, Art Fund Teacher Fellowships are offering grants to build and strengthen engagement between state secondary schools and museums across the UK…[more]
Postdoctoral Fellowships on Dementia (Norway)
Deadline: 2 September 2024
The Norwegian Health Association is seeking applications for its Postdoctoral Fellowships within Dementia to fund high-quality research and strengthen the connection between basic and clinical research by building networks between dementia researchers and research groups in Norway…[more]
Postdoctoral Fellowship within Cardiovascular Research (Norway)
Deadline: 2 September 2024
The Norwegian Health Association is pleased to announce its call for proposals for Postdoctoral Fellowship aimed at funding high quality research on heart and stroke diseases…[more]
CFPs: Doctoral Fellowship within Cardiovascular Research (Norway)
Deadline: 2 September 2024
The Norwegian Health Association is pleased to announce its call for proposals for Doctoral Fellowship aimed at funding high quality research on heart and stroke diseases…[more]
Apply for Visiting Fellowships 2025 (United Kingdom)
Deadline: 23 October 2024
The British Academy is currently accepting applications for the Visiting Fellowships programme that provides outstanding academics based in any country overseas with the opportunity to be based at a UK higher education or other research institution…[more]
Food and Agricultural Sciences National Needs Graduate and Postgraduate Fellowship Program (US)
Deadline: 13 August 2024
The National Institute of Food and Agriculture (NIFA) requests applications for the Food and Agricultural Sciences National Needs Graduate and Postgraduate Fellowship (NNF) Grants Program to provide traineeship programs to eligible institutions for meeting the national need to develop scientific and professional expertise in the food and agricultural sciences…[more]
Applications open for WISE-SCOPE Fellowship Program – India
Deadline: 31 August 2024
The Department of Science & Technology (DST) is seeking applications for its Women In Science and Engineering (WISE)-Societal Challenges with Opportunities (SCOPE) Fellowship Program to provide opportunity to Women Scientists and Technologists who have completed Ph.D. and want to utilize their S&T knowledge and expertise for the benefit of society…[more]
Global Innovation Fellowships Programme (United Kingdom)
Deadline: 25 September 2024
Applications are now open for Global Innovation Fellowships – The German Council on Foreign Relations (DGAP) programme, offering opportunities for Global Innovation Fellowship award holders to embed themselves and be based in the office of the German Council on Foreign Relations (DGAP) in Berlin…[more]
Call for Applications: Halloran Fellowship (United States)
Deadline: 15 August 2024
Whether you’re a budding entrepreneur, innovator, or leader, the Halloran Fellowship is your ticket to bringing fresh, innovative ideas to life right here in the Bradford Area…[more]
Teach For Hong Kong Fellowship Program
Deadline: Ongoing
The Program is designed for leaders like you – without an initial background in education. It is not just about teaching in high-need schools for education equity, but also about developing you into a future leader who can drive positive change in education and beyond…[more]
The Professor Michael Nicholson Awards (United Kingdom)
Deadline: 16 October 2024
The Kidney Research UK is seeking applications from UK-based researchers who can help them to achieve even greater impact by escalating research progress and innovation and strengthen collaboration across all transplant research centres…[more]
Apply for Berlin Prize Competition (United States)
Deadline: 30 September 2024
The American Academy in Berlin invites applications for its Prize Competition to encourage projects that concern the future of democracy, technology and society (especially Artificial Intelligence), contemporary China, as well as climate change and sustainability…[more]
Lundbeck Foundation Fellows Programme (Denmark)
Deadline: 4 September 2024
Applications are now open for the Lundbeck Foundation Fellows Programme to support highly promising young researchers in their efforts to establish an independent profile and research group…[more]
Pharmacy-led Research and Research into Nephrotoxicity Grants (United Kingdom)
Deadline: 4 September 2024
Do you have an interest in nephrotoxicity, and would your research have the potential to help the understanding and prevent deterioration of kidney function due to toxic effects of medications and chemicals? If yes, then apply for the Pharmacy-led Research and Research into Nephrotoxicity Grants…[more]
