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CALL FOR SCHOLARSHIP APPLICATIONS UNDER THE TAGDEV 2.0 PROGRAMME FOR THE 2026/2027 ACADEMIC YEAR AT THE UNIVERSITY OF PORT HARCOURT

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Application Deadline: 1st June 2026

LOCATION: Nigeria

The Regional Universities Forum for Capacity Building in Agriculture (RUFORUM) in partnership with Mastercard Foundation, Gulu University (Uganda), Egerton University (Kenya), Africa University (Zimbabwe), University of Free State (South Africa), Malawi University of Science and Technology (Malawi), University of Eldoret (Kenya), Uganda Martyrs University (Uganda), University of Port Harcourt (Nigeria), University of Cape Coast (Ghana), University of Bamenda (Cameroon), National University of Agriculture (Benin), and Université Mohammed VI Polytechnique (Morocco), is implementing a 10-year (2023-2033) Transforming African Agricultural Universities to Meaningfully Contribute to Africa’s Growth and Development (TAGDev 2.0) Programme. The Programme seeks to strengthen universities and TVET institutions to better serve communities by skilling and empowering Africa’s young people and their institutions to drive inclusive, equitable, and climate-resilient transformation of agriculture and agri-food systems. The Programme will support young African students that are economically disadvantaged but academically competent to enable them to complete their studies.

ELIGIBILITY:

The scholarship is open to both female and male applicants. Applications from females, refugees, and persons with disabilities are highly encouraged. This is a call for scholarships for the 2026/2027 academic year at the University of Port Harcourt (UniPort).

Scholarships are open to candidates in Nigeria from economically disadvantaged backgrounds. Candidates from conflict and post-conflict areas of Africa residing in Nigeria are also encouraged to apply. The applicant must be in a position to qualify for admission into undergraduate or postgraduate programmes at University of Port Harcourt. All applicants should read and thoroughly understand the admission criteria for the relevant programmes at University of Port Harcourt. Students already having a scholarship of any kind are not eligible to benefit from this scholarship opportunity. Anyone with a double scholarship, if found, will automatically be discontinued. Beneficiaries of TAGDev scholarships are not eligible to apply

BENEFIT:

This is a full-board, comprehensive scholarship that covers tuition fees; research costs; workshop and conference costs; living expenses, including stipend and hostel; laptop; internship attachment; community engagement and field attachment; and entrepreneurship training. Consequently, considering the level of investment, successful applicants will be required to become high achievers, highly engaging and focused students/graduates, and change makers contributing to outreach services in the communities, capable of creating enterprises that create jobs for themselves and others and have personal satisfaction and dynamism.

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MAKERERE UNIVERSITY MASTERCARD FOUNDATION SCHOLARSHIPS FOR MASTERS PROGRAMMES 2026/2027

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Application Deadline: Friday, 5th June 2026, at 11:59 p.m. EAT.

LOCATION: Uganda

The Mastercard Foundation Scholars Program at Makerere University aims to deepen inclusive university education and support 1,000 young people from Africa to access quality education and transition into dignified and fulfilling work. This is achieved by providing scholarships to academically talented young men and women from Sub-Saharan Africa whose access to higher education is constrained by social and economic barriers.

Makerere University is pleased to announce 13 master’s scholarships under the Mastercard Foundation Scholars Program for students joining the Makerere University Main Campus in the 2026/2027 academic year.

ELIGIBILITY:

To apply for the Mastercard Foundation Scholars Program at Makerere University’s main campus

An applicant must belong to one of the following categories: 

Refugee or Internally Displaced Person (IDP) 

Young persons with disabilities  

International students

Young people living in a refugee host community

Young people from underrepresented ethnic groups in Uganda

Other Ugandan youth

The applicant must have applied for admission to Makerere University’s main campus for 2026/2027.

The applicant must have completed their undergraduate education in an African country.

The applicant should be experiencing financial constraints that limit their ability to afford graduate education.

The applicant must not be a holder of any other scholarship.

The applicant must not be pursuing or have completed any Master’s degree studies.

The applicant must have demonstrated engagement in leadership and/or community service.

The applicant must be 35 years or younger at the application deadline. 

Applicants in the refugee, Internally Displaced Persons and s young persons with disabilities categories must be under 40 years of age at the application deadline.

A refugee applicant must hold a valid Refugee Identity card or Family Attestation documentation.

The applicant must have applied for degree programmes prioritised under the Mastercard Foundation Scholars Program. Click here to view the list of priority programmes.

Only shortlisted applicants will be contacted for further selection engagements.

Applicants are advised to read the application guidelines before completing the form.

BENEFIT:

Makerere University is pleased to announce 13 fully funded master’s scholarships under the Mastercard Foundation Scholars Program

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