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AMELIA EARHART FELLOWSHIP AT THE UNIVERSITY OF GRONINGEN

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Application Deadline: The next application will open in August 2026.

LOCATION: The Netherlands

Globally, women make up around 25 percent of the workforce in the aerospace industry. In an effort to carry out its mission that women have access to all resources and are represented in decision-making positions on an equal basis with men, Zonta International offers the Amelia Earhart Fellowship.

ELIGIBILITY:

Women of any nationality pursuing a Ph.D./doctoral degree who demonstrate a superior academic record conducting research applied to aerospace engineering or space sciences are eligible.

It is imperative that students be registered in a full-time Ph.D./doctoral program and have completed at least one year of that program or have received a master’s degree in an aerospace-applied field at the time the application is submitted.

Applicants must not graduate from their Ph.D. or doctoral program before April after the year of the awarded fellowship.

Classified members (club members and individuals with direct membership with Zonta International) and employees of Zonta International and the Zonta Foundation for Women and their family members (ancestors, descendants, adoptees, siblings, nieces or cousins, and those of their spouse or cohabiting partner) are not eligible to apply for the Fellowship.

Note that previous Amelia Earhart Fellows are not eligible to apply to renew the Fellowship for a second year.

Countries of origin: women of any nationality

Purposes: for female PhD students

The Zonta International Amelia Earhart Fellowship Committee reviews the applications and recommends recipients to the Zonta International Board. All applicants are evaluated on the criteria stated in the requirements section of the application. All details of the evaluations are kept confidential; evaluations are not disclosed to applicants. All applicants will be notified of their status by the end of April of the coming year.

BENEFIT:

The USD 10,000 Fellowship may be used at any university or college offering accredited postgraduate courses and degrees in aerospace engineering and space sciences. Since the program’s inception in 1938, Zonta has awarded 1,638 Amelia Earhart Fellowships, totaling more than US$10.6 million, to 1,209 women representing 73 countries.

Available positions: up to 35 annually

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IHE DELFT SAHEL, MIDDLE EAST, AND HORN OF AFRICA SCHOLARSHIPS

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Application Deadline: 1 June 2026

LOCATION: The Netherlands

The IHE Delft Water and Development Partnership Programme, funded by the Dutch Ministry of Foreign Affairs, is providing a limited number of scholarships in the framework of capacity strengthening and nurturing network of water professionals in the focus regions and countries of the programme.

ELIGIBILITY:

Nationals from the following countries are eligible for this scholarship:

Middle East: Egypt, Iraq, Jordan, Palestine, Yemen

Horn of Africa: Ethiopia, Kenya, Somalia, South Sudan, Sudan, Uganda

Sahel:  Burkina Faso, Mali, Niger, Nigeria

Academic admission to the MSc Programme in Water and Sustainable Development

Living and/or working in one of the eligible countries.

Agree to conduct MSc research in their country/region associated with one of the projects implement(ed) by the Programme.

Actively participate in and contribute to the seminars organized for the learning networks of the Programme.

Confirmation to return to the country of origin or other priority country of the programme.

Employer statement: One of the two recommendation letters that you are requested to upload as part of your application for admission should be a letter from your current employer, which has the following requirements:

Should be on official letterhead

Should be dated and signed

Should state the following:

Explain how the obtained knowledge and skills of the applicant will contribute to the activities and performance of the organization.

Confirm that the applicant will return to the organization after completing the MSc study at IHE.

Indicate in which project(s) funded by the Water and Development Partnership Programme the organization is involved in (if any). Only if one of the two recommendation letters meet these requirements you will be eligible to take part in the selection for a scholarship through the Water and Development Partnership Programme (WDPP)

BENEFIT:

There are full and partial scholarships available. The full scholarships include the total cost of the MSc Programme in Water and Sustainable Development: Tuition fee, insurance, international travel cost, and an allowance of €1,220 per month for the cost of living and accommodation during the complete study period.

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