Scholarship Program: Postgraduate Scholarships for African and South American Students at Aston University, UK
Employer: The Ferguson Foundation
Level of study: Postgraduate
Brief Scholarship Description: The School of Languages and Social Sciences is offering nine scholarships to students from Africa and South America. Scholarships are supported by the Ferguson Foundation which is dedicated to improving educational opportunities for students who would not otherwise be able to consider study in the UK. The scholarships are available to students applying to on campus programmes offered in the School of Languages and Social Sciences.
Scholarship Website: http://www1.aston.ac.uk/lss/postgraduate/fees-financial-support/ferguson/

ExxonMobil Middle East and North Africa Scholarship Program, USA 2012

Africa Nursing Scholarship; The African Palliative Care Association (APCA) in partnership with FHSSA (previously the Foundation for Hospices in Sub Saharan Africa) provides a limited number of scholarships each year for Palliative Care Training opportunities for nurses.

Master’s Scholarship in European Studies for Applicants from Moldova at University of Westminster, UK 2012

The Russian Federation is offering thirty (30) partial scholarships to Kenyans for undergraduate and postgraduate for the 2012/2013 academic year.

If you fail to qualify for university scholarships, consider enrolling in Universities offering free tuition or universities with low tuition fees in Europe.  Although not as many as before, there still are countries that offer free tuition for international students. internationalscholarshipgrants.com has compiled information on these countries and provided links to tuition-free Colleges and Universities.

For the scholarship programme 1 of you can apply if you:

The International Postgraduate Research Scholarship  (IPRS) scheme is funded by the Commonwealth Government through the Department of Education, Employment & Workplace Relations (DEEWR). Its purpose is to attract high quality overseas postgraduate students to areas of research strength in higher education institutions to support Australia’s research effort. Approximately 15 scholarships may be available in 2013 for international students from any country undertaking postgraduate research in areas of University research strengths.

ACCES Scholarship Program:

The African Canadian Ongoing Education Society (ACCES) is really a non-profit agency that supports Kenyan students by supplying publish-secondaryscholarship grants.

The Kibera Fund was set up by Comic Relief, a UK-based fundraising organization that uses television and the power of entertainment to bring positive change to people living tough lives in many parts of the world, but predominantly in Africa. Kenya Community Development Foundation has been appointed to administer the Fund on Comic Relief’s behalf, by making grants and building the capacity of local organizations trying to improve life for people living in Nairobi’s slums. The Fund will run for three years from December 2011, with follow-up support and monitoring of the funded schemes for a further two years, making five years in total.
Download File: the-kibera-fund-application-form

Trust Africa Scholarships: Loughborough University is delighted to announce full-fee scholarships for international full-time taught postgraduate students currently domiciled (permanently living) in Africa.

The Transition Initiatives for Stabilization (TIS), funded by United States Agency for International Development (USAID), responds to the complex crisis that has evolved in Somalia and self-declared region of Somaliland.

Co-operative Bank Foundation Scholarships Kenya: The Co-operative Bank Foundation is the Co-operative Bank’s vehicle for social responsibility.

Recent Graduates Fellowships/Scholarships

Fellowships in International Human Rights » Recent Graduates Fellowships

Human Rights Watch is an international human rights monitoring and advocacy organization known for its in-depth investigations, its incisive and timely reporting, its innovative and high-profile advocacy campaigns, and its success in changing the human rights-related policies and practices of influential governments and international institutions.

Scholarships Republic of Kenya
Ministry of Higher Education, Science and Technology

Elsevier Foundation funding  grant in the field of science, social sciences technology and medicine at Developing Countries -2011

The Gandhi Smarak Nidhi fund will offer a limited number of partial scholarships tenable at the University of Nairobi, for Masters and Postgraduate Diploma studies during the 2011/2012 academic year.