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# [ARUA Early Career Research Fellowship](https://letudiantafricain.com/blog-letudiant-africain/arua-early-career-research-fellowship)

 Rédigé par [L’Étudiant Africain](https://letudiantafricain.com/blog-letudiant-africain/author/la-rédaction-de-létudiant-africain) | Mar 7, 2026 1:12:04 AM

The African Research Universities Alliance (ARUA), with support from the Mastercard Foundation and the Carnegie Corporation of New York, is launching this Early-Career Research Fellowship program. The initiative will fund up to **forty-two (42) early-career researchers** to conduct globally competitive research at the host and affiliated institutions of ARUA’s thirteen (13) [Centres of Excellence (CoEs)](https://arua.org/centres-of-excellence/) and the twenty-two (22) [Africa-Europe Clusters of Excellence (CoREs)](https://arua.org/africa-europe-core/).

Each fellowship will have a duration of six months, to be undertaken between March 2026 and February 2027. ***There will be only two commencement dates for the awards: March 2026 and September 2026.*** Candidates may select their preferred fellowship period as option 1, which runs from March to August 2026. **The deadline for application for option 1 is 22nd January 2026.**

The fellowship period for option 2 is September 2026 to February 2027. **The deadline for application for option 2 is 15th July 2026.**

***At least 70% of the fellowships are reserved for female candidates, and applicants must be no older than 35 years at the time of application***.

[Visiter le site internet](https://arua.org/early-career-research-fellowships/)

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