*I update as I learn about more opportunities*
College/Post-Baccalaureate Research Programs
McNair Scholars Program:https://mcnairscholars.com/
Mellon Mays Undergraduate Fellowship Program: http://www.mmuf.org/
Ralph Bunche Summer Institute: http://www.apsanet.org/rbsi
USC Predoctoral Summer Institute for First Generation and Diverse Scholars: https://dornsife.usc.edu/poir/predoctoral-summer-institute/Summer
Predoctoral Workshop for Students of Color:https://priceschool.usc.edu/predoctoralworkshop/
Princeton Emerging Scholars Program: https://www.princeton.edu/politics/graduate/emerging-scholars-program/
Hot Metal Bridge Post-Bac https://www.asgraduate.pitt.edu/hot-metal-bridge-post-bac-program
Pathways to Research and Doctoral Careers https://www.predoc.org/
International Service Experience Fellowships
Middle East and North Africa Regional Fellowship Program http://www.menarprogram.org/
Princeton in Africa (in Latin America and Asia) https://www.princetoninafrica.org/
Fulbright U.S. Student Program https://us.fulbrightonline.org/about/fulbright-us-student-program
African Leadership Academy http://www.africanleadershipacademy.org/programs/
Doctoral/Graduate/Teaching Fellowships
APSA Minority Fellowship Program: http://www.apsanet.org/mfp
Ford Foundation Fellowship Program: http://sites.nationalacademies.org/pga/fordfellowships/index.htm
Mawazo PhD Scholars Programme: https://mawazoinstitute.org/phdscholars
Mo Ibrahim Foundation Scholarship for Graduate Study for African nationals: https://mo.ibrahim.foundation/fellowships/scholarships
Mo Ibrahim Foundation Academy Fellowship: https://www.chathamhouse.org/academy/fellowships/africa
Paul and Daisy Soros Fellowship for New Americans: https://www.pdsoros.org/
NSF Graduate Research Fellowship Program: https://www.nsfgrfp.org/
Freedom Summer Collegiate: http://www.freedomsummercollegiate.org/
Penn Predoctoral Fellowships for Excellence Through Diversity https://provost.upenn.edu/predoctoral-fellowships
Post-Doctoral Fellowships
UC President's Postdoctoral Fellowship Program
Oxbridge College Junior Research Fellowships
Nuffield College Oxford Postdoctoral Prize Research Fellowships in Politics
The Harvard Academy for International and Area Studies
Klarman Postdoctoral Fellowship
Social, Behavioral and Economic Sciences Postdoctoral Research Fellowship, NSF
U Michigan NCID Postdoctoral Fellowship
The Carolina Postdoctoral Program for Faculty Diversity
Princeton President's Postdoctoral Research Fellowship
U Michigan President's Postdoctoral Research Fellowship
University of Maryland President's Postdoctoral Fellowship
UPenn Postdoctoral Fellowships for Academic Diversity
Stanford Center on Democracy, Development, and the Rule of Law Pre- and Postdoctoral Fellowship
Other Post-graduate Fellowships
World Bank Africa Fellowship Program
UN Economic Commission for Africa Fellowship for Young African Professionals
World Trade Organization Young Professionals Programme
Institute of Current World Affairs Writing Fellowship
Fulbright Postdoctoral Scholar Awards
More graduate and postdoctoral funding opportunities here and here
More Resources for Funding, Reading, and Application Advice:
https://rachelstrohm.com/scholarships/ (extensive list of opportunities for African academics)
http://democracyinafrica.org/decolonising-the-university-the-african-politics-reading-list/ (working list of academic literature on African Politics)
Advice on applying to PhD programs (and grad school more generally) from Prof. Tressie Cottom and Prof. Chris Blattman
Advice on "planning your way to a PhD" from Shaquilla Harrigan
"Reading, Processing, and Participating in Graduate School" by Dr. Alex C. Lange
Extensive insight on "Reading Strategies" by Dr. Raul Pacheco-Vega
http://www.apsanet.org/diversityprograms
https://gsas.harvard.edu/financial-support/fellowships/fellowships-early...
https://gradschool.utah.edu/diversity/external-fellowships/
https://graddiv.ucsc.edu/financial-aid/minority-fellowships.html
Free and Low Cost Resources for Grad Students/Early Career Scholars
For Faculty, Established Scholars, Artists, Activists, etc.
NSF Summer Course on Grant Writing
Easton Nook Retreat Space for Scholars, Writers, Artists, and Activists
Women of Color Faculty Retreat
HKS Women and Public Policy Research Fellowship Program
