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Postgraduate Scholarships for Nigerian students 2024-2025 (Page 65)

If you are a Nigerian Student who just completed their Bachelor’s degree and is looking to pursue a master’s degree, or have completed a master’s degree and is planning to do their PhD, then it will interest you to know that there are certain post graduate degree scholarships specially designed to aid you with the financial assistance required to do that.

These postgraduate degree scholarships for masters students, and  postgraduate research scholarships for PhD students, are usually awarded by organizations or universities to Nigerian students who meet all the given eligibility criteria required for them to qualify for the scholarship.

And because we know how important these study opportunities are to you, ScholarshipAir has found for you, (so you don’t have to) the best scholarships for postgraduate studies 2024-2025, which you can apply for to fund your studies.  Some of the postgraduate scholarships are fully funded while some are partially funded. The university to study ranges from Nigeria to abroad

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  • QMUL 2022 Postdoctoral Research Fellow in Global Health Cancer Research

    This post is part of an exciting new NIHR Global Health Research award, funding the AWACAN-ED (Advancing Early Diagnosis of Cancer in Southern Africa) programme. Our research is being conducted in Zimbabwe and South Africa, in partnership with the Universities of Cape Town and Zimbabwe in Harare.

    Published: 05 Aug 2022 Type: Fellowship Deadline: 12 Aug 2022

  • Queen Elizabeth Scholars-West Africa (QES-WA) 2022-2023 for African Scholars

    The Queen Elizabeth Scholars (QES) program has funded Netlinks, a McGill University-University of Ghana-Universite Joseph ki-ZERBO to strengthen the capacity of researchers who work with farmers, entrepreneurs, community leaders, and local institutions to develop solutions to agricult

    Published: 05 Aug 2022 Type: Postgraduate Study in: Ghana, United Kingdom Deadline: 30 Aug 2022

  • Knight-Hennessy Scholars Program 2023 at Stanford University for High-Achieving Students

    The Knight-Hennessy Scholars program will annually identify a group of 100 high-achieving students from around the world with demonstrated leadership and civic commitment to receive full funding to pursue a wide-ranging graduate education at Stanford, with the goal of developing a new generation of

    Published: 05 Aug 2022 Type: Masters Study in: United Kingdom Deadline: 12 Oct 2022

  • Chevening UK Government Scholarships Program 2023 for Study in the United Kingdom | Fully Funded

    Applications are now open for the Chevening UK Government Scholarships Program 2023. Chevening Scholarships are awarded to individuals from all backgrounds who can demonstrate that they have the commitment and skills required to create positive change, and can show how a UK master’s degre

    Published: 04 Aug 2022 Type: Postgraduate Study in: United Kingdom Deadline: 01 Nov 2022

  • Carnegie African Diaspora Fellowship Programme (CADFP) 2023 Scholars Fellowship Program

    Applications are on for the Carnegie African Diaspora Fellowship Programme (CADFP). CADFP is a scholar fellowship programme which regularly offers  equitable, effective and mutually beneficial international higher education engagements between scholars in Africa and African Diaspora a

    Published: 04 Aug 2022 Type: Fellowship Study in: Canada, United States Deadline: 30 Sep 2022

  • Meta Research 2022 PhD Fellowship Program Worldwide

    The Meta Research PhD Fellowship is a global program designed to encourage and support promising doctoral students who are engaged in innovative and relevant research in areas related to computer science and engineering at an accredited university. Having funded over 200 students from around the

    Published: 04 Aug 2022 Type: Ph.D Deadline: 20 Sep 2022

  • MasterCard/University of California 2023 Masters Scholarships for African Students – USA

    The MasterCard University of California, Berkeley Masters Scholarships 2023/2024 for African Students will provide holistic support – financial, academic, social, and career counselling – to Masters students from Sub-Saharan Africa from 2020 to 2028.  Administered out o

    Published: 04 Aug 2022 Type: Masters Study in: United States Deadline: 22 Sep 2022

  • ADH 2022 Community Journalism Fellowship Programme for Nigerian Journalists

    This is the second call for applications for Community Journalism Fellowship Programme. We are especially interested in applications that aim to produce journalism focused on potential solutions with lasting impact towards effective public service delivery, grassroot development and improving t

    Published: 03 Aug 2022 Type: Fellowship Deadline: 31 Aug 2022

  • Camargo Foundation 2023 Core Fellowship Programme

    Since 1971, the Camargo Foundation has awarded residencies to nearly 1,000 individuals as part of its mission to support groundbreaking research, experimentation, and interdisciplinary approaches in the Arts and Humanities. Each year, an esteemed panel of scholars and arts professionals selects 1

    Published: 03 Aug 2022 Type: Fellowship Deadline: 01 Oct 2022

  • Swiss Government 2023 Excellence Scholarships for Young Researchers

    The Swiss Government Excellence Scholarships are aimed at young researchers from abroad who have completed a master’s degree or PhD and at foreign artists holding a bachelor’s degree. Each year the Swiss Confederation awards Government Excellence Scholarships to promote international

    Published: 03 Aug 2022 Type: Postgraduate Study in: Switzerland Deadline: Not Specified

  • UNU-CPR 2022 Global Fellowship Program

    The UNU-CPR Global Fellows will work to integrate researchers from underrepresented backgrounds in new and ongoing research projects that shape multilateral policymaking processes. Candidates who are focused on Migration and Inequality are invited to apply for one 6-month Fellowship, which may be

    Published: 03 Aug 2022 Type: Fellowship Deadline: 31 Aug 2022

  • UK Higher Education Partnerships in sub-Saharan Africa (HEP SSA) 2022 for universities in sub-Saharan Africa

    Grants are awarded to universities in sub-Saharan Africa for projects ranging from six months to two years. The purpose of the funding is to strengthen relationships between academia and industry. To maximise the impact of this collaboration, universities are funded to undertake bilateral secondment

    Published: 02 Aug 2022 Type: Postgraduate Deadline: 06 Sep 2022

  • IUBMB 2022 Africa Initiative: ENABLE Fellowships for African PhD & Postdoc Students

    To launch a new initiative to provide opportunities to biomolecular scientists in Africa, the IUBMB is offering up to five fellowships for trainees from any country in Africa to attend the 2022 FEBS-IUBMB-ENABLE Conference. This event, “The perfect tandem: How technology expands the front

    Published: 01 Aug 2022 Type: Fellowship Study in: Spain Deadline: 28 Aug 2022

  • Brown University 2023 Information Futures Lab Fellowship Program

    The Information Futures Fellowship is a novel opportunity for practitioners in public health, healthcare, community organizations, media, policy, design and other fields who are actively working on responses to the ongoing information crisis. The six-month fellowship provides these practitioners

    Published: 01 Aug 2022 Type: Fellowship Study in: United States Deadline: 15 Aug 2022

  • Stanford University 2022 Knight-Hennessy Scholars Program

    Knight-Hennessy scholars develop deep domain expertise in their Stanford graduate program, and build on this domain expertise through exposure to a wide range of disciplines and cultures within the Knight-Hennessy Scholars (KHS) community. Scholars participate in the King Global Leadership Progra

    Published: 01 Aug 2022 Type: Postgraduate Deadline: 12 Oct 2022

  • ASU 2022 Presidential Postdoctoral Fellowship in Educational Leadership

    The Mary Lou Fulton Teachers College (MLFTC) at Arizona State University (ASU) invites applications for up to two postdoctoral scholar positions in the area of educational leadership. Educational Leadership, a programmatic unit in the Division of MLFTC’s Educational Leadership and Innovatio

    Published: 01 Aug 2022 Type: Fellowship Study in: United States Deadline: 01 Sep 2022

  • AIG 2023 Masters Scholarships for Nigerian Students - UK

    The AIG Scholarships were launched in 2017 to provide a unique opportunity for exceptional West Africans interested in a career in public service to pursue a Master of Public Policy at the Blavatnik School of Government, University of Oxford. Since 2017, twenty-seven (27) scholarships worth over &po

    Published: 01 Aug 2022 Type: Masters Study in: United Kingdom Deadline: 09 Sep 2022

  • TWAS-DBT 2022 Postgraduate Fellowship Programme for Developing Countries

    The World Academy of Sciences (TWAS) in collaboration with the Department of Biotechnology (DBT) of the Ministry of Science and Technology in India is pleased to announce the TWAS-DBT Postgraduate Fellowship for individuals from developing countries. The Fellowship is established t

    Published: 01 Aug 2022 Type: Fellowship Study in: India Deadline: 15 Sep 2022

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Postgraduate Grants And Scholarships

Annually, postgraduate grants and scholarships  are  awarded to qualified postgraduate Nigerian students, to enable them fund for their studies while studying abroad or in Nigeria.

You can benefit from these grants for postgraduate funded by organizations and universities, by applying for various study opportunities which present themselves as – either postgraduate degree scholarships for masters students or postgraduate research scholarships for PhD students.

Or by applying to postgraduate study abroad scholarships, which provide  you with the chance to study at a university overseas.

Below are some of such scholarships which provide postgraduate sponsorship for students like you:

  • NDDC postgraduate scholarship
  • NLNG postgraduate scholarship
  • Agip postgraduate scholarship
  • PTDF postgraduate scholarship
  • Shell postgraduate scholarship
  • Chevron postgraduate scholarship
  • NNPC postgraduate scholarship
  • Total postgraduate scholarship
  • DAAD postgraduate scholarship
  • Fulbright postgraduate scholarship
  • Commonwealth postgraduate scholarship
  • MasterCard postgraduate scholarship

 

Eligibility For Postgraduate Scholarships

To become a postgraduate scholar, there are eligibility criteria you should meet, especially if you are applying for postgraduate study abroad scholarships.

However, while respective awarding organizations have requirements that are specific them, they’re also general requirements which you must before you are qualified for a scholarship for postgraduate abroad studies.

Some of those requirements are:

  • Proof of English language proficiency (IELTS or it’s equivalent)
  • Bachelors degree/ certificate of graduation (for Masters students)
  • Masters degree/ certificate of graduation (for PhD students)
  • Research proposal (for PhD students)
  • Acceptance/admission letter to study at your selected university
  • International passport (for those students participating in a postgraduate study abroad scholarship)
  • Motivation letter to the scholarship sponsors stating why you think you are qualified to receive a postgraduate sponsorship to further your studies.

 

 

How To Apply For Postgraduate Scholarships

Dear applicant, before you can be selected for any of the available scholarships for post graduates, you first have to apply for the scholarship you are interested in and submit all the required documents.

Although this may seem like an easy thing to do (which it is), a simple mistake can cause your application to be rejected by the organisation or university, so you want to do it right.

If you have applied for scholarships in the past and have been rejected, or are applying for the first time, this is how to apply for an online post graduate scholarship.

Application Process:

To apply for a postgraduate scholarship, these are the steps you should take:

Before you apply:

  • Do you research on the scholarship and find out all you need to know about it, in terms of how to apply (whether online or via email or post) and particular documents to submit.
  • Research the school you are applying to and find out documents required and also if you are to apply for the scholarship before you gain admission to study or after.
  • Check if you are eligible for the scholarship
  • Organise all the required documents needed for the application.