For African Nationals
UC Berkeley Affiliated Funding
UC Berkeley is a partner in The Mastercard Foundation Scholars Program, a fellowship for students from Sub-Saharan Africa. This global education initiative will provide 40,000 talented, yet economically disadvantaged, students from developing countries – particularly in Africa – with comprehensive support for secondary and university education. At UC Berkeley, the second phase of the program provides comprehensive support – financial, academic, social, and career counseling – to 108 master's degree students from Sub-Saharan Africa from 2020 to 2030.
The Center for African Studies offers the Emeka Kalu Ezera Fellowship for Dissertation Research. This is only for students who are already enrolled at UC Berkeley.
The International House offers various fellowships for residents, including Gateway Fellowships for PhD students.
Funding Beyond Berkeley
Below are other links to information that might be useful to students from African countries interested in finding fellowships to study in the United States. Please send updates, additions and corrections to us at asc@berkeley.edu
eduPass -- http://www.edupass.org/
A comprehensive web site from FinAid, the Financial Aid Information Page [http://www.finaid.org/] specifically for foreign students. They claim they can help students from the beginning of the process to the end. One page on the site lists schools that have given scholarships to foreign students. [http://www.edupass.org/finaid/undergraduate.phtml] To be included in the lists, the schools must have an average award that is greater than 1/5 of the cost of attendance. Note that none of the ten University of California campuses were listed in 2005.
The site includes free financial aid searches based on a student's particular profile. The site’s database pages can be very slow. This could mean that it is difficult to get to the information if one does not have a high-speed hookup. The database is extensive though and maybe worth the wait.
Karen Fung's Africa South of the Sahara site
On this site, there are two pages with information on funding opportunities although they are not necessarily specific to African nationals.
- http://library.stanford.edu/africa-south-sahara/browse-topic/grants
- http://library.stanford.edu/africa-south-sahara/browse-topic/education/education-financial-aid
Institute of International Education and Education USA
- For details on funding options: www.fundingusstudy.org
- Fulbright Commission: https://www.iie.org/Programs/Fulbright-US-Student-Program
- Education USA: www.educationusa.info
2004 Rockefeller Guide to Funding for African Students ~ Old but potentially useful
Financial Aid for International Students and Scholars for Study or Research in the United States and Abroad
On the Library web site of the University of Wisconsin, Madison.
http://researchguides.library.wisc.edu/content.php?pid=33330&sid=244562
Kubatana.net: 2002-2003 Resource Guide: a Selected List of Fellowships, Scholarships, Grants and other training opportunities for African Women Students/Scholars.
http://archive.kubatana.net/html/archive/women/021216iewad.asp?sector=RESOUR
Rotary Foundation
https://www.rotary.org/en
Most African countries have Rotary Clubs.
University of Pennsylvania Africa Page, Grants section
http://www.sas.upenn.edu/African_Studies/Grants/menu_Grants.html
with a special section for international students: http://www.sas.upenn.edu/African_Studies/Grants/International_Students_10206.html
Various African Studies Programs around the United States
Visit web sites for African studies programs around the country.
http://library.stanford.edu/africa-south-sahara/browse-topic/about-african-studies/african-studies-programs