Call for Applications – Rainbow Academy 2026 Fellowship (Bisi Alimi Foundation)

Deadline: Monday, 10 November 2025 Bisi Alimi Foundation is a non-profit on a mission to “accelerate the social acceptance of LGBTQ people in Nigeria, through evidence-based research, documentation, policy and stakeholders engagement. Through capacity building training and digital services that emboldens LGBTQ Nigerians and key stakeholders in media and legal professions to achieve skills that build […]

Call for Applications – Feminist Co-Creation for Abortion Justice Fellowship (Inroads)

Deadline: 19 October 2025 23:59 (US EST) Anti-gender movements, digital repression, and tech-facilitated gender-based violence are on the rise – making it harder and riskier for abortion seekers, storytellers, and defenders to connect. To keep our movements strong and safe, we need more secure, bold, feminist spaces for co-creation and popular education that support and […]

Call for Applications – Cross Culture Programme Fellowships

Deadline: 10 December 2025 The CrossCulture Programme (CCP) funds 55 to 60 professionals and volunteers from over 40 countries with its CCP Fellowships. Fellows spend two to three months working with host organisations in Germany or CCP partner countries to broaden their expertise, build valuable networks and further develop their transcultural skills. In return, the host organisations benefit from the expertise, regional […]

Call for Applications – 2026 Archivi.ng Fellowship

Deadline: 31 October 2025 At Archivi.ng, we digitise Nigeria’s old newspapers and magazines to preserve history and make it accessible to everyone. Our collections open a window to the past, empowering people to explore, learn, and connect history to the present. From publishing new stories in The Archivist to nurturing a community of practice, everything […]

Call for Applications – 2026 Center for Art and Advocacy Fellowship

Deadline: 26 October 2025 at 11:59 PM The Center for Art and Advocacy believes there is an abundance of uncultivated talent and exceptional creativity among individuals who share the lived experience of incarceration. At a time when the U.S. leads the world in the criminalization of its most vulnerable populations—often made up of people with […]

Call for Applications – WomenLift Health East Africa Leadership Journey 2026

Deadline: 10 October 2025 Applications are open for the WomenLift Health East Africa Leadership Journey 2026. The fully funded, 12-month WomenLift Health East Africa Leadership Journey is designed to provide talented mid-senior career women leaders in health with the sate space to explore their authentic leadership through vulnerability and reflection, an inclusive and diverse network […]

Call for Applications – AfaRise Fellowship Program 2025–2027(€200 Stipends)

Deadline: 31 July 2025 The African Futures Lab (AfaLab) is now accepting applications for the AfaRise Fellowship, a bold and transformative two-year program designed to empower a new generation of African and Afro-descendant changemakers. Rooted in reparatory justice, decolonial praxis, and Afro-feminist leadership, AfaRise supports early-stage projects that seek to dismantle racial injustice across Africa, […]

Call for Applications – Africa Youth Negotiators Fellowship (AYNF) – Cohort 4

Deadline: July 28, 2025, at 11:59 P.M. GMT The Africa Youth Negotiators Fellowship (AYNF) is a transformative, pan-African capacity-building initiative designed to equip young climate leaders from across the continent with the technical knowledge, negotiation skills, and strategic confidence necessary to engage meaningfully in global climate governance processes, particularly within the UNFCCC system. Now in its fourth […]

Call for Applications – Artists in Residence (Foundry)

Deadline: 20 July 2025 11:59 pm ET The Foundry’s Molding and Casting Artist Residencies offers artists the space, time, and resources to creatively delve into their current medium or explore a new one. Designed for artists working with traditional and experimental techniques, this residency fosters creative growth in a supportive environment. Residents engage deeply with the year’s […]

Call for Applications: AfaRise Fellowship Program

Deadline: 31 July 2025 Founded by two Black women, Liliane Umubyeyi (external link) and Amah Edoh, in response to the global reckoning on racial injustice following the 2020 Black Lives Matter movement, African Futures Lab advances reparative justice through research, advocacy, and cross-continental solidarity. Our mission is rooted in dismantling the enduring legacies of colonialism and slavery, holding […]