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Centre of African Studies: Scholarships

The Centre of African Studies is committed to academic collaboration with universities in Africa.

Since the 1990s, the Centre of African Studies has welcomed African academics as Visiting Scholars under several Fellowship schemes.

Currently the Centre manged two main Fellowships Scheme:

The Leventis Nigerian Post-Doctoral Fellowship in London. The information can be downloaded from Leventis.

The Governance for Development Initiative that provides Fellowships and PhD Scholarships. Governance for Development Initiative

The Centre is grateful to its sponsors both past and present and is constantly seeking new funding from governmental and business sources. Any organisation wishing to enter into a collaborative arrangement is asked to contact the Chairman of the Centre of African Studies (cas@soas.ac.uk).

In addition to its Visiting Scholarships, the Centre is able to propose candidature for academic hospitality at the School of Oriental and African Studies to African scholars resident in London for periods of study. Any scholar wishing to apply for academic hospitality is asked to send an outline of current research and c.v. to the Centre of African Studies.