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 2025-2026, 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
OneBeat is the premier multinational music exchange program of the U.S. Department of State's Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs. Through a suite of programs designed to use collaborative music creation to promote civic discourse, young musicians explore how artists, institutions and com
Published: 07 Aug 2024 Type: Fellowship Study in: United States Deadline: 06 Sep 2024
The aim of the scholarship programme is to support the qualification and employability of young academics and future professionals from developing and emerging countries. It offers the opportunity to continue their academic and professional career in innovation-driving STEM fields in Germany with a
Published: 07 Aug 2024 Type: Masters Study in: Germany Deadline: 15 Oct 2024
The African Investigative Journalism Conference (#AIJC2024), in partnership with SKUP, the Association for Critical and Investigative Press in Norway, and Bellingcat, will host an intensive training course on the latest investigative journalism techniques, taking place over three days imm
Published: 07 Aug 2024 Type: Fellowship Study in: South Africa Deadline: 30 Aug 2024
The INQUA Fellowship Program financially supports early-career scientists (ECRs), as well as scientists from low- and middle-income countries/developing countries (DCRs), to gain international Quaternary research experience at a foreign institution for the duration of 3–6 months
Published: 07 Aug 2024 Type: Fellowship Value: € 15000 Deadline: 15 Sep 2024
The Government of Ireland Postgraduate Scholarship Programme is an established national initiative, funded by the Department of Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science, and managed by the Council. The Government of Ireland Postgraduate Scholarship Programme is unique in the
Published: 08 Aug 2024 Type: Postgraduate Study in: Ireland Value: €31,000 Deadline: 03 Oct 2024
The Master of Social Justice Commencing Scholarship is a postgraduate coursework scholarship valued at $10,000 to support full-time students commencing the Master of Social Justice at the Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences at the University of Sydney.
Published: 06 Aug 2024 Type: Masters Study in: Australia Value: USD 10,000 Deadline: 30 Sep 2024
WE Africa’s purpose is to put women leaders in Africa at the heart of transforming the environmental movement through inclusive, collective leadership. WE Africa was born through our frustration that the joint crises of biodiversity loss and the climate emergency also reflect a crisis and lack
Published: 06 Aug 2024 Type: Fellowship Deadline: 16 Aug 2024
The Translating Research into Action Center (TRAC) and the Research on International Policy Implementation Lab (RIPIL) at American University (AU) invite applications for a full-time, one-year Postdoctoral Research Impact Fellow, with the possibility of renewal for an additional year. We are looking
Published: 06 Aug 2024 Type: Ph.D Study in: United States Value: $70,000 Deadline: Not Specified
The Green Institute is proud to introduce the Green Fellows program, a prestigious opportunity for students passionate about sustainability, food security, climate action, and environmental law. By participating in our 2024 conference series, you can earn the esteemed title of Green Fellow, receive
Published: 05 Aug 2024 Type: Fellowship Value: $1000 Deadline: 25 Aug 2024
Annual scholarship programme that awards scholarships to 10 young African scholars for an 18-month master’s degree study in epidemiology Africa CDC instituted an annual scholarship programme that awards scholarships to 10 young African scholars for an 18-month master’s degree study in
Published: 02 Aug 2024 Type: Ph.D Study in: South Africa Deadline: 31 Aug 2024
The UK Government annually offers 1500 international students the opportunity to pursue a fully-funded Masters degree in universities within the United Kingdom. Chevening is one of the UK government’s international scholarship programmes. It is funded by the Foreign, Commonwealth and Develo
Published: 02 Aug 2024 Type: Masters Study in: United Kingdom Deadline: 05 Nov 2024
The University of Oxford and the Mastercard Foundation have established an innovative and ambitious partnership under the Mastercard Foundation Scholars Program and the Africa Oxford Initiative (AfOx). In partnership with the Saïd Business School Foundation, up to seven AfOx Graduate
Published: 02 Aug 2024 Type: Masters Study in: United Kingdom Value: £19,237 Deadline: 06 Jan 2025
WE Africa’s purpose is to put women leaders in Africa at the heart of transforming the environmental movement through inclusive, collective leadership. WE Africa was born through our frustration that the joint crises of biodiversity loss and the climate emergency also reflect a crisis and lack
Published: 01 Aug 2024 Type: Fellowship Deadline: 16 Aug 2024
Eisenhower Fellowships identifies, empowers and connects innovative leaders through a transformative fellowship experience and lifelong engagement in a global network of dynamic change agents committed to creating a world more peaceful, prosperous and just. In spring 2025, Eisenhower Fellow
Published: 01 Aug 2024 Type: Fellowship Study in: United States Deadline: 16 Aug 2024
Applications are open to postdocs who are pursuing research or teaching at a higher education institution/university in a Non-European developing country and who were in receipt of a grant in Austria which was administered by the OeAD-GmbH (formerly ÖAD). At the time of taking up the grant a
Published: 31 Jul 2024 Type: Ph.D Study in: Australia Deadline: 01 Nov 2024
The Graduate School of Economic and Management Sciences (GEM) is currently accepting applications for its full-time, funded doctoral programme. Applications will be considered for the following two scholarship opportunities: GEM Elite Doctoral Scholarships GEM Doctoral Scholarship
Published: 31 Jul 2024 Type: Ph.D Deadline: 15 Aug 2024
ACLS invites applications for Mellon/ACLS Dissertation Innovation Fellowships, which provide a year of support for doctoral students preparing to embark on innovative dissertation research projects in the humanities and interpretive social sciences. This program is made possible by a grant
Published: 31 Jul 2024 Type: Fellowship Study in: United States Deadline: 30 Oct 2024
The Next Generation Resource Governance Leaders Program is an internship that intends to balance a dose of theory with real-world application and equip participants with the requisite multi-disciplinary intellectual development, practical skills, and research abilities to think in more innovative wa
Published: 31 Jul 2024 Type: Fellowship Study in: Ghana Deadline: 11 Aug 2024
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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:
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:
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: