Closed cycle
fellowship
L'Oreal-UNESCO For Women in Science Young Talents - Sub-Saharan Africa
Research grants for early-career women scientists in Sub-Saharan Africa: EUR 10,000 for doctoral candidates (2nd-year PhD and above) and EUR 15,000 for post-doctoral researchers, in the life, environmental, physical, engineering, mathematical and computer/technological sciences (a science-field restriction, not encoded as a hard domain gate here). Women only; applicants must be nationals of, and research in, one of the 49 Sub-Saharan African countries. Annual cycle (~Feb-May). PhD applicants max 40; post-docs max 45.
The money
AwardEUR 10,000 – EUR 15,000
Cycle
annual — not accepting applications
Important dates
Deadline2026-07-05
Opens2026-04-06
Next expectedaround 2027-02-01
Note2026 call closed 15 May 2026. Runs annually (~Feb-May); next_expected is an estimate.
How they pay
The field no other directory carries. Getting it wrong is the most expensive mistake in the whole process.
Methodthe funder does not say
Pays individualsyes
Pays internationallyyes
Entity requiredunknown
Eligibility
Ageup to 45
Countries
only 49 countries — Angola, Benin, Botswana, Burkina Faso… show all
Angola, Benin, Botswana, Burkina Faso, Burundi, Cabo Verde, Cameroon, Central African Republic, Chad, Comoros, Congo, Congo, The Democratic Republic of the, Côte d'Ivoire, Djibouti, Equatorial Guinea, Eritrea, Eswatini, Ethiopia, Gabon, Gambia, Ghana, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Kenya, Lesotho, Liberia, Madagascar, Malawi, Mali, Mauritania, Mauritius, Mozambique, Namibia, Niger, Nigeria, Rwanda, Sao Tome and Principe, Senegal, Seychelles, Sierra Leone, Somalia, South Africa, South Sudan, Sudan, Tanzania, United Republic of, Togo, Uganda, Zambia, Zimbabwe
EducationPhD or higher
Open toWomen only
Student requiredunknown
Individuals onlyunknown
Entity requiredunknown
Must leave your jobunknown
Relocation requiredunknown
AI policy
Stancethe funder does not say