Apply Now: 2025 African STARS MSc Fellowship (Fully Funded)

By  Updated on 

The 2025 African STARS MSc Fellowship offers full funding for a two-year bioinformatics degree at Stellenbosch University. It supports young African scientists focused on infectious diseases. Read on for who qualifies, what it covers, and how to apply.

African STARS MSc Fellowship 2025 for Researchers

Applications are now open for the 2025 African STARS MSc Fellowship. This fully funded programme gives young African researchers the chance to study bioinformatics of infectious diseases at Stellenbosch University in South Africa.

The Centre for Epidemic Response and Innovation (CERI) and Institut Pasteur de Dakar, with support from the Mastercard Foundation, run the fellowship. It’s open to those born in or living in Africa, especially women and early-career scientists.

If you care about disease research and want to use data to solve real health problems, this might be your next step.

What the Programme Offers

This is a full-time, two-year master’s degree with a strong mix of classwork and lab research.

You’ll start with a 9-month lecture block that includes:

Then you’ll move into over a year of lab-based research at Stellenbosch. There’ll also be:

What the Scholarship Covers

You won’t need to pay anything out of pocket once accepted.

Who Can Apply

To apply, you must:

Women are strongly encouraged to apply.

How to Apply

There are two steps, and both are required:

Step 1: Apply for the Scholarship

Step 2: Apply to the University

More Details

Visit the African STARS MSc Fellowship information page to get full details.

On a similar note...

Tagged: Fellowships / Conferences / Training Worldwide