Government PhD Scholarships

The following underlisted Scholarships and Fellowships are offered by National Governments or Foundations to help International students especially students from developing continents e.g. Africa to study for a PhD degree in developed countries. The Scholarships or Fellowships are offered annually.

1. Hong Kong PhD Fellowships
Established by the Research Grants Council (RGC) of Hong Kong in 2009, the Hong Kong PhD Fellowship Scheme (HKPFS) aims at attracting the best and brightest students in the world to pursue their PhD studies in Hong Kong's institutions. More information ...

2. Ernst Schering Foundation Doctoral Fellowships
The Ernst Schering Foundation supports outstanding young scientists to conduct basic research in human-biology, medicine (except dentistry) or bio-organic chemistry (including related interdisciplinary fields of research). More information ...

3. Erasmus Mundus Doctoral Scholarships
Erasmus Mundus is a cooperation and mobility programme in the field of higher education that aims to enhance the quality of European higher education and to promote dialogue and understanding between people and cultures through cooperation with Third-Countries. More information ...

4. Netherlands PhD Fellowships
The Netherlands Fellowship Programmes (NFP) promote capacity building within organisations in 61 countries by providing training and education to mid-career professionals. The NFP is funded by the Dutch Ministry of Foreign Affairs under the budget for development cooperation. More information ...    
            
5. VLIR PhD Scholarships
VLIR-UOS awards scholarships to students from Africa, Asia and Latin-America to follow a training or master programme at a Dutch speaking university or university college in Belgium. Theeligible training or master programmes are taught in English. They are designed for people in positions of responsibility in civil society. More information ...

6. DAAD PhD Scholarships
The Scholarship Database contains details on the programmes offered by the DAAD and by other scholarship awarding organisations for foreign students, academics and researchers interested in finding sources of funding to complete study or research stays in Germany. More information ...