The City of Johannesburg (CoJ) Bursary Program 2026 for young South Africans (R40 000,00 per academic year)

Application Deadline: October 31st, 2025

Applications are now open for the 2026 City of Johannesburg (CoJ) Bursary Program. The City of Johannesburg Municipality is committed to provide skills development and educational opportunities, not only for its employees, but also for the Johannesburg community members. The City is offering 200 bursaries to South African youth, who permanently reside in Johannesburg, to pursue full-time undergraduate studies in one of the following fields:African travel guides.

• Actuarial Science International Relations and Protocol
• Build Environment (Architecture, Construction, Urban and Regional Planning, Quantity Surveying)
• Legal
• Commerce Logistics
• Community Services Marketing
• Emergency Management Services Municipal Governance (Monitoring and Evaluation)
• Engineering (All Fields) Real Estate (Property Management, Property Valuation)
• Health (All Fields) Geo Information Science (GIS)
• Finance (Accounting, Auditing, Small Business Management, Supply Chain Management, Treasury,
  Economists) Information Technology and Management (All Fields)

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University of Edinburgh Mastercard Foundation On-campus Postgraduate Scholarships 2026/2027 for young Africans (Fully Funded)

Application Deadline: 21 November, 2025 17:00 (GMT)

Applications are now open for the 2026/2027 University of Edinburgh Mastercard Foundation On-campus Postgraduate Scholarships. The program recruit exceptional young people with great academic and leadership experience who have overcome barriers to their education and are committed to pursuing their studies on-campus.

Eligibility Requirements

You must meet the eligibility criteria to apply:

• Applicants must qualify academically for admission to the University of Edinburgh for a relevant degree programme listed. You will generally need to have achieved the equivalent of a UK Second Class (Upper) Bachelor’s (Hons) degree or higher. 

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Knight-Wallace Journalism Fellowship 2026/2027 for mid-career Journalists to study at the University of Michighan-USA (Fully Funded)

Application Deadline: December 1, 2025.

Applications are now open for the 2026/2027 Knight-Wallace Journalism Fellowship. The Knight-Wallace Fellowships offer accomplished journalists two rare commodities: time and resources. Journalists eager for growth and deeply committed to the future of journalism spend an academic year at the University of Michigan to access the resources of a world-class university and dive into a journalism project. Areas of focus can include but are not limited to sharpening professional skills, addressing a challenge facing your newsroom, digging into data and research for a long-term reporting project, or developing a journalism venture.

Eligibility Requirements 

Qualified applicants must have a minimum of five years of experience and be currently working in some aspect of journalism for a news organization or as an independent journalist. The program is looking for a diverse range of journalists, including reporters, editors, data experts, visual journalists, audio producers, engagement specialists, designers, developers, entrepreneurs and organizational change agents.

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Sciences Po Mastercard Foundation Scholars Program 2026/2028 for Graduate study in France (Fully Funded to France)

Application Deadline: 4th January 2026

Applications are now open for the 2026/2028 Sciences Po Mastercard Foundation Scholars Program. The Mastercard Foundation Scholars Program is open to students who are admitted onto a master’s programme at Sciences Po and who meet the eligibility criteria for the scholarship. Students receive the scholarships and financial aid throughout the two years of their master’s programme.

Only admitted students to a master’s programme at Sciences Po can join the Mastercard Foundation Scholars Program at Sciences Po. You can apply to any of the Master’s degree programmes offered at Sciences Po’s Graduate Schools, except the dual degree programmes and the one year master’s programme.

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The University of Cambridge Mastercard Foundation Scholars Programme 2026/2027 for young Africans (Fully Funded)

Application Deadline: January 2026

Applications are now open for the 2026/2027 University of Cambridge Mastercard Foundation Scholars Programme. The Mastercard Foundation Scholars Program at the University of Cambridge enables talented young Africans to pursue a master’s degree and grow their leadership potential at one of the world’s leading universities.

Selection criteria include:Master's Program Directory Outstanding intellectual ability A desire and commitment to contribute to climate resilient and sustainable futures for Africa and the world at large Leadership potential

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Application Deadline: 30 November 2025.

Applications are now open for the 2026.

IOC Dakar Youth Olympic Games (YOG)  Young Reporters Programme. The next edition of the Young Reporters Programme, which will run during the Dakar 2026 Youth Olympic Games (YOG). Sixteen aspiring sports journalists from around the world will be selected to take part in this immersive training experience, and develop their skills in a real Games-time environment.

The IOC Young Reporters Programme is a long-standing initiative by the International Olympic Committee aimed at developing the next generation of sports journalists.  It was first introduced at the inaugural Youth Olympic Games (YOG) in Singapore in 2010 and since then it has been a successful feature of each YOG edition. The programme is run by IOC Media Operations.

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