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2027 Fulbright Research Awards for African Scholars

AGRI-FOOD SYSTEMS, CULTURE AND SOCIETY, HEALTH AND NUTRITION, WATER, ENERGY, AND THE ENVIRONMENT, YOUTH EMPOWERMENT, EDUCATION
Due Date: 10/04/2026

U.S. Embassy Uganda is accepting applications for the 2027 Fulbright African Research Scholar Program. This award funds African university faculty, administrators, and research institute professionals to conduct postdoctoral research or curriculum development and research at a U.S. academic or research institution during the 2027-2028 academic year.

Please review the award types and eligibility requirements carefully below.  Awards are open without regard to academic discipline, faculty rank, sex, or age.  All applications are due by April 10, 2026. All applications should be submitted at https://apply.iie.org/fvsp2027. 

Note: Proposals involving dissertation research or general professional travel are not eligible for this program.  Curriculum development grants contribute to the development of new courses, curricula, or programs upon the participant’s return to their home institution.

Applications are currently being accepted for: 

  • Research Grants (awards of three to nine months in duration)

Applicants should have a productive scholarly record, and a specific detailed project statement directly related to their ongoing teaching and/or research responsibilities.  Funding is normally for one term/semester of about four months.  Longer grants may be possible if the research proposal clearly demonstrates that the project requires more time.  Applicants must have a Ph.D.

  • Program and Curriculum Development Grants (awards of three to five months in duration)

Applicants will conduct reading and research of benefit to both the scholar and their home institution.  Proposals should be linked to the applicant’s professional duties (classroom instruction, student advising, and university outreach) and should provide specific details that demonstrate how the scholar would use the knowledge gained to update / develop new courses, curricula, or other academic programs at their home institution. A doctorate degree is not required for this grant, but applicants must hold a minimum of a master’s or equivalent graduate degree at the time of application. 

In addition, applicants can choose to apply directly for a Notre Dame Visiting Scholar Award.

  • Notre Dame Visiting Scholar Award

The University of Notre Dame will host two Fulbright Scholars from Uganda in the 2027-2028 academic year.  Prospective applicants interested in the following fields will be hosted at the University of Notre Dame.

  • Sustainability, resilience, mitigation and adaptation
  • Peacebuilding, including peace processes, religion and peacebuilding, and the role of new technologies
  • Global Health including WASH (water, sanitation, and hygiene), nutrition and maternal health

A letter of support from a faculty member at Notre Dame is recommended but not required for consideration.  Please contact kampalaexchanges@state.gov  for added questions related to the Notre Dame opportunity.

Fulbright Research Awards for African Scholars: Eligibility and Selection

  • Applicants must be Ugandan citizens.
  • Awards are open without regard to academic discipline, faculty rank, sex, or age.
  • Proposals for clinical medical research involving patient contact cannot be approved under the Fulbright Program.
  • Preference will be given to those proposals that best promote the spirit and goals of the Fulbright Program: to increase and enhance mutual understanding between the United States and other countries through interpersonal contact and the sharing of professional/academic experience and expertise among the widest possible audience. Applicants must provide a detailed project statement to help facilitate the U.S. host placement process and address why their research needs to take place in the United States.
  • Applicants must include a bibliography of one to three pages of references relevant to the proposed activities/research within their project statement.
  • Preference will be given to applications that include a letter of support from a potential U.S. host institution willing to support your project proposal.
  • Applicants open or interested to have host placement at University of Notre Dame should indicate this as their preferred U.S. host within their applications.
  • For research applicants, preference is given to individuals who have at least three years of university teaching experience and a productive scholarly record.
  • Plagiarism in any part of an application will result in disqualification from participation in the program.
  • Applications for doctoral dissertation research, postdoctoral research immediately following the completion of a doctorate degree, or general professional travel, are ineligible.
  • Preference is given to individuals who have not visited the United States within the past five years.
  • Applicants must have a strong command of the English language.

Applications are reviewed by a local selection panel.  Final nominations are reviewed in the United States and selections are made by the J. William Fulbright Foreign Scholarship Board.  Whenever possible, scholars should plan to travel beginning August 2027 or January 2028 to coincide with U.S. university schedules.  Only short-listed candidates will be contacted after review of submitted applications.

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