What European Commission Intra-Africa Academic Mobility Scholarship actually covers.
The European Commission Intra-Africa Academic Mobility Scheme is a fully funded initiative designed to promote academic mobility within Africa, supporting Masters and PhD students as well as academic, administrative, and technical staff from participating African institutions to study at partner African universities in other African countries. The programme provides tuition waiver, monthly living allowance, travel costs, and health insurance. Priority fields include agriculture, climate change, engineering, and ICT, aligning with Africa's development goals. The programme requires applicants to be nationals and residents of an African country enrolled in or graduated from a recognised African higher education institution. Master's applicants should generally be under 35 years old and hold a relevant bachelor's degree; PhD applicants must hold a relevant Master's degree. This European-funded intra-African mobility programme is a powerful tool for building pan-African academic and research networks, strengthening continental universities, and developing the skills needed for Africa's economic transformation.
Who can apply.
Open to masters, phd applicants. Eligible nationalities are listed below.
46 more eligible countries — full list available on the official application page.
Every academic discipline is accepted.
This programme does not restrict by field. Research proposals across humanities, sciences, engineering, agriculture, and medicine are all accepted.
Four steps to a complete application.
Scholar Africa is a discovery and tracking platform — the application itself is submitted directly through the official provider site. The steps below mirror our HowTo schema.
Check eligibility
Confirm your nationality, academic level, and field of study match the criteria above.
Eligibility checklist
Prepare documents
Transcripts, recommendation letters, personal statement, and a valid passport.
Document checklist
Submit the application
Submit before April 30, 2026 via the official portal.
Submission checklist
Track your application
Use your Scholar Africa dashboard to monitor status and deadline reminders.
Post-submission checklist
What we checked, when we checked it.
Scholar Africa runs a link-liveness check on every listing before it goes live. Five additional checks (contact, organisation, winners, third-party, manual review) are on the roadmap. European Commission Intra-Africa Academic Mobility Scholarship currently scores 4.0/10.
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Other scholarships worth a parallel application.
Same eligibility window or destination. Many strong applicants apply to three or four programmes per cycle.