What Rotary Peace Fellowships actually covers.
The Rotary Peace Fellowships provide fully funded opportunities for leaders to study peace and development at leading universities worldwide, including a centre at Makerere University in Uganda specifically focused on African peace and development contexts. The programme offers up to 50 master's degree fellowships and up to 120 professional development certificate fellowships annually. Master's degree fellows study at one of six Rotary Peace Centers located at prestigious universities: Duke University/University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, International Christian University in Japan, University of Bradford in England, University of Queensland in Australia, Uppsala University in Sweden, and Makerere University in Uganda. The fellowship covers tuition and fees, room and board, round-trip transportation, and all internship and field study expenses. Fellows develop the skills, knowledge, and network necessary to lead peacebuilding and development efforts across the globe. African applicants, particularly those applying to Makerere University, must be from Africa or have experience working with African communities. The Rotary Foundation administers this prestigious programme through a global network of Rotary clubs and districts.
Who can apply.
Open to masters 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 May 15, 2026 via the official portal.
Submission checklist
Track your application
Use your Scholar Africa dashboard to monitor status and deadline reminders.
Post-submission checklist
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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. Rotary Peace Fellowships 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.