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PhD Scholarships for Nigerian Students 2026/2027
16 programmes open to PhD applicants for the 2026/2027 cycle. Each listing states its own eligibility, funding type and deadline exactly as published on the provider's official page — Talentrah records the facts with attribution, it isn't the authority on any of them.
Association of Global Universities
Open Doors: Russian Scholarship Project
BScMScPhDOtherPartially funded
Deadline: 1 Nov 2026MScPhDFully funded
Deadline: 8 Dec 2026King Abdullah University of Science and Technology (KAUST)
KAUST Graduate Admission Funding (MS & PhD)
King Abdullah University of Science and TechnologyMScPhDFully funded
Deadline: 3 Jan 2027MScPhDFully funded
Deadline: Not published yetGovernment of Alberta
Alberta Graduate Excellence Scholarship (AGES)
Alberta post-secondary institutionsMScPhDPartially funded
Deadline: No central application deadline -- awards are allocated per institution for the Fall/Winter term; check your Alberta university's graduate awards office for its internal deadline.MScPhDPartially funded
Deadline: Deadline is set by each graduate unit (department/program) individually, not centrally -- check the specific U of T program's own OGS deadline.Government of Japan (MEXT)
MEXT Japanese Government Scholarship
Japanese national and private universitiesBScMScPhDFully funded
Deadline: Varies by country — applications run through your local Japanese embassy, which sets the deadline. See the official source.Australian Government (Department of Education)
Research Training Program (RTP)
PhDMScPartially funded
Deadline: No central deadline. Official text: "RTP scholarships are administered by individual HEPs who each have their own application and selection processes. Students need to contact HEPs directly to discuss how to apply for an RTP scholarship." (fetched 2026-09-18)French Ministry for Europe and Foreign Affairs (Campus France)
Bourses du Gouvernement Francais (BGF) via Embassies
French embassies abroad (host institution set per embassy)MScPhDFully funded
Deadline: No national deadline: French government scholarships split roughly 25%/75% between the centrally-run Eiffel/Major programmes and awards made directly by individual French embassies abroad, each setting its own eligibility and deadline. Nigerian applicants should contact Campus France Nigeria / the Embassy of France in Nigeria (Abuja) for the current call.PhDFully funded
Deadline: Deadlines are course-specific. University of Cambridge Africa Programme page (cambridge-africa.cam.ac.uk) states: "The deadline for Cambridge-Trust scholarships is usually the first week in December." No exact 2027/28 date published on either official page as of 2026-09-19 check.Petroleum Technology Development Fund (PTDF)
PTDF Overseas Postgraduate Scholarship Scheme
Partner universities in the UK, Germany, France and MalaysiaMScPhDFully funded
Deadline: Not published yetKorea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology (KAIST)
KAIST International Graduate Scholarship
Korea Advanced Institute of Science and TechnologyMScPhDFully funded
Deadline: No single scholarship deadline: all three tracks (KAIST Scholarship, KGPS, KPS) are tied to the general graduate admission cycle, whose intake periods are named "Spring", "Fall Early" and "Fall Regular" with no specific dates published on this page. Confirm your intake's exact dates on KAIST's official admissions calendar.Swiss Confederation (SERI)
Swiss Government Excellence Scholarships
Swiss universities and federal institutes of technologyMScPhDFully funded
Deadline: Varies by country — applications opened 20 August 2026 and each country's deadline is set by the local Swiss embassy. See the official source for Nigeria's date.French Ministry for Europe and Foreign Affairs (Campus France)
France Excellence Eiffel Scholarship
MScPhDPartially funded
Deadline: No single national deadline: campusfrance.org states deadlines and procedures are set by each nominating French host institution and directs applicants to "contact the international relations department of a French institution." A institutional mirror (Paris-Saclay) showed November internal deadlines for the prior cycle (master's 9 Nov, PhD 30 Nov) — confirm the current date with your host institution.Government of Canada
Canada Graduate Research Scholarship-Doctoral (CGRS-D)
Eligible Canadian doctoral-granting institutionsPhDPartially funded
Deadline: No single deadline: the granting agency portal closes Sept 30, 2026 for CIHR/NSERC or Oct 15, 2026 for SSHRC, but each graduate unit sets its own earlier internal deadline for nominating candidates. Applicant should confirm the specific date with their own graduate unit.Create a free account to save and track these
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