Nordic Scholarship Programme 2027

Through the Nordic Scholarship Programme, NAI aims to build capacity in the production of knowledge about Africa and to promote and establish relations with and between Nordic research communities. The scholarship funds a 1-month stay at the Nordic Africa Institute in Uppsala to:

• Facilitate use of the Institute's library collections on contemporary Africa — books, periodicals, newspapers, and government publications

• Connect scholarship holders to ongoing work at the Institute through NAI research hosts

The scholarships are awarded once per year. NAI is a Swedish government agency jointly funded by Sweden, Finland, Denmark, Iceland, and Norway — established in 1962 to promote development-oriented research and international cooperation on African studies.

• Travel expenses — least expensive fare from your residential address (in Sweden, Finland, Denmark or Iceland) to Uppsala and return

• Free accommodation — centrally located in Uppsala

• Subsistence allowance of SEK 450 per day — roughly SEK 13,500 for the month

• Workspace — a desk and computer in a shared office at the Institute

• Research community — connection to NAI research hosts and the Institute's ongoing projects

• A funded month of focused research in one of the world's premier Africa-focused libraries

• You must be pursuing Africa-oriented studies or research within the social sciences or humanities

• You can be a master's student, PhD candidate, postdoctoral, or mid-career researcher

• You may apply regardless of citizenship — but you must be affiliated with and based at a university or research centre in Sweden, Finland, Denmark or Iceland, both when you apply and when you take up the scholarship

Not eligible: persons currently or previously employed by or otherwise professionally affiliated with the Nordic Africa Institute.

Apply online and upload the following:

1. Up-to-date CV — including a list of publications (if any)

2. Outline of research project — 3–5 pages:

   • Objective: the research topic, clearly identified and contextualized within its academic discipline

   • Method and time frame: research method, data gathering techniques, and time frame

   • Theoretical explication: a brief indication of the theoretical basis

3. Work plan — 1 page:

   • Specific to the time at the Institute — clarify which part of your project you will work on during the stay

4. Reference — signed letter of support from your supervisor or head of department, confirming current affiliation and field of research

Requirements for all documents: applications and appendices must be in English.