The Nordic Africa Institute

Nordic Scholarship Programme

A 1-month stay at the Nordic Africa Institute (NAI) in order to facilitate use of the Institute’s library collections on contemporary Africa, and to support connection to existing work at the Institute through NAI research hosts.

Closed for applications
The call for applications for the programme in 2026 will open in September 2025.

Nordic scholarship at Nordic African Institute

Fisseha Tefera from the University of Gothenburg, Sweden, one of our Nordic scholarship holders 2023.

The purpose of the programme

The aim of the scholarship programme is to offer a 1-month stay at the Nordic Africa Institute in order to facilitate use of the Institute’s library collections on contemporary Africa (books, periodicals, newspapers, and government publications), and to support connection to existing work at the Institute through NAI research hosts. The scholarships are awarded once per year.

Who can apply?

Master students, PhD candidates and postdoctoral researchers pursuing Africa-oriented studies/research in Social Sciences and Humanities and affiliated to universities and research centers in Sweden, Finland, Denmark and Iceland are eligible candidates, regardless of citizenship.

Financial support and other benefits

The scholarship covers travelling expenses for the least expensive fare from residential address (in Sweden, Finland and Iceland) to Uppsala and return. The scholarship holders are provided with a desk and computer in a shared office at the Institute and free accommodation centrally located in Uppsala. The scholarship also includes a subsistence allowance of SEK 400 per day and free photocopying up to a maximum of 1,000 copies.

Please note: The scholarship does not include health care insurance or other insurances.

 

Further information

Marie Karlsson, marie.karlsson@nai.uu.se, phone +46 (0)18 471 52 54.

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