Fellowships and visitors

Externally funded collaborative grants and visiting fellowships

If you are interested in applying for an externally funded collaborative grant or fellowship, please note that it is your responsibility to find an appropriate member of staff at the University of Cambridge who is willing to act as your sponsor. No further advice or support will be provided by our Research Grants Administration Team without this. University of Cambridge staff members who are willing to act as mentors should familiarise themselves with the Department of POLIS guidance for research applications in the first instance. 

Specific enquiries by those who have already secured a member of staff to sponsor them may be addressed to rga@polis.cam.ac.uk. 

Centre of African Studies Visiting Fellowships

Please note that we are not currently accepting applications and the next call will be announced in 2026. Appointees for 2025-26 are Dr Netsanet Gebremichael of Addis Ababa University, Ethiopia from October 2025 to March 2026 and Dr Sibanengi Ncube of Walter Sisulu University, South Africa from January to June 2026.