This week in fellowships and scholarships

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Let’s talk fellowships for a minute. 

Reviewers don’t fund ‘good intentions’, they fund people with a clear plan and a track record that makes them think, ‘Yes, this person will deliver.’ The quickest way to stand out is to tell a sharp why you, why this, why now story.

Keep everything specific. Show them the place, the people, the timeline, and answer every question like you know it’s connected to the scoring criteria.

Today, we’re spotlighting the CLP 2026 Future Conservationist Awards. If you’re eyeing this opportunity, pitch a project that feels immediately fundable.

Focus on one clear conservation challenge in one location, then map out 3–5 practical activities and 2–4 measurable results.

Make your team’s strengths obvious: who is doing what and why they’re the right people to do it. 

Show local legitimacy with a partner or community endorsement, and don’t forget a simple plan to prove your impact: start with a baseline, track progress monthly, and wrap up with final results plus a short impact story that captures the change you created.

• OECD internships programme

  Internships across OECD directorates and corporate functions support research and policy work on global issues such as climate change, regulation and education, giving you hands-on experience alongside policy professionals while strengthening your analytical skills through research, drafting and data work, expanding your exposure to seminars and meetings, and helping you build an international professional network.

• Afrixembank internship opportunities. 

  This structured internship programme, typically with cohorts in January and June and based largely at Afreximbank HQ, immerses interns in the Bank’s work and operations through induction and mentorship, rotations across key departments, and practical experience that offers a close-up view of how a pan-African trade and trade-finance institution operates in an international setting.

• Africa development bank (AFDB) internship program

  AfDB internships support the Bank’s development work and capacity-building across its regional member countries while enabling you to work in an international environment, apply academic learning to real development challenges, and build relevant experience and networks within a leading development finance institution.

• 2026 Future Conservationist Awards

  These team awards support early-career conservationists to deliver practical biodiversity projects, spanning areas such as climate adaptation, habitat restoration, community engagement and policy, while helping you build real project leadership experience from design to delivery and impact reporting, alongside ongoing support through CLP’s global alumni network, including training and mentorship.

• African Hydrogen Fellowship

  This six-month fellowship combines learning and practical exposure to build Africa-focused hydrogen capability across technology, policy and project development, equipping you with technical grounding, market and policy insight, mentorship and sector connections, and a capstone project that strengthens your project-development and feasibility skills for Africa’s energy landscape.

• Young Climate Leaders – Ideas Lab 2026

  CEPS’ Ideas Lab (2–3 March 2026) brings together young climate leaders from eligible Global South countries to engage with European climate and policy debates while offering an insider view of EU policymaking, meaningful networking across Europe’s climate ecosystem, and insight into how major policy events in Brussels are designed and delivered.

• Kinship Conservation Fellowship 2026 

  This month-long, in-residence fellowship supports conservation leaders using market-based approaches to tackle environmental challenges by building advanced leadership and strategic thinking tools, enabling peer learning within a global cohort, providing expert-led sessions and field learning, and offering long-term access to a network for collaboration and continued professional development.

• beVisioneers: The Mercedes-Benz Fellowship

  This multi-year fellowship for young eco-innovators begins with an intensive 12-month phase to help you turn a planet-positive idea into a real project while providing structured innovation training, venture coaching and 1:1 mentoring, peer support through local hubs and regional gatherings, and long-term community to help you sustain and scale your environmental work.

• Master's degree programs with DW Akademie

  DW Akademie offers two master’s routes for media professionals, MFJI, aimed at Francophone North and West Africa, and the English-language IMS, delivered with the University of Bonn and Deutsche Welle, providing advanced journalism and communication training, practical project experience, exposure to international approaches to media development, and access to professional networks spanning academia and the media sector.

To help you out, here are a few tips on how you can apply for these fellowships and make your application stand out.