Makerere Mak-AI PhD Fellowship 2026
Makerere University Centre for Artificial Intelligence (Mak-AI)
PhD fellowship opportunities for outstanding Ugandan PhD students developing AI solutions in health, natural language processing, agricultural monitoring and the environment.
Last checked 23 August 2026
This call is closed. The deadline was 24 August 2026. This page remains available for reference.
Closing time and timezone not stated.
At a glance
- Funding / main benefit
- AI in health
- Deadline
- 24 August 2026
- Duration
- Not stated
- Location / format
- Not stated
- Career stage
- PhD
- Geographic eligibility
- Not stated
- Announcement published
- 18 August 2026
- Application deadline
- 24 August 2026
Is this for me?
Best suited to: Ugandan PhD researchers whose core research already sits at the intersection of AI and a concrete development problem.
Uganda relevance: The call is for Ugandan PhD students.
Not suitable if
- You are looking for a general PhD scholarship unrelated to AI
- Your research does not fit health, NLP, agricultural monitoring or the environment
- You cannot demonstrate a clear AI method or application
- You do not meet the detailed call's Ugandan or PhD requirements
Methods Bench fit considerations
- You are Ugandan
- You are a PhD student or meet the detailed call's PhD eligibility requirements
- Your research is substantively connected to one of the four priority areas
- AI is central to the research question or solution
- Your proposed work has a clear development or real-world application
Editorial guidance, not an eligibility verdict. Confirm requirements with the funder.
What the opportunity provides
- AI in health
- Natural language processing
- AI in agricultural monitoring
- AI in environment
Methods Bench application considerations
The deadline is extremely short, so this is only realistic for applicants who already have a research direction and can assemble the required documents quickly.
The public announcement is brief. Do not assume the fellowship package, stipend, duration or required attachments.
- Are you eligible as a Ugandan PhD applicant?
- Does your work clearly fit one of the four priority areas?
- Have you opened and read the detailed call?
- Do you know the exact application documents required?
- Can you submit by 24 August?
Eligibility checklist
- Applicants: Outstanding Ugandan PhD students interested in developing AI solutions to real-world challenges in the listed priority areas
- Programme: Supported through the Artificial Intelligence for Development (AI4D) initiative
What to prepare
Required at this stage
- See the detailed Mak-AI call linked from Makerere University for the complete eligibility and document requirements
Sources and verification
Last checked: 23 August 2026.
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