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Makerere Mak-AI PhD Fellowship 2026
PhD fellowships in AI for development
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.
What it funds
- AI in health
- Natural language processing
- AI in agricultural monitoring
- AI in environment
Eligibility
- 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
Is this a fit?
Apply if
- 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
Skip it 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
What you need to prepare
Needed at application
- See the detailed Mak-AI call linked from Makerere University for the complete eligibility and document requirements
Key dates
- Announcement published
- 18 August 2026
- Application deadline
- 24 August 2026
The Methods Bench take
- Best suited for
- Ugandan PhD researchers whose core research already sits at the intersection of AI and a concrete development problem.
- The main hurdle
- 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.
- Start early on
- Confirming the detailed eligibility from the linked call before spending time on the application.
- Watch out for
- The public announcement is brief. Do not assume the fellowship package, stipend, duration or required attachments.
Before you start, check
- 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?