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Teach for Uganda STEM Fellowship 2026

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Location
Uganda
Opportunity type
fellowship
Deadline
October 14, 2026
Published
September 16, 2026

Quick summary

Deadline: October 14, 2026 Applications are open for the Teach for Uganda STEM Fellowship 2026. The Teach for Uganda STEM Fellowship is a pilot program implemented under the Leaders in Teaching Program, a flagship initiative supported by the Mastercard Foundation and led by the Luigi Giussani Foundation through a consortium of education partners. The Fellowship responds to a clear and urgent need: Uganda needs more capable, committed, and well-supported STEM teachers, especially women, who can help learners build the skills, confidence, and imagination required for a rapidly changing world.

Eligibility: Eligibility To be considered for the fellowship, applicants must meet the following mandatory requirements: Must be a female Ugandan citizen or a refugee currently residing in Uganda. Holder of a Bachelor’s degree in a STEM field with a minimum CGPA of 3.0 Aged between 22 and 27 years old at the time of application. Must be proficient in English.

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Overview

Deadline: October 14, 2026

Applications are open for the Teach for Uganda STEM Fellowship 2026. The Teach for Uganda STEM Fellowship is a pilot program implemented under the Leaders in Teaching Program, a flagship initiative supported by the Mastercard Foundation and led by the Luigi Giussani Foundation through a consortium of education partners.

The Fellowship responds to a clear and urgent need: Uganda needs more capable, committed, and well-supported STEM teachers, especially women, who can help learners build the skills, confidence, and imagination required for a rapidly changing world.

Through this pilot, Teach For Uganda is recruiting and developing young leaders with strong STEM backgrounds, placing them in secondary schools, and supporting them to become effective teachers, mentors, and role models for learners, especially girls.

Benefits

Through the fellowship, you will

Build strong leadership and problem-solving skills

Put academic knowledge to practice

Positively impact children and communities

Contribute to addressing one of Uganda’s biggest challenges: educational inequity

Fellows receive a monthly stipend to support living expenses.

Eligibility

To be considered for the fellowship, applicants must meet the following mandatory requirements:

Must be a female Ugandan citizen or a refugee currently residing in Uganda.

Holder of a Bachelor’s degree in a STEM field with a minimum CGPA of 3.0

Aged between 22 and 27 years old at the time of application.

Must be proficient in English.

Flexible and willing to be placed in any USE (Universal Secondary Education) secondary school.

Passionate about education equity, leadership, and driving community change.

Must be willing to undertake a 1-year, fully-funded Postgraduate Diploma in Education (PGDE) during the first year of enrolment.

Eligible STEM backgrounds include

Computer Science / IT

Engineering

Mathematics / Statistics

Biology, Chemistry, Physics

Environmental Science

Nursing and Public Health

Agricultural Sciences

Any technical or scientific field with strong analytical skills

Application

Application documents include

Updated CV

Motivation statement or leadership responses

Academic transcripts

Contact details for referees

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Eligibility

Eligibility To be considered for the fellowship, applicants must meet the following mandatory requirements: Must be a female Ugandan citizen or a refugee currently residing in Uganda. Holder of a Bachelor’s degree in a STEM field with a minimum CGPA of 3.0 Aged between 22 and 27 years old at the time of application. Must be proficient in English. Flexible and willing to be placed in any USE (Universal Secondary Education) secondary school. Passionate about education equity, leadership, and driving community change. Must be willing to undertake a 1-year, fully-funded Postgraduate Diploma in Education (PGDE) during the first year of enrolment.

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