Call for Proposals Postgraduate Research Grants 2026 National Research Fund Kenya, The NRF is now accepting applications for Postgraduate Research Grants for the 2025/2026 Financial Year. This national call for proposals serves as a strategic initiative to enhance Kenya’s Science, Technology, and Innovation (ST&I) landscape by funding high-quality postgraduate research. The program aims to foster innovation, support evidence-driven policymaking, and promote inclusive national development, aligning with the Government’s Bottom-Up Economic Transformation Agenda (BETA).
Applicants are encouraged to carefully review the full details and submit their applications before the specified deadline to seize this grant opportunity.
Last Date of Submission: 6th March 2026
OBJECTIVES for Call for Proposals Postgraduate Research Grants 2026 National Research Fund Kenya
- Support postgraduate researchers to undertake innovative and original research
- Enhance research skills, mentorship, and timely completion of postgraduate studies in scientific areas that lack sufficient human capacity.
- Generate knowledge with academic, policy, and/or societal impact in national priority areas.
- Promote interdisciplinary and inclusive research approaches.
The Grant will support only the research component for masters or doctoral degree training programmes on projects addressing the national development agenda, within, but not limited to, the following thematic areas:
- Agricultural and Natural Resource Sciences
- Physical, Industrial and Energy Sciences
- Biological and Health Sciences;
- Infrastructure, Information and Communication Sciences
- Humanities and Social Sciences
- Earth and Space Sciences
- Emerging technologies
ELIGIBILITY for Call for Proposals Postgraduate Research Grants 2026 National Research Fund Kenya
Applicants must meet the following eligibility requirements:
- Be a Kenyan citizen;
- Be below thirty-five (35) years for Masters and forty-five (45) years for PhD research, respectively, at the time of application;
- Be a full-time postgraduate researcher (Masters or PhD) duly registered at a recognized Kenyan institution;
- Have an approved research proposal duly endorsed by the applicant’s supervisor and/or the relevant postgraduate board;
- Demonstrate the feasibility of completing the proposed research within the grant period; and,
- Not be a beneficiary of another grant covering the same research costs.
BUDGET AND GRANT DURATION for Call for Proposals Postgraduate Research Grants 2026 National Research Fund Kenya
- A successful doctoral proposal will be funded up to a maximum of Kenya Shillings Two million (Ksh 2,000,000/=) for a period not exceeding three (3) years, while a Masters proposal will be funded up to a maximum of five hundred thousand (Ksh 500,000/=) for a period of one (1) year.
- This call is open to researchers from both public and private Universities.
- All applications must be accompanied by an endorsement letter which should be signed by the researcher, supervisor(s), Graduate school/faculty, and the Head of University/Institution, and should bear the official stamp of the institution.
- This is a RESEARCH GRANT and should NOT be used to pay tuition fees. (Postgraduate research grants will be administered by the University/Institution where the researcher is registered)
How to apply?
Submit via the online Grants Management System
Deadline: Friday, 6th March 2026.
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