This is not one scholarship with one form. The Foundation funds 62 partner institutions, and each of them recruits, selects and funds its own Scholars. There is no central application, no central deadline and no way to be considered without going through a partner.
That shapes how to use it. Pick the institution first, on the strength of the programme and the country you want to study in, then apply to that institution's own Scholars intake. Partners span Africa, where most of them sit, including Morocco, alongside Canada, Costa Rica, France, Lebanon, the United Kingdom and the United States, so the same programme can mean studying at home or abroad.
What arrives is comprehensive rather than partial: tuition, accommodation, books and academic materials, mentoring and counselling, leadership development, and a return air ticket home where it is needed. No figure is published, since each partner funds against its own costs.
Level matters. Support runs at secondary, undergraduate and master's level, and the Foundation says plainly that PhD candidates are not currently funded, so a doctoral applicant should look elsewhere.
One practical protection worth knowing before applying. Some partners charge an application fee as part of admission, and the Foundation reimburses that fee if the student is selected. The Foundation itself never asks individuals for money, and it warns that social media groups advertising recruitment in exchange for a fee have nothing to do with it.
The scale is unusual for a private programme: more than 58,000 scholarships committed, 71 per cent of them to young women, with a goal of 100,000 by 2030.
The programme page and the partner institution list were checked on 16 September 2026.