Teach for Uganda STEM Fellowship 2026

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

Click here to apply

For more information, visit Teach for Uganda STEM Fellowship.