Mastercard Foundation Scholars Program
Mastercard Foundation Open worldwide
Comprehensive scholarships for talented young Africans from under-served backgrounds at secondary, undergraduate and master's level, delivered through partner universities in Africa and abroad.
Free to start · no account needed
Get your personal statement and notes for your referees for this programme, drafted from your own documents in about two minutes.
You look at it first. Nothing is submitted without your tap.
About
What it offers: Tuition, housing, learning materials and living support.
Also: mentoring and counselling; leadership development; return flight home where needed.
Who can apply: Apply through a partner university or NGO; each partner sets its own criteria and deadlines; no PhD funding.
Free to apply.
Varies by partner institution.
How to apply: through partner university (you need an account there).
What to prepare: application form, transcript, essays, references.
From the official page (checked 2026-10-21): “highly talented, service-oriented young people to pursue higher education”
Who can apply
- Open to students
- Apply through a partner university or NGO; each partner sets its own criteria and deadlines; no PhD funding.
What you will need
- Application form answersOnward Scout drafts it from your sourced profile; you approve every line.
- TranscriptOnly you can supply it: upload it once and it is attached wherever it is asked for.
- Personal statement / SOPOnward Scout drafts it from your sourced profile; you approve every line.
- Recommendation letters (drafts for your referees)Upload yours, or let Onward Scout draft one from your profile for you to edit.
How to apply
Applications go through the official page (partner university), which needs an account in your name.
How Onward Scout helps
This one is submitted on the organiser's own site, behind your login. Onward Scout prepares every answer and file in the form's order with one-tap copy, so submitting takes minutes; you mark it submitted when you're done.
Every answer is drafted from your own documents and cites where each fact came from; anything we can’t source is flagged for you, never invented.
Let Onward Scout prepare this application
Get your personal statement and notes for your referees for this programme, drafted from your own documents in about two minutes. Free to start, no account needed: you look at the draft first, and nothing goes to Mastercard Foundation without your tap.
Nothing is submitted without your tap. Logins, CAPTCHAs, payments and interviews stay with you.