Are you an alumnus of the Mastercard Foundation Scholars Program? Or do you work full- or part-time for one of the Mastercard Foundation partner organisations listed below?

If you can answer yes to either of these questions, you can apply for a Mastercard Foundation scholarship to fund your place on the African Potential: Strategic Development and Management Executive Master Programme.

The Mastercard Foundation Scholars Program provides financial support to cover tuition fees, travel between Paris and your home country, accommodation and living expenses in Paris during the four sessions.

Important: applicants are expected to have excellent spoken and written French language skills. However, all assessed projects can be written in English. Your French language proficiency will be assessed during an interview.

How to apply for a Mastercard Foundation scholarship for the Executive Master programme.

Step 1 – Application to the Master programme

Submit an application for the African Potential: Strategic Development and Management Executive Master programme (online procedure open from 1 May to 30 June 2025, 11:59 pm). 

Additional documents to be submitted with your Executive Master application:

• a letter of affiliation or proof of employment confirming your affiliation with one of the Mastercard Foundation’s partner organisations (see list below).
• or a confirmation of scholarship from the Mastercard Foundation received for your higher education studies.

Step 2 – Mastercard Foundation scholarship process

Scholarship selection period: 1 to 30 September 2025. 

Final checks on eligibility for the scholarship and the awarding of the scholarship will be carried out by the Mastercard Foundation Scholars Program team with Science Po between 1 and 30 September 2025. However, you must supply the documents confirming your eligibility for the scholarship at the time of submitting your application to the Master programme (between 1 May and 30 June 2025). 

Candidates who are enrolled on the Executive Master and eligible for the scholarship will be invited to attend a virtual interview by the Scholars Program team.  

Only the applications of candidates accepted on to the Executive Master will be assessed for the Mastercard Foundation Scholarship Program. 

Note that you may be requested to supply additional documents or information during the scholarship application process to further support your application. 

Eligible organisations

Only the alumni of the Mastercard Foundation Scholarship Program and employees of the following organisations can apply for the scholarship. 

N.B. Eligible candidates based on one of these two criteria and who are a member of one of the Mastercard Foundation’s priority groups (women, refugees, displaced people, people living with a disability) will be considered for the scholarship in priority.

• Consortium Jeunesse Sénégal (CSJ)
• Fondation SEPHIS
• Alliance Jeunesse Côte d’Ivoire
• Resonate
• Love and Hands
• Impanuro Girls Initiative
• L’Envol
• Women in Tech Bénin
• G for Girls

Please contact adriana.culotta@sciencespo.fr with any questions.