Cardinal Onaiyekan Foundation for Peace Fellowship Program 2026/27
Cardinal Onaiyekan Foundation for Peace (COFP)
Quick Facts
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About This Scholarship
The Cardinal Onaiyekan Foundation for Peace Fellowship Program is a one-year continental leadership initiative designed to develop a new generation of African peacebuilders equipped with practical skills in conflict transformation, dialogue, mediation, and social cohesion. Participants engage in intensive training modules, in-person convenings in Abuja, and community-based peacebuilding projects with seed funding support.
What This Scholarship Covers
- Recognised academic certification in Interreligious Dialogue, Conflict Transformation, and Mediation and Peacebuilding
- Seed funding for community-based peacebuilding project implementation
- Access to COFP Africa Network of Peacebuilders (CANEP) upon graduation
- Three intensive quarterly training modules with experienced experts
- One-week in-person convenings in Abuja, Nigeria for each module
Who Can Apply
- 1 Must be from an African country
- 2 Must be a young professional, academic, researcher, civil society actor, faith leader, government official, NGO practitioner, or community-based leader
- 3 Must be committed to peacebuilding and conflict resolution
- 4 Must be committed to social justice and community development
- 5 Must be interested in dialogue and reconciliation initiatives
- 6 Must be able to lead in fragile or diverse environments