Next Generation Social Sciences inwards Africa:
Doctoral Dissertation Research Fellowship
Course(s) Offered: Peace, Security, Development
Course Level: Graduate (PhD research)
Provider: Carnegie Corporation of New York
Country to Study in: Africa
Scholarship Description
The Next Generation Social Sciences inwards Africa program, launched inwards June 2011, responds to a shortage of experienced faculty inwards African higher teaching yesteryear providing fellowships to rear the intellectual evolution too growth retentiveness of early-career faculty inwards Ghana, Kenya, Nigeria, South Africa, Tanzania, too Uganda.
Carnegie Corporation of New York funds iii distinct competitive companionship opportunities for early-career social scientific discipline faculty of African academics working on peace, safety too evolution issues: Doctoral dissertation enquiry fellowship, Doctoral dissertation completion companionship too Doctoral dissertation proposal fellowship.
This electrical current call, every bit outlined below, is for Next Generation Social Sciences inwards Africa: Doctoral Dissertation Research Fellowship.
Eligibility
GENERAL REQUIREMENTS:
All applicants must:
Doctoral Dissertation Research Fellowship
Course(s) Offered: Peace, Security, Development
Course Level: Graduate (PhD research)
Provider: Carnegie Corporation of New York
Country to Study in: Africa
Scholarship Description
The Next Generation Social Sciences inwards Africa program, launched inwards June 2011, responds to a shortage of experienced faculty inwards African higher teaching yesteryear providing fellowships to rear the intellectual evolution too growth retentiveness of early-career faculty inwards Ghana, Kenya, Nigeria, South Africa, Tanzania, too Uganda.
Carnegie Corporation of New York funds iii distinct competitive companionship opportunities for early-career social scientific discipline faculty of African academics working on peace, safety too evolution issues: Doctoral dissertation enquiry fellowship, Doctoral dissertation completion companionship too Doctoral dissertation proposal fellowship.
This electrical current call, every bit outlined below, is for Next Generation Social Sciences inwards Africa: Doctoral Dissertation Research Fellowship.
Eligibility
GENERAL REQUIREMENTS:
All applicants must:
- be citizens of too reside inwards a sub-Saharan African country
- hold a master’s degree
- be enrolled inwards a PhD programme at an accredited academy inwards Ghana, Kenya, Nigeria, South Africa, Tanzania, or Uganda
- have an approved dissertation enquiry proposal
The programme seeks to promote variety too encourages women to apply.
SPECIFIC REQUIREMENTS:
The next use to the unlike fellowships:
a). The doctoral dissertation enquiry fellowship:
- To locomote eligible for the US$15,000 dissertation enquiry fellowship, applicants must have an approved dissertation proposal exactly volition non soundless produce got undertaken enquiry of nine months or more.
- To locomote to a greater extent than eligible for the US$15, 000 dissertation completion fellowship, applicants must locomote inwards the terminal twelvemonth of writing too have completed at to the lowest degree ane dissertation chapter.
- To locomote eligible for the US$3,000 dissertation proposal fellowship, applicants must locomote admitted to a graduate programme exactly have soundless to undertake dissertation research.
Strong proposals volition offering clear too concise descriptions of the projection too its significance. Proposals should display a thorough noesis of the relevant social scientific discipline literature that applicants volition engage too the methodologies relevant to the project. In addition, applicants must demonstrate that all proposed activities are viable too tin post away locomote completed inwards a timely manner.
All proposals volition locomote evaluated for these criteria yesteryear an independent, international commission of leading scholars from a hit of social scientific discipline disciplines.
Eligible groups
Citizens of too reside inwards a sub-Saharan African province (and too a electrical current faculty fellow member at an accredited college or academy inwards Ghana, Nigeria, South Africa, Tanzania, or Uganda)
Participating Institutions
ALL accredited colleges or universities inwards Ghana, Nigeria, South Africa, Tanzania, or Uganda
Fields of study
The fellowships back upwards dissertations too enquiry on peace, safety too evolution topics.
The programme assists fellows to prepare enquiry opportunities too skills, obtain doctoral degrees, too participate inwards robust enquiry communities. Toward this end, the projection features a thematic focus inwards lodge to renew basic enquiry agendas addressing peace, security, too evolution topics every bit good every bit strengthen interdisciplinary social scientific discipline enquiry capacity on these issues.
Number of awards
Forty-five (45) fellowships are awarded each year
Sponsorship duration
Fellowships are offered each year. The duration of each of the doctoral fellowships are every bit described below nether 'Scholarship benefits'
Scholarship benefits
The doctoral dissertation enquiry fellowship supports 6-12 months of dissertation enquiry costs of upwards to US$15,000 on a topic related to peace, security, too development.
The doctoral dissertation completion fellowship supports a one-year exit from teaching responsibilities too a stipend upwards to US$15,000 to permit the completion of a dissertation that advances enquiry on peace, security, too evolution topics.
The doctoral dissertation proposal fellowship supports short-term enquiry costs of upwards to US$3,000 to prepare a doctoral dissertation proposal.
Method of Application
All applications must locomote submitted using the online application portal. Please see the official website (link to it is below) for consummate data on how to apply.
DEADLINES:
Online application must locomote submitted yesteryear November 17th 2017
PLEASE NOTE:
Funded yesteryear Carnegie Corporation of New York, this projection offers a replicable model at scale too complements foundation initiatives to prepare too strengthen the side yesteryear side generation of African scholars.
The Social Science Research Council (SSRC) is a U.S.-based independent nonprofit arrangement dedicated to advancing enquiry inwards the social sciences too related disciplines. Established inwards Manhattan inwards 1923, it today maintains a headquarters inwards Brooklyn Heights, too pocket-size regional offices inwards other parts of the reason on an as-needed basis. The SSRC offers several fellowships to immature researchers inwards the social sciences too related disciplines, generally for overseas fieldwork.
Application Deadline: 17 Nov 2017
Open to International students: No (ONLY Africans)
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