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Scholarship: Early-CareerAfrican Academics
By: Ebenezer Date: August 27, 2013, 12:03 pm
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Carnegie Corporation of New York is funding three distinct
competitive fellowship opportunities for early-career African
academics working on peace, security and development issues.
The 3 fellowships are:
Doctoral Dissertation Proposal Fellowship: assists short-term
research costs of up to US$3,000 to develop a doctoral
dissertation proposal.
Doctoral Dissertation Research Fellowship: assists 9 ¨C 12
months of dissertation research costs of up to US$15,000 on a
topic related to peace, security, and development.
Doctoral Dissertation Completion Fellowship: assists a one-year
leave from teaching responsibilities with a stipend of up to
US$15,000 to facilitate the completion of a dissertation that
advances boundaries of knowledge of interest to peace,
security, and development issues.
The three Fellowships, in addition, seek to promote diversity,
and women are particularly encouraged to apply.
NUMBER OF AWARD(S):About 45 fellowships are offered annually.
DURATION OF AWARD(S): They are offered annually. The Doctoral
Dissertation Research Fellowship covers a period of 9-12 months.
ELIGIBILITY:
Doctoral Dissertation Proposal Fellowship: Applicants must be
admitted to a graduate program but have yet to formally commence
the dissertation research.
Doctoral Dissertation Research Fellowship: Applicants must have
an approved dissertation proposal but should not have spent 9 or
more months on the research.
Doctoral Dissertation Completion Fellowship: Applicants must be
in the final year of writing and should have completed at least
one chapter of the thesis.
Please note: Only applicants that are citizens and residents of
a sub-Saharan African country and holding current faculty
positions at an accredited college or university in Ghana,
Nigeria, South Africa, Tanzania, or Uganda are eligible to apply
for this PhD Fellowship.
Applicants for any of the funding opportunities offered through
this program must have a masterĄ¯s degree and be working towards
the completion of a doctoral degree.
SELECTION CRITERIA: Proposals should:
offer clear and concise descriptions of the thesis and its
significance; reflect athorough knowledge of the relevant social
science literature that applicants will engage and the
methodological approaches of relevance to the project.
In addition, applicants must demonstrate that all proposed
activities are feasible and can be completed in a timely manner.
All proposals will be evaluated for these criteria by an
independent, international committee of leading scholars from a
range of social sciencedisciplines.
How to Apply: All applications must be submitted using this
online applicationportal:
HTML http://soap.ssrc.org/
Scholarship Application Deadline: December 1, 2013.
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