[IRPCoalition] Fwd:Three Fellowship Opportunities for African Doctoral Candidates

[Marianne Franklin]

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Date: Fri, Sep 15, 2017 at 3:39 PM
Subject: [RESEARCH LIST] Three Fellowship Opportunities for African
Doctoral Candidates
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Three Fellowship Opportunities for African Doctoral Candidates

	

	

The Social Science Research Council offers fellowships to support the
completion of doctoral degrees and to promote the next generation of
social science researchers in Ghana, Kenya, Nigeria, South Africa,
Tanzania, and Uganda. The fellowships support dissertation research on
peace, security, and development topics.

All applications must be submitted using the _*online application
portal* <https://protect-za.mimecast.com/s/NlewBgfWQV6pH8>_.

The application deadline is November 17, 2017.

For inquiries or technical questions pertaining to the online
application portal, please contact SSRC staff from the Next Generation
Social Sciences in Africa Program: nextgenafrica at ssrc.org
<mailto:nextgenafrica at ssrc.org>.

*Doctoral Dissertation Proposal Fellowships*

*Proposal development fellowships*
<https://protect-za.mimecast.com/s/bJp1Bnh39QMYt8> are intended to
support doctoral students working on developing a doctoral dissertation
research proposal.

The doctoral dissertation proposal fellowship supports research costs of
up to US$3,000 to develop a doctoral dissertation proposal.

All applicants must:

·         be citizens of a sub-Saharan African country

·         be residents of Ghana, Kenya, Nigeria, South Africa, Tanzania,
or Uganda

·         hold a master’s degree

·         either be enrolled in a PhD program or intend to enroll in a
PhD program

*Doctoral Dissertation Research and Completion Fellowships*

The *doctoral dissertation research fellowship*
<https://protect-za.mimecast.com/s/JReKB3fbGN7qUE> supports 6–12 months
of dissertation research costs of up to US$15,000 on a topic related to
peace, security, and development.

The *doctoral dissertation completion fellowship*
<https://protect-za.mimecast.com/s/XDdRBEs5V60Atr> supports a one-year
leave from teaching responsibilities and a stipend of up to US$15,000 to
permit the completion of a dissertation that advances research on peace,
security, and development topics.

All applicants must:

·         be citizens of and reside in a sub-Saharan African country

·         hold a master’s degree

·         be enrolled in a PhD program at an accredited university in
Ghana, Kenya, Nigeria, South Africa, Tanzania, or Uganda

Additionally, for the research fellowship, /applicants must have an
approved dissertation research proposal./

For the completion fellowship, /applicants must be in the final year of
writing and have completed at least one substantive dissertation chapter./

The program prioritizes applicants holding a faculty position or
demonstrating a durable commitment to higher education, but it does not
restrict eligibility to such individuals.


	






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