SSRC Next Generation Social Sciences in Africa - Doctoral Fellowships

SSRC Next Generation Social Sciences in Africa - Doctoral Fellowships

The Next Generation Social Sciences in Africa program, launched in 2011, responds to an emerging dilemma within higher education in the global South caused by the extraordinary emphasis on increasing undergraduate enrollment without proportionate investment in faculty development, limiting the ability of universities to produce the next generation of researchers, faculty, technocrats, and leaders.

The program currently operates to strengthen tertiary education in Africa by offering a sequence of fellowship opportunities for promising PhD students to undertake research and make steady progress toward completion of the doctoral degree and one post-docotoral fellowship:

Doctoral Dissertation Proposal Fellowship:

Supports short-term research costs of up to US$3,000 to develop a doctoral dissertation proposal

Doctoral Dissertation Research Fellowship:

Supports 6–12 months of doctoral dissertation research costs of up to US$15,000

Doctoral Dissertation Completion Fellowship:

Supports a one-year leave from teaching and administrative responsibilities through a stipend of up to US$10,000 to permit the completion of a doctoral dissertation

Dissertation-Based Writing Fellowship:

Supports up to six months of completing an article or book manuscript through a stipend of up to US$3,000

The program also offers activities that nurture the intellectual development of its

fellows by connecting them to one another to create a pipeline for the development of faculty and research communities working on peace, security, and development topics across the continent.

Requirements

Currently, the program supports doctoral candidates enrolled in universities in Ghana, Kenya, Nigeria, South Africa, Tanzania, and Uganda.

Eligibility

All applicants must:

Be citizens on any sub - Saharan African country.

Be enrolled and working towards a PHD in an accredited university or affiliated to an institution in Ghana, Kenya, Nigeria, South Africa, Tanzania and Uganda.

Be in the final year of writing and have completed at least two doctoral dissertation chapters.

Application Deadline: February 10th 2023

How to Apply

For more information and job application details, see: SSRC Next Generation Social Sciences in Africa - Doctoral Fellowships

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