Apply! Next Generation Social Sciences Fellowship Program for Sub-Saharan Africa

The Next Generation Social Sciences in Africa program provides fellowships to nurture the intellectual development and increase retention of early-career faculty in Ghana, Nigeria, South Africa, Tanzania, and Uganda.
Carnegie Corporation of New York funds three distinct competitive fellowship opportunities for early-career social science faculty of African academics working on peace, security and development issues: Doctoral dissertation research fellowship, Doctoral dissertation completion fellowship and Doctoral dissertation proposal fellowship.
This current call, as outlined below, is for Next Generation Social Sciences in Africa: Doctoral Dissertation Research Fellowship.

Deadlines
November 17th 2017

Fields of study
The fellowships support dissertations and research on peace, security and development topics.
The program assists fellows to develop research opportunities and skills, obtain doctoral degrees, and participate in robust research communities. Toward this end, the project features a thematic focus in order to renew basic research agendas addressing peace, security, and development topics as well as strengthen interdisciplinary social science research capacity on these issues.

Programme
Graduate (PhD research)

Eligibility
GENERAL REQUIREMENTS:
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
-have an approved dissertation research proposal
-As of May 2015, the program prioritizes applicants holding a faculty position or demonstrating a durable commitment to higher education, but does not restrict eligibility to such individuals.
The program seeks to promote diversity and encourages women to apply.

SPECIFIC REQUIREMENTS:
The following apply to the different fellowships:

a). The doctoral dissertation research fellowship:
To be eligible for the US$15,000 dissertation research fellowship, applicants must have an approved dissertation proposal but will not yet have undertaken research of nine months or more.
b). The doctoral dissertation completion fellowship:
-To be more eligible for the US$15, 000 dissertation completion fellowship, applicants must -be in the final year of writing and have completed at least one dissertation chapter.
c). The doctoral dissertation proposal fellowship:
-To be eligible for the US$3,000 dissertation proposal fellowship, applicants must be admitted to a graduate program but have yet to undertake dissertation research.
d). Citizens of and reside in a sub-Saharan African country (and also a current faculty member at an accredited college or university in Ghana, Nigeria, South Africa, Tanzania, or Uganda)

Value
a. The doctoral dissertation research fellowship supports 6-12 months of dissertation research costs of up to US$15,000 on a topic related to peace, security, and development.
b. The doctoral dissertation completion fellowship supports a one-year leave from teaching responsibilities and a stipend up to US$15,000 to permit the completion of a dissertation that advances research on peace, security, and development topics.
c. The doctoral dissertation proposal fellowship supports short-term research costs of up to US$3,000 to develop a doctoral dissertation proposal.

Application
All applications must be submitted using the online application portal. Please visit the official website (link to it is below) for complete information on how to apply.
More Scholarship Information and Application