The American Council of Learned Societies (ACLS), with Financial support from the Carnegie Corporation of new York announces competition for Dissertation-completion fellowships in Ghana, Nigeria, Tanzania, and Uganda early career post-doctoral fellowships in Ghana, Nigeria, Tanzania, Uganda and South-Africa.
WORTH·
- Stipends are $12,000 for dissertation-completion fellows and $19,000 for post-doctoral fellows, plus an additional $1,000 per fellow for books and media at both award levels.
- Fellowships release recipients from teaching and other duties for an academic year to permit full-time research and writing.
- Recipients of both kinds of fellowship are also eligible for further support in the form of a residency at a participating research centre in Africa for a sustained period of writing.
- Approximately forty fellowships will be awarded annually in all five countries combined.
ELIGIBILITY·
- Dissertation applicants must be doctoral candidates in the final year of writing the dissertation. (No dissertation fellowships are available in South Africa)·
- Postdoctoral candidates must be citizens of a Sub-Saharan African country residing and working in Ghana, Nigeria, South Africa, Tanzania and Uganda
DEADLINE: November 2 2016
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