In Spring 2017, EASST will host its sixth annual Visiting Fellowship application. The EASST Visiting Fellowship seeks to equip East African social scientists with the skills needed to carry out rigorous evaluations of social or economic development projects in East Africa. During a four-month fellowship, researchers will be based at the University of California, Berkeley during the Fall academic semester (approximately August 20 – December 20, 201
WORTH
- Fellows receive a living a lining stipend, round-trip economy class air travel to Berkeley, CA, and the opportunity to receive seed funding promote impact evaluation at their home institution in East Africa
ELIGIBILITY
- Be a resident of an East African country participating in EASST (i.e. Ethiopia, Kenya, Rwanda, Tanzania, or Uganda)
- Have a PhD or Master’s degree (completed within the last 8 years) or be enrolled in a PhD program in economics, statistics, epidemiology/public health, or another social science discipline
- Hold a staff position at a research institution, university or other organization in East Africa, preferably one that supports policy-relevant, quantitative social science research
- Have participated in or have familiarity with impact evaluation research (either randomized or quasi experimental studies) and econometrics
- Have participated in field-based data collection and rigorous empirical research/analysis; ü Be computer literate, familiar with software programs such as STATA or R, fluent in English, and a strong public speaker
- Plan to return to a research institute in East Africa for at least 1 year after the fellowship
- Demonstrate a commitment to building the capacity of African research institutions/universities.
DEADLINE: March 31 2017
To apply and for more information visit here
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