General Lamine Cissé Women, Peace and Security Research Fellowship 2020 (USD $3000)

In honor of General Cissé, PartnersGlobal, Partners West Africa Nigeria and Partners West Africa Senegal are awarding research fellowships to two young African women researchers and practitioners working in the civil society and security sectors. Each fellow will receive a grant equivalent of 1,500,000 CFA (West African franc) to fund innovative research around the prevention and peaceful resolution of conflicts in Sub-Saharan Africa with a central focus on women, peace and security.

Held in collaboration with Senegal’s Ministry of Armed Forces with the support of the Geneva Centre for Security Sector Governance (DCAF) and the Africa Center for Strategic Studies (ACSS) respectively, these events will be structured around three main components:

• A recognition and testimony ceremony;
• A symposium on the theme “Integrity, ethics and good governance for peace and security”.
• An exhibition on General Lamine Cissé’s career.

​WORTH

• Both Fellowships are worth three thousand US dollars (US $3,000) or one million five hundred thousand CFA francs (CFA F 1,500,000) each.
• Selected applicants will work in collaboration with the Partners Network (PartnersGlobal, PWA-S, and PWA-N). If necessary, to support the research project, the winner could be admitted to one of the Partners Network Centers in Senegal or Nigeria for a six-month internship.

ELIGIBILITY

Only future or ongoing research projects are eligible for the Fellowship. The selection

criteria applied for the project appraisal are:

• Applicant’s capacity to carry out quality research (level of education, professional experience, published work, academic support);
• Relevance and originality of the issue in relation to current security and gender issues;
• Link to the themes selected for the Fellowship, as specified in Article 3;
• Methodology and structuring of the work;
• Analytical development of the project narrative and the planned fieldwork;
• Interest of the results and the practical impact of contributions.

DEADLINE: March 15 2020

To apply and for more information visit here