APPLY: 2014 Michigan Presidential Scholarship program for Africans

The University of Michigan African Presidential Scholars (UMAPS) program is now open to early-career faculty from African universities for residencies lasting to six months at the Ann Arbor campus. Scholars are paired with a faculty mentor during their stay and have full access to U-M’s resources to further their work on a research project, an academic degree, publications, grant proposal, or other relevant activity.

The program supports the development of the next generation of African scholars by integrating them into international academic networks, and it internationalizes U-M by generating research and teaching collaborations across diverse disciplines, from engineering to African literature.

WORTH

• African scholars will be provided with round-trip airfare from their home country to Ann Arbor, Michigan

• Scholars will receive stipend to cover living, housing, and research expenses during their tenure at the University of Michigan

• Scholars will begin their residency in late August

• Each scholar will be asked to give presentation on their work during the residency

• The scholarship may be combined with other scholarships or funds to support an extended stay.

• It is expected that the scholar’s home institution will continue to pay the scholar’s academic salary during the duration of the fellowship.

ELIGIBILITY

• Preference given to early members of the faculty who have taught in the higher education system for less than ten years

• Early career faculty means faculty who have taught in the higher education system for less than ten years

• Applicants may or may not have received their PhD

• For Ghana, Liberia, South Africa or Uganda, applicant must be a faculty member of a college or university in Ghana, Liberia, South Africa or Uganda.

For other African countries:

• The applicant must be a faculty member of a college or university in an African country and must have a pre-existing established relationship with a U-M faculty member who agrees to be the candidates mentor.

• A letter of recommendation from the sponsoring U-M faculty. The letter must include a confirmation from the U-M faculty of his/her willingness to: (1) serve as a mentor during the length of the UMAPS residency should the applicant be selected; (2) commit to meet regularly, minimum of twice a month, with the prospective participant; (3) provide an office space for the prospective applicant within the U-M faculty’s home department (shared space is acceptable).

DEADLINE: 15th December, 2014

To apply and for more information visit here