AFRICAN PEACEBUILDING NETWORK: INDIVIDUAL RESEARCH FELLOWSHIPS

Application Deadline: February 11, 2024 at 11:59 EST

LOCATION: USA

The African Peacebuilding Network (APN) of the Social Science Research Council (SSRC) invites research fellowship applications from African scholars, researchers, policy analysts, and practitioners working on conflict and peacebuilding issues at universities and research institutions; or regional, governmental, and nongovernmental agencies or organizations based in Africa.

ELIGIBILITY:

All applicants must be African citizens currently residing in an African country. This competition is open to African academics, as well as policy analysts and practitioners.

Applicants who are academics must hold a faculty or research position at an African university or research organization, and have a PhD obtained no earlier than January 2013. Applicants who have not been awarded their PhDs by February 11, 2024 will not have their cases prioritized to be eligible as academics.

Applicants who are policy analysts or practitioners must be based in Africa at a regional or sub-regional institution; a government agency; or a nongovernmental, media, or civil society organization, and have at least a master’s degree obtained before January 2019, with at least five years of proven research and work experience in peacebuilding-related activities on the continent.

BENEFIT:

Fellowships are awarded on a competitive, peer-reviewed basis and are intended to support six months of field-based research, from June 2024 to December 2024. Up to seventeen (17) individual fellowships of a maximum of $15,000 each will be awarded. Women are strongly encouraged to apply.

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UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO MASTERCARD FOUNDATION SCHOLARS

Application Deadline: 15 November, 2023

LOCATION: Canada

They are pleased to announce the start of the 2024-2025 Mastercard Foundation graduate scholarship recruitment at the University of Toronto.

ELIGIBILITY:

Be a citizen and currently residing in a Sub-Saharan African country

Be graduating or have graduated within the last 5 years from a partner institution of the African Higher Education Health Collaborative and have not yet started studies at the graduate level

Have demonstrated academic excellence and leadership qualities during his/her undergraduate years

Be academically admissible to one of the sponsored graduate programs listed above

Demonstrate a desire and commitment to return home following graduation to contribute to the ongoing economic growth and social development in Africa

BENEFIT:

Scholars in the Mastercard Foundation Scholars Program at U of T are provided with full financial assistance for tuition, travel expenses to Canada (including obtaining a passport, visa application fees), housing, course materials, health insurance, laptop, food, books, and other expenses for the duration of their graduate degrees.

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