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EMERGING YOUTH CREATIVE LEADERS: FUNDING & MENTORSHIP FOR THE TRUE BLUE FELLOWSHIP

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Application Deadline: September 1, 2024

LOCATION: Multiple Regions

The True Blue Fellowship (formerly the Fellowship Grant Program) aims to connect and empower youth around the world to leverage the creative arts to enact change in local communities to safeguard the ocean, waterways, and climate. If you want to make a difference in your community, we invite you to participate in the True Blue Fellowship! 

ELIGIBILITY:

This program is open to young people worldwide ages 13-24; however, applications must be in English.

Proof of age, identity, or eligibility may be required after application submission.

Applications may be submitted by an individual or by a group of unlimited size. Groups must select one group leader to serve as the primary contact. 

Projects may be new or emerging (no older than 2 years).

Projects utilize the creative arts as its primary method to enact change.

Projects are related to safeguarding the ocean, waterways, and/or the climate.

Only one application per youth is permitted. However, youth may submit to other Bow Seat programs such as the Ocean Awareness Contest.

BENEFIT:

Funding up to $2,500 USD

Access to a community of other Fellows and Capacity Building Programs

Mentorship and support from the Future Blue Youth Council and Bow Seat Staff

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THE AFRICA INSTITUTE SENIOR AND POSTDOCTORAL FELLOWSHIPS PROGRAM

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Application Deadline: Tuesday, October 1, 2024.

LOCATION: United Arab Emirates

The fellowship is open to emerging scholars in the field of social sciences with specific emphasis on gender, feminism, and cultural studies and visual cultures, as long as they intersect with African and African diaspora studies. Eligible applicants must have earned their doctoral degree (Ph.D.) within the last five years, prior to assuming the fellowship. This is a full-time two year residency based in Sharjah, United Arab Emirates starting from Fall September 2025 to Summer June 2027.

ELIGIBILITY:

The Senior Fellowships are open to scholars who are at the associate professor or full professor levels, or their equivalents within or outside the academy.

The applicant for the Post-doctoral Fellowships must hold a Ph.D. awarded within the last five years.

All files must be submitted in PDF format, combined into one file, to streamline the review process. The required documents should be submitted in the below order :

Letter of Interest

CV

Two Samples of Writing (published and unpublished)

*Shortlisted applicants will be required to provide the contact details of three referees.

The proposal must be submitted in English and emailed to: applications@theafricainstitute.org with the subject line indicating “Name of the respective Fellowship” you are applying to:

Toni Morrison Senior Fellowship

Ali A. Mazrui Senior Fellowship

Okwui Enwezor Postdoctoral Fellowship

Fatema Mernissi Postdoctoral Fellowship

Deadlines and Key Dates

The application deadline is Tuesday, October 1, 2024.

The Senior fellowships are a full-time one-year residency based in Sharjah, United Arab Emirates starting from Fall September 2025 to Summer June 2026.

The Post-doctoral fellowships are a full-time two-year residency based in Sharjah, United Arab Emirates starting from Fall September 2025 to Summer June 2027.

Awarded fellows are scheduled to arrive in mid-August 2025 to organize and finalize residency and housing arrangements.

BENEFIT:

The Institute Research Fellowships Program provides the opportunity for both junior and senior scholars of African and African diaspora studies to focus on a research project and participate in ongoing scholarly and intellectual activities during their term at the Institute. The residency also grants fellows the opportunity to interact with scholars and academics in their area of research.

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