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AFRICAN PEACEBUILDING NETWORK: INDIVIDUAL RESEARCH FELLOWSHIPS

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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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GLOBAL SOUTH ARTS AND HEALTH ENVOY

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Application Deadline: November 7th, 2023.

LOCATION: Quatar

The Global South Arts and Health seek to recognize emerging professionals, leading experts, community leaders, practitioners, innovators, advocates, activists, creative influencers, policymakers, philanthropists, scholars, educators, curators, cultural producers, entrepreneurs, healthcare professionals, scientists, and researchers who are contributing to the growing evidence of the healing power of arts in Africa, Asia, and Latin America. The Arts Envoy embodies the value of promoting arts and health practices, equity, education, collaboration, scientific research, and inspiring sustainable creative health programming in their communities, home country, and around the world.

ELIGIBILITY:

Applicants should demonstrate leadership, influence, and impact in any of the following areas.

Arts and Health Advocacy and Activism
Arts and Health Philanthropy
Arts and Health Research and Policy
Arts and Health Education and Training
Arts and Health Technology and Innovation
Arts and Health Creative Practice (Community Engagement)
Arts and Health Leadership, Administration and Management

Applicants should be born or working in Africa, Asia, or Latin America or Of African, Asian, and Latin American descent but living in the diaspora.
Applicant lives in the diaspora (Global North but has ancestry affiliation to Africa, Asia, and Latin America that is yet to be discovered.
Applicants should fill out and submit a written application in English language.
Applicants should submit a reference letter from an authority figure who is conversant with his or her work ( Mentor, Project Collaborator, Community leader, University Professor, Professional Colleague, a leader in the Private, public, or Non-Profit Sector.

BENEFIT:

This award confers on you a life-long recognition as a Global South Arts and Health Envoy.
You will have the opportunity to present your work at the Global South Arts and Health Week in Qatar in 2024 and beyond.
Opportunity for Global Collaboration.
You will be given a certificate of Recognition during the annual International Convening of the Global South Arts and Health Week.

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