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CEGA FELLOWSHIP PROGRAM: 2025-2026 REQUEST FOR APPLICATIONS

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Application Deadline:  5:00 PM GMT on January 17, 2025.

LOCATION: USA

The Center for Effective Global Action (CEGA) invites African researchers to apply to our 2025-2026 Fellowship Program Request for Applications (RFA). In this call, CEGA invites researchers from East and West Africa interested in developing their skills in quantitative social science research (including impact evaluation) to apply for a 16-week in-person fellowship at the University of California, Berkeley (offered both Fall 2025 and Spring 2026) or at Northwestern University (offered Spring 2026 only). For this upcoming call, interested applicants can apply to 1 of 3 research tracks: General Development Research, Early Childhood Development, or Youth Livelihoods.

ELIGIBILITY:

Applicants to the CEGA Fellowship Program must:

Be fluent in English (written and spoken), and a strong communicator.

Be from an East African or West African country and have completed secondary school education in an African institution.

Be an early career scholar, as defined by recently having completed a Master’s degree or a PhD, or be currently enrolled in a PhD program in economics, political science, statistics, epidemiology/public health, education, or another social science discipline. Preference will be given to those who are currently enrolled or have finished their PhD within the last 8 years.

Hold a current staff or student position with a research institution (university or other research organization) in East or West Africa, preferably one that supports policy-relevant, quantitative social science research;

BENEFIT:

The fellowship covers candidates’ roundtrip flights, accommodation, meals, visa fees and health insurance for the duration of the fellowship period. In addition, fellows receive a small stipend of XX Amount for miscellaneous expenses, and may be sponsored to visit other university campuses. However, the fellowship does not provide a salary for fellows’ time. Fellows will need to make arrangements with their university/organization to take leave with or without pay for the duration of the fellowship.

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STIAS ISO LOMSO FELLOWSHIP

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Application Deadline: 15 February, 2025

LOCATION: South Africa

The programme is aimed at African scholars who have obtained a doctoral degree within the preceding seven years and who hold an academic position at a university or research institution anywhere in Africa. Candidates should have established a research programme and have completed a post-doctoral fellowship or equivalent post-PhD programme. All disciplines are considered.

ELIGIBILITY:

To be eligible for the 2025 call, applicants must:

be a national of any African country;

be born after the 1st of January 1983;

have an affiliation at a research or higher education institution in an African country, and continue to do so for the foreseeable future;

have obtained a doctoral degree from any recognised higher education institution (worldwide) after the 1st of January 2017;

have completed a post-doctoral fellowship or equivalent post-PhD research programme;

be in a position to commence a first period of residency at STIAS during 2026.

All disciplines will be considered. Applicants from non-Anglophone African countries may conduct their research in the language of preference; however, the application documents must be completed in English.

BENEFIT:

The main means of support is STIAS residencies. Residential periods will be agreed mutually between the fellow, his or her home institution and STIAS, and may vary between six weeks and five months per residency. A first period of residency will typically be of longer duration to be taken up during 2026, followed by two further residencies through 2028. While in residence fellows receive regular STIAS fellow support which includes:

an economy return flight;

comfortable accommodation within walking distance from the institute;

individual offices equipped with a PC, telephone and printer;

a monthly stipend for daily living costs;

access to the Stellenbosch University library (including electronic resources) and a high-speed internet connection;

participation in the regular STIAS fellows programme, including daily lunch, weekly fellows’ seminars, STIAS public lectures and social events;

a child care subsidy for fellows accompanied by young children while in residence.

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