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LOUGHBOROUGH UNIVERSITY VICE-CHANCELLOR INDEPENDENT RESEARCH FELLOWSHIPS

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Application Deadline: 2 December 2024.

LOCATION: United Kingdom

These prestigious, highly competitive 2-year Research Fellowships offer a rare opportunity for outstanding postdoctoral scholars to establish their own ambitious research agenda, develop their skills as independent researchers, and position themselves as future research leaders.

ELIGIBILITY:

Your PhD (or other doctoral qualification) must have been awarded between 2 December 2021 and 2 December 2024. This means any corrections following your viva examination must have been completed to the examiners’ satisfaction by the closing date for applications.

The University is dedicated to supporting an equitable, diverse, and inclusive environment – to create better futures, together. The diverse backgrounds, characteristics and opinions within our community are our great strength and are key to our pursuit of delivering educational excellence, enterprise, research and professional services. We welcome applications from people from diverse backgrounds and minoritized groups as they are currently under-represented within our community. Applications from those who may wish to work part-time are also welcome.

During the Vice-Chancellor Independent Research Fellowship, you will be expected to submit applications for externally funded Research Fellowships, to set you on a trajectory to accelerate your research career.

BENEFIT:

Up to 10 positions – from £34,866 per annum, commensurate with experience

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Events, Opportunities, other events, PhD/post doctoral

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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