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HARVARD ACADEMY FOR INTERNATIONAL AND AREA STUDIES SCHOLARS PROGRAM

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Application Deadline: September 20, 2024. 

LOCATION: USA

The Academy Scholars Program of The Harvard Academy for International and Area Studies identifies and supports outstanding scholars at the start of their academic careers whose work combines excellence in a social science discipline with a command of the language and knowledge or expertise of countries or regions outside of the United States or Canada

ELIGIBILITY:

Open to regions outside of the United States or Canada. 

This program is open to recent PhD recipients and doctoral candidates in the social sciences.

These awards are open to recipients of PhD or comparable doctoral degrees (within two years of the August 1, 2025, start date) and advanced doctoral candidates in the social sciences. Scholars nearing dissertation completion must be able to submit degree conferral documentation issued by their university registrar’s office by June 30, 2025, for an August 1, 2025, start date. Individuals who hold or have completed another Harvard postdoctoral fellowship are not eligible to apply.

All application materials must be submitted by the deadline of September 20, 2024. Late applications are not accepted.

BENEFIT:

Each year, five or six Academy Scholars are named for two-year in-residence appointments with an annual stipend of $80,000, with the two years to be completed within a three-year window. 

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CANON FOUNDATION-KYOTO UNIVERSITY JAPAN-AFRICA EXCHANGE PROGRAM

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Application Deadline: 15 October 2024

LOCATION: Japan

The program offers fellowships to highly qualified researchers in fields of research related to African Studies. The program is intended to support 1) fellows from KU who want to do research in Africa, and 2) for scholars from Kyoto University’s partner institutes in Africa who want to do research in Kyoto. The fellowships are for a minimum period of six weeks up to maximum of one year between April 1, 2025 and March 31, 2026. 

ELIGIBILITY:

Applicants need to be holding at least an MA degree and employed either at KU or KU’s partner institutions as post-doctoral fellows or faculty members at the time of applying. In addition, as long as African applicants can submit one of the two reference letters received from their prospective host from Kyoto University and prove their existing partnerships, they are eligible to apply for the program. 

For a complete list of KU’s partner institutions, please visit its Global Engagement Website at  http://www.oc.kyoto-u.ac.jp/agreement/en/.

For any questions concerning the application, please email Kyoto University Africa Unit at canon_caas@jambo.africa.kyoto-u.ac.jp

BENEFIT:

The financial support for successful applicants ranges from 22,500 Euro to 27,500 Euro per year and is pro-rated for different periods. CFE will directly administer the payments and notify the detailed payment procedure to each successful applicant.    

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