Deadline: 10 February, 2023

The African Peacebuilding Network (APN) of the Social Science Research Council (SSRC) has opened applications for its Individual Research Fellowships Programme.

The research fellowships are designed to enhance the quality and visibility of independent African peacebuilding research, both regionally and globally.

Benefits

• 17 participants will receive up to $15,000 each

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 organisation, and have a PhD obtained no earlier than January 2013
• Applicants who have not been awarded their PhDs by February 10, 2023 will not have their cases prioritised 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 organisation, and have at least a master’s degree obtained before January 2018, with at least five years of proven research and work experience in peacebuilding-related activities in Africa

To apply and for more information, click here

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