Applications call for Next Generation Social Sciences in Africa: Post-Doctoral Writing Fellowship. The Social Science Research Council offers fellowships to support the completion of doctoral degrees; and to promote next generation social science research in Ghana, Kenya, Nigeria, South Africa, Tanzania, and Uganda. The fellowships support dissertation research on peace, security, and development topics.

Benefits 

Overall, the Next Generation Social Sciences in Africa: Postdoctoral Writing Fellowship supports up to six months of completing an article or book manuscript through a stipend of up to US$3,000.

Basically, it will enable the recipient to buy time off from teaching and administrative duties to focus exclusively on finalizing an article for a peer-reviewed journal or completing a book manuscript based on a Next Gen-supported doctoral dissertation that advances research on peace, security, and development. This fellowship is exclusively available for Next Gen alumni.

Eligibility

All applicants must

• Be citizens of any sub-Saharan African country.
• Hold a doctorate degree from an accredited university in Ghana, Kenya, Nigeria, South Africa, Tanzania, or Uganda.
• Have been a past recipient of at least one Next Generation Social Sciences Doctoral Dissertation fellowship.
• Be prepared to take no less than three-month leave away from routine teaching and administrative duties in current role.
• Affiliated to an academic department in Ghana, Kenya, Nigeria, South Africa, Tanzania, or Uganda at the of award.

Thematic Priorities

The program features a thematic focus on peace, security, and development in order to renew basic research agendas and strengthen interdisciplinary social science research capacity addressing these issues.

It encourages innovative research on peace, security, and development topics, moving the boundaries of scholarship and research by exploring concrete linkages between these themes. The program also envisions supporting a diverse set of projects that shed light on a range of economic, political, social, conflict and peacebuilding processes using evidence-based research.

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