2015 African Humanities Program Fellowship - Tanzanians
The American Council of Learned Societies (ACLS), with financial support from the Carnegie Corporation of New York announces competitions for:
Dissertation- Completion fellowships in Ghana, Nigeria, Tanzania, and Uganda and early carrier postdoctoral fellowships in Ghana, Nigeria, Tanzania, Uganda and South Africa.
Approximately 40 fellowships will be awarded annually in all 5 countries combined, and awards will be decided by international committee of distinguished scholars in the humanities.
WORTH
Stipends are $10,000 for dissertation-completion fellows and $17,000 for postdoctoral fellows, plus an additional $1,000 per fellow for books and media at both award levels.
Fellowships release recipients from teaching and other duties for an academic year to permit full-time research and writing
Recipients of both kinds of fellowship are also eligible for further support in the form of a residency at a participating research centre in Africa for a sustained period of writing.
ELIGIBILITY
Dissertation applicants must be doctoral candidates in the final year of writing dissertation
Postdoctoral candidates must be scholars who have obtained the PhD within the past 8 years
All applicants must be citizens of a Sub-Saharan African country residing and working in Ghana, Nigeria, South Africa, Tanzania or Uganda
Women are especially encouraged to apply.
DEADLINE: 1st November, 2014
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