University of California invites pre-dissertation and dissertation research Fellowship in the field of African Studies for the applicants of Africa, 2012

Study Subject(s): African Studies in the social sciences, humanities, and public policy
Course Level: Fellowship
Scholarship Provider: Ezera funds

Scholarship can be taken at: USA

Eligibility:

-The Ezera Fellowship gives priority to graduate students from West Africa who show exceptional promise of advancing scholarship in African Studies in the social sciences, humanities, and public policy and who demonstrate strong leadership potential. Students from other African regions are eligible and are encouraged to apply.
-Students must have been accepted for admission at the University of California at Berkeley when they apply and must be enrolled before funds may be dispersed to them.
-The fellowship is not available to students who are permanent residents or citizens of the United States.

Scholarship Open for International Students: Yes (West Africa)

The funds from the endowment are assigned to the Center for African Studies to aid student scholars at the graduate level concentrating in African Studies. Funds may be requested for maintenance, travel, or research costs, (more…)

Royal Agricultural College announce African Fellowship foe Students from Uganda, Zambia, Zimbabwe, South Africa, Swaziland, Malawi, Burkina Faso, Mozambique and Cameroon, 2012, UK

Study Subject(s): Agriculture
Course Level: Fellowship
Scholarship Provider: Royal Agricultural College
Scholarship can be taken at: UK

Fellowships are offered to Africans mainly from Southern and East Africa who have experience in agriculture, food or natural resource exploitation and management; an interest in land reform; and a desire to make a strategic and sustainable contribution to Africa’s development. In short, tomorrow’s innovators and leaders.

Scholarship Open for Students of Following Countries: Uganda, Zambia, Zimbabwe, South Africa, Swaziland, Malawi, Burkina Faso, Mozambique and Cameroon to date.

Since the fellowship programme was launched in 2005, over a million pounds has now been generously provided by donors in support of the programme. This funding has provided for leadership training; the development of professional networks and supporting work experience, together with study opportunities on the master’s programme in International Rural Development at the Royal Agricultural College. All of the Fellows subsequently return to Africa (more…)

The African Population and Health Research Centre (APHRC)offers Postdoctoral Fellowship in the field of Education, health, population, urbanization and wellbeing at  Africa

Study Subject(s): Education, health, population, urbanization and well being
Course Level: Postdoctoral
Scholarship Provider: Gates Foundation
Scholarship can be taken at:  Africa

Eligibility:

-The appointee will have completed her/his PhD in one of the following—demography, social statistics, quantitative sociology, public health and development economics—in the past three years and have a publication record commensurate with her/his level.
-The appointee will also have research interests in one or more of the following areas: survey methods, urban studies, poverty and livelihood, population dynamics, health status and well-being.

The African Population and Health Research Centre (APHRC) is an African led and African based international research Institute engaged in interdisciplinary and evidence based policy research. (more…)

Doctoral Research Fellowships in the field of Health policy or health systems for the applicants of Sub-Saharan African at an African university

Study Subject(s): Health policy or health systems
Course Level: PhD
Scholarship Provider: APHRC , Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation and IDRC
Scholarship can be taken at: Sub-Saharan African

Eligibility:

-The fellowship will primarily support research (including data collection and/or analysis).
-Funds will not be used to support coursework. Applicants must: Be citizens or permanent residents of a sub-Saharan African country; Be undertaking doctoral training at a recognized African university;
-Have completed all pre-dissertation requirements;
-Provide a detailed time-frame for completing their dissertation which should be endorsed by the head of department or the chair of the dissertation committee; (more…)

Postdoctoral Fellowship 2012 in School of Physiology, University of the Witwatersrand, South Africa

Study Subject(s): HIV-Associated Sensory Neuropathy
Course Level: Postdoctoral
Scholarship Provider: University of the Witwatersrand
Scholarship can be taken at: South Africa

The position will commence in 2012, and applications are open to individuals of any nationality who have obtained their PhD within the last five years, and who are not older than 35 years. Applicants should have experience in conducting research involving human subjects, and experience in conducting epidemiological research will be a benefit, but not a prerequisite for the position

Applicants are invited to apply for a postdoctoral research fellowship in the laboratory of Peter Kamerman, at the School of Physiology, University of the Witwatersrand, South Africa, (more…)

Fellowship Programme  at the University of Michigan for the applicants of Ghana, Liberia, South Africa and Uganda in the field of African Heritage, African Social Research,STEM-Africa, USA 2012-2013

Study Subject(s): African Heritage, African Social Research,science, technology, engineering, and mathematics
Course Level: Fellowship
Scholarship Provider: University of Michigan
Scholarship can be taken at: USA

The applicant must be a faculty member of a college or university in Ghana, Liberia, South Africa or Uganda.
• Preference given to early career members of the faculty who have taught in the higher education system for less than ten years.
• Applicants may or may not have received their PhD.

Scholarship Open for Students of Following Countries: Ghana, Liberia, South Africa and Uganda

The African Presidential Scholars Program offers early career faculty from Ghana, Liberia, South Africa and Uganda the opportunity to collaborate with faculty and students at the University of Michigan (more…)

Masters Fellowship Program in the field of Law for the applicants of Africa Women at Georgetown University Law Center, 2012-2013 USA

Study Subject(s): Law
Course Level: Masters
Scholarship Provider: Georgetown University Law Center
Scholarship can be taken at: USA

Eligibility:

1.Must be a women’s human rights lawyer from Africa.
2.As a requirement of participation in the LAWA Program, all applicants must commit to return home to their own countries upon completion of the Fellowship, and to use their best professional efforts to advance women’s human rights in their counties throughout their careers.
3. Candidates who are awarded a LAWA Fellowship must be prepared to cover the costs of all additional expenses (such as visas, travel, housing, utilities, food, clothing, health insurance, books, fees, etc.), and must be able to demonstrate to the U.S. Embassy for visa purposes that they have the funds available to cover these expenses (over U.S. $25,000).

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