African Humanities Program Fellowship 2014

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.

BENEFITS

1] 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.

2] Fellowships release recipients from teaching and other duties for an academic year to permit full-time research and writing

3] 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

1] Dissertation applicants must be doctoral candidates in the final year of writing dissertation

2] Postdoctoral candidates must be scholars who have obtained the PhD within the past 8 years

3] All applicants must be citizens of a Sub-Saharan African country residing and working in Ghana, Nigeria, South Africa, Tanzania or Uganda

4] Women are especially encouraged to apply.

DEADLINE: 1st November, 2014

To apply and for further details click here