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The Africa Programme of the University for Peace (UPEACE) has secured funding from The Canadian International Development Research Centre (IDRC) to offer a limited number of scholarships to African students registered in PhD Programmes focused on Governance and Security Studies. The scholarship will cover tuition, living expenses, communications, access to scholarly materials, and dissemination of research findings through publications and conference presentations. In addition, part of the award will be used to cover expenses related to a semester abroad at a Canadian university.\u00a0The maximum award is US $15,000 per eligible candidate per year.<\/p>\n
The programme is seeking applications from candidates who have freshly enrolled in a PhD Programme (Academic Year 2010-2011) or who can offer proof of acceptance into a PhD Programme at a University in Sub Saharan Africa for the 2011-2012 Academic Year.\u00a0A total of four (4) PhD Fellowships will be awarded.<\/p>\n
Deadline for applications:\u00a028th February 2012<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n Expected Outcomes:<\/p>\n The PhD Fellowships are part of a joint undertaking by IDRC and UPEACE to develop an evidence-based, strong research capacity in Africa on critical issues of governance and security. The fellowships will support young African researchers who are embarking on their PhD studies with the aim to produce a significant number of African researchers with high expertise in issues of governance and security.Successful applicants will be required to participate in two Research Training Workshops organized by UPEACE Africa Programme during the Award period. In addition, fellows will also be required to contribute at least one article to the Africa Peace and Conflict Journal (APCJ), a peer reviewed journal published by UPEACE Africa Programme, by the third year of their grant.<\/p>\n Applications will be considered from candidates, who are registered for PhD in Governance and Security Studies.Under Governance, applications will be considered in the following themes:<\/p>\n Under Security, applications will be considered in the following themes:<\/p>\n Applicants must:<\/p>\n IV. SELECTION CRITERIA:<\/p>\n V. EVALUATION CRITERIA:<\/p>\n The applications will be evaluated on the following criteria:<\/p>\n VI. DURATION<\/p>\n The duration\u00a0of the Fellowship is for three years from the time of notification of selection. Successful applicants will receive the first installment of the award within sixty (60) days after the announcement of the winners. Future installments will be provided upon satisfactory progress and submission of narrative and financial reports.<\/p>\n VII. HOW TO APPLY:<\/p>\n Applicants are required to submit the following documents: –<\/p>\n The Application form is available on\u00a0www.africa.upeace.org<\/a>\u00a0or\u00a0here<\/a><\/p>\n All required documents listed above should be mailed to UPEACE before the deadline through the Post Office (see address below under IX).<\/p>\n The Application form must also be sent electronically (in MS Word format) in addition to the hard copies sent through the Post Office to qualify.<\/p>\n VIII. DEADLINE FOR APPLICATION<\/span><\/p>\n 28th February 2012<\/span><\/p>\n IX. ADDRESS<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\nApplications must be sent to:<\/address>\n\u00a0<\/address>\nThe Director\u00a0<\/span><\/address>\nUPEACE Africa Programme<\/span><\/address>\nP.O.Box 2794 code 1250<\/span><\/address>\nAddis Ababa, Ethiopia\u00a0<\/span><\/address>\nTelephone: +251 11 6180991\/92\u00a0<\/span><\/address>\nFax: +251 11 6180993<\/span><\/address>\nE-mail:\u00a0africaprogramme@upeace.org<\/span><\/a>\u00a0and\u00a0tabebe@upeace.org<\/span><\/a><\/span><\/address>\nFor further information, please visit UPEACE Africa Programme Website at\u00a0\u00a0www.africa.upeace.org<\/span><\/a><\/span><\/address>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" The Africa Programme of the University for Peace (UPEACE) has secured funding from The Canadian International Development Research Centre (IDRC) to offer a limited number of scholarships to African students registered in PhD Programmes focused on Governance and Security Studies. The scholarship will cover tuition, living expenses, communications, access to scholarly materials, and dissemination of […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[18],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1901","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-scholarship-bourses"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/africa-and-science.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1901"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/africa-and-science.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/africa-and-science.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/africa-and-science.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/africa-and-science.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=1901"}],"version-history":[{"count":6,"href":"https:\/\/africa-and-science.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1901\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2168,"href":"https:\/\/africa-and-science.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1901\/revisions\/2168"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/africa-and-science.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=1901"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/africa-and-science.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=1901"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/africa-and-science.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=1901"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}\n
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