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