Visiting FellowSHIP APplication
to equip East African social scientists with the skills needed to
carry out rigorous evaluations of social or economic development projects
in East Africa. During a four-month fellowship in
the Fall (August-December 2016) or Spring (January-May 2017) semester,
researchers will be based at the University of California, Berkeley.
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elected fellows will be able to audit courses, present research,
attend seminars, develop curricula and design collaborative research
projects. Fellows will receive a living stipend, round-trip economy
class air travel to Berkeley, CA, and the opportunity to receive seed
funding promote impact evaluation at their home institution in East Africa.
To be eligible, researchers must be residents of an East African
country (Ethiopia, Kenya, Rwanda, Tanzania, or Uganda) and hold a staff or
student position at a research institution, university, or other organization
headquartered in East Africa. Applications can be submitted
online at: http://tinyurl.com/Submittable-EASST-2016-VF
Fellowship.
The full Request for
Applications for the EASST Fellowship can be found attached.
The deadline
for submission is:
11:59pm U.S. Pacific Time,
Thursday, 31 March 2016
Announcement.pdf
EAST 2016-2017 Visiting Fellowship Announcement.pdf |
EASST 2016-2017 Visiting Fellowship Recommendation Form.pdf |
Recommendation Form.pdf
EASST 2016-2017 Visiting Fellowship Research Proposal Example.pdf |
Research Proposal Example.pdf
Research grant Competition
invites pairs of researchers from the CEGA faculty network and East Africa to
submit grant applications for the evaluation of innovative interventions in
health, education, economic development, energy, and other
sectors. Successful projects will achieve two primary goals: (i) creating
new knowledge that will improve the design of development programs in East Africa,
and; (ii) enhancing East African researchers’ skills and capacity to lead
further evaluations.
The East Africa Social Science Translation (EASST) Collaborative is pleased to
announce its fourth
annual Research Grant Competition. EASST invites pairs
of researchers from the CEGA faculty network and from East Africa to
submit grant applications for the evaluation of innovative
interventions in health, education, economic development, energy, and other
sectors. The ceiling for grant requests is USD $50,000 per project,
and a total of $200,000 in research funding will be awarded across
all projects. Please see the attached RFP for full details on how to
apply. Proposals must be submitted via our online platform: http://tinyurl.com/Submittable-EASST-2016-RGC
for the 2016 Research Grant Competition.
The full
Request for Proposals and application guidelines can be found
attached.
The deadline for submission
is:
11:59pm U.S. Pacific Time,
Wednesday, 13 April 2016
