VolkswagenStiftung: Cooperative Research Projects in Sub-Saharan Africa
This Postdoctoral Fellowship Programme, funded by the Gulbenkian Foundation, the Volkswagen Foundation and other European partners aims at providing sustainable support for research in Sub-Saharan Africa. This call is part of Foundations´career development strategy for African researchers in which junior and senior postdoctoral fellows should take responsibilities for their research group (in case of senior fellows). The project must be carried out in collaboration with a German academic partner institution. Current social, economic and political developments in contemporary Sub-Saharan societies are at the core of this call for proposals. Cultural an religious as well as historical questions and approaches can be included but should not be the main focus of the project.
This Postdoctoral Fellowship Programme aims at supporting young African postdoctoral researchers in Sub-Saharan Africa by
- providing an opportunity to enhance both skills and academic qualifications
- strengthening partnerships between African and European scholars, and
- developing and extending academic networks in Africa.
The program is open to applications from disciplines like history, cultural anthropology, archaeology, cultural studies, philosophy, literature, linguistics, musicology, art history, media studies, visual studies, and religious studies. Only native researchers from African countries are eligible for funding. The programme includes both junior and senior fellowships. For both types, a cooperation with a German partner institution is required. Furthermore, up to 25,000 EUR for an associated German Postdoctoral Fellow to enhance the exchange of scholarly expertise - can be applied for. The application is organized as a three-stage process.
Deadline: 15 September 2012
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Source: VolkswagenStiftung sl
