Collaborative Scientific Research Award for Research in East Africa (EASST) 2019 African researchers (fully funded at the University of California, USA)
Registration deadline: 1st March 2019
Translating social sciences in East Africa (EASST) – Collaborative invites researchers from East Africa to apply for a scholarship for four months (sabbatical) at the University of California, Berkeley, to finish in autumn 2019 (September-December) and spring 2020 (January-May).
To be eligible, researchers must be residents of the East African countries (Ethiopia, Kenya, Rwanda, Tanzania). , Burundi, South Sudan and Uganda) and take a position as an employee or student at a research institute, university or another organization based in East Africa.
Candidates must hold a PhD or work on a PhD, except in case they are directly referred by a colleague EASST. Researchers quantitative social science disciplines are encouraged to apply.
The EASST fellowship seeks to provide the social scientists of the East African skills to conduct rigorous evaluations of economic development programs. Researchers will be based at the University of California, Berkeley for four months during the fall semester (August 20 to 20 décembre2019) or university spring semester (January 16 to 16 mai2020 approximately).
Advantages:
The EASST program will cover the cost of accommodation in Berkeley, health insurance, a monthly allowance, visa fees and airfare roundtrip selected fellows.
Please note that the scholarship does NOT provide financial support to spouses or other members of the famille.Après completing the fellowship, fellows must return to a university or research institute in East Africa and play a role forefront in promoting the use of rigorous methods. proof development économique.Une times the purse over, the stock will be eligible for:
- “catalyst grants” from 5000 to 7500 dollars to administer training on impact assessment methods and build institutional capacity for conducting rigorous assessments;
- Research grants of up to $ 50 000 to work with an affiliate of CEGA to conduct an impact assessment to address an issue of economic development in East Africa; and
- political commitment to grant 8 000 to 10 000 to facilitate increased research and make meaningful connections with decision makers.
Eligibility
Applicants to the program must EASST:
- be nationals of one of the East African countries (Ethiopia, Kenya, Rwanda, Tanzania, Burundi, South Sudan and Uganda);
- completing a doctorate in the last year; 8, or be enrolled in a doctoral program in economics, statistics, epidemiology / public health or other social science discipline (exceptionally, candidates will be graduates in a relevant field and plan to pursue a doctorate in
- If you are not a student, occupy a university or academic position at a research institute, university or other organization of East Africa, preferably an organization in support of policies. Quantitative social science research;
- Project to return to a research institute in East Africa for at least one year after the grant.