MIASA Fellowships are now open. Call for Applications for Individual Residential Fellowships for 3-12 months each at the University of Ghana
Application Deadline: 31st August 2023, 11:59pm UTC
Eligible Countries: African countries
About the Award: The Maria Sibylla Merian Institute for Advanced Studies in Africa (MIASA) is dedicated to research in the Humanities and Social Sciences, with ‘Sustainable Governance’ as its central topic. Our main thematic corridors are conflict and sustainable peace, democracy and environmental transformation. We are also interested in a wide range of intersectional sub-topics, such as landownership and acquisition, migration and mobility, restitution of cultural objects, African cities, human rights and other related themes. MIASA is committed to reduce global asymmetries in knowledge production, to promote female scholarship and to bridge cultural divides. The institute offers time and space for supporting innovative academic projects of top international quality. MIASA serves as a hub for exchange, networking and collaboration amongst leading researchers from Germany, Ghana, Africa, Europe and elsewhere in the world. The institute is located on the beautiful campus of the University of Ghana (UG) at Legon (Accra), and has been implemented in collaboration with the University of Freiburg, the Goethe University of Frankfurt, the German Institute for Global and Area Studies (GIGA) and the German Historical Institute Paris (GHIP). It is largely funded by the German Federal Ministry of Education and Research.
The present call is for up to 10 individual residential fellowships of minimum 3 and maximum 10 months each for the academic year 2024/2025. The call is open to scholars (both on junior and senior levels) who have been awarded their doctoral degree at least three months before the start of the fellowship. The earliest starting date of a fellowship is 1st of June 2024 (especially for short stays of up to 3 months). Longer fellowships usually start on 1st of August, 1st of September, 1st of January, or 1st of February. The latest possible date for the end of a fellowship is the 31st of July 2025.
Type: Fellowship, Research
Eligibility:
Number of Awards: 10
Value of Award:
Duration of Award: 3 to 12 months (The earliest starting date of a fellowship is 1st of June 2024 (especially for short stays of up to 3 months). Longer fellowships usually start on 1st of August, 1st of September, 1st of January, or 1st of February. The latest possible date for the end of a fellowship is the 31st of July 2025)
How to Apply: Applications will be accepted in English and French. The completed application form together with the information indicated below have to be uploaded on the application webpage (here). After submission of the documents, applicants receive an acknowledgement of receipt providing contact details and including a copy of their submission. Incomplete or late applications will not be considered.
MIASA is offering information sessions for different groups of applicants via Zoom:
Information session for University of Ghana Faculty: Monday, 3 July 2023, 10:00 am (UTC). Zoom link: https://uni-freiburg.zoom.us/j/68082349306?pwd=S29sNW03UFJsSCsvVytrZTFTbjdtdz09
Meeting-ID: 680 8234 9306
Code: c3tG1v1X8
Information session for Francophone applicants from African universities: Monday, 10 July 2023, 10:00 am (UTC). Zoom link: https://uni-freiburg.zoom.us/j/69361927734?pwd=WXBUM1N1S0RMZUVMMnh4RnhaM0NqUT09
Meeting-ID: 693 6192 7734
Code: UtsJ1AT7i
Information session for Anglophone applicants from African universities: Monday, 17 July 2023, 10:00 am (UTC). Zoom link: https://uni-freiburg.zoom.us/j/61951362839?pwd=VFh6L1VoQnNEWlV5ZnpjZTltMlZHZz09
Meeting-ID: 619 5136 2839
Code: g1BxrHira
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