EASST Visiting Fellowship for East African Researchers,USA-2017

Posted by data tz on Sunday, March 26, 2017 0

The East Africa Social Science Translation (EASST) invites East African researchers to apply for a 4-month fellowship at the University of California Berkeley. Each Visiting Fellow will be paired with a faculty mentor affiliated with the Center for Effective Global Action (CEGA), a research network based in USA.
Application Deadline: 31 March 2017

Programmes Offered:

• Fellowship is awarded to equip social scientists with the skills needed to carry out rigorous evaluations of economic development programs.

Course Level:
Scholarship is available for researchers at the University of California Berkeley.

Eligibility:
Eligible candidates for all EASST programs must:

• Be a resident of an East African country participating in EASST (i.e. Ethiopia, Kenya, Rwanda, Tanzania, or Uganda).
• Have a PhD or Master’s degree (completed within the last 8 years) or be enrolled in a graduate program in economics, statistics, epidemiology/public health, or another social science discipline;
• Hold a staff position at a research institution, university or other organization in East Africa, preferably one that supports policy-relevant, quantitative social science research.
• Have participated in or have familiarity with impact evaluation research (either randomized or quasi-experimental studies).
• Have participated in field-based data collection and rigorous empirical research/analysis.
• Be computer literate, fluent in English, and a strong public speaker.
• Plan to return to a research institute in East Africa for at least 1 year after the fellowship; and
• Demonstrate a commitment to building the capacity of African research institutions/universities.

Benefit:
The CEGA staff and PhD students will provide support during the semester and once the scholar returns home. The fellowship program will pay for room and board in Berkeley, health insurance, monthly stipend, visa fees, and roundtrip air travel. CEGA staff will provide mentorship not only throughout the semester, but also once the scholar returns home. Small grants of up to 10,000 will be provided to scholars who return to their home institution, to hold trainings in impact evaluation, build institutional capacity, or to forge new linkages with government policy makers.

Number of Awards:
Not mentioned

Application Procedure:
The mode of applying is online.

Further Details:
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