AfOx Visiting Fellows Program for African Scholars (Fully-funded) 2018
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The Program supports African scholars and researchers working in
any discipline to spend periods of flexible time in Oxford, for example
as sabbatical leave for utilizing library or other university facilities
or undertaking or planning collaborative research with Oxford based
colleagues.
Application Deadline: Midnight, 11th March, 2018 (GMT)
Offered Annually? Yes
Eligible Countries: African countries
To Be Taken At (Country): University of Oxford, UK
About the Award: The
AfOx Visiting Fellows Program is designed to enhance academic mobility
and network building. Applicants should provide details of an Oxford
university host i.e. someone with an academic/research post in Oxford in
the applicant’s field of interest who will work with them to maximise
the usefulness of the time spent in Oxford. This may be an existing
academic collaborator or a new potential collaborator with whom the
applicant has established contact before applying for the Fellowship.
Type: Fellowship
Eligibility:
– Applicants are expected to hold a PhD or research equivalent.
– Legal resident of an African country holding an appointment in an African academic or research institution.
– With an existing collaboration with Oxford or in contact with a potential collaborator at Oxford.
– Legal resident of an African country holding an appointment in an African academic or research institution.
– With an existing collaboration with Oxford or in contact with a potential collaborator at Oxford.
Selection Criteria: Applications
will be reviewed primarily on the quality and value added of the
proposed research agenda, the fit between the applicant and the Oxford
host, and the feasibility of the proposed activities in the timescale of
the fellowship.
Number of Awards: Not specified
Value of Award: The
Fellows appointed will be provided with an en-suite, single occupancy
study bedroom with all meals provided in the host College. A temporary
University card for and temporary membership to the college Senior
Common Room will be granted for the period of residency. The fellowship
will also include airfare, visa fee and a maintenance allowance for
incidental expenses.
Duration of Program: The
fellowships will be undertaken for 4 to 6 weeks between July and
September 2018. Under exceptional circumstances, start dates outside
this time period will be considered. Please be aware that applications
will be reviewed, in part, on the basis of the work you intend to
achieve in the timescale you set out.
Award Providers: The Africa Oxford Initiative, University of Oxford
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