REACH Programme: Postdoctoral African Fellowship in Groundwater Management
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Postdoctoral African Fellowship in Groundwater Management.
The REACH Programme is a 7-year, £15m programme funded by the UK’s Department for International Development (DFID). This project, led by the University of Oxford, involves a research consortium of global leaders in water science, policy and practice. It aims to improve water security for 5 million poor people in sub-Saharan Africa and South Asia by 2022. This is an exciting opportunity to be part of an ambitious research programme and global science-practitioner partnership working to deliver significant benefits for people living in poverty.
REACH is launching a call for proposals for an African postdoctoral fellowship in groundwater. Up to £60,000 of funding will be available until December 2019 for a researcher to contribute to the promotion of equitable water resource management in the Awash basin. A lack of understanding of groundwater availability and sustainability, including groundwater-surface water interactions, currently limits decision making in this area. The Fellow will contribute to addressing this challenge by designing and undertaking independent research to develop a decision support tool that integrates surface and groundwater resources that is useable by MOWIE and AwBA.
REACH is launching a call for proposals for an African postdoctoral fellowship in groundwater. Up to £60,000 of funding will be available until December 2019 for a researcher to contribute to the promotion of equitable water resource management in the Awash basin. A lack of understanding of groundwater availability and sustainability, including groundwater-surface water interactions, currently limits decision making in this area. The Fellow will contribute to addressing this challenge by designing and undertaking independent research to develop a decision support tool that integrates surface and groundwater resources that is useable by MOWIE and AwBA.
Postdoctoral African Fellowship Funding available:
Up to £60,000 until December 2019
This research will help both the sector and policy makers to take appropriate regulatory and precautionary measures to manage the water resource against a backdrop of economic growth and transformation.
The fellowship is intended for early to mid-career academics and researchers who are nationals of a Sub-Sahara African country, and hold a PhD at the time of application. Applicants must be hosted by a University or Research Organisation, and may approach REACH researchers about hosting their Fellowship.
The fellowship is intended for early to mid-career academics and researchers who are nationals of a Sub-Sahara African country, and hold a PhD at the time of application. Applicants must be hosted by a University or Research Organisation, and may approach REACH researchers about hosting their Fellowship.
Postdoctoral African Fellowship Eligibility
- The fellowship is intended for early to mid-career academics and researchers
- Applicants must be nationals of a Sub-Sahara African country and should hold a PhD at the time of application.
- Applications from PhD candidates will not be considered. ‘Early to mid-career’ is defined as within 10 years of completion of a PhD at the time of application.
- Applicants must be hosted by a University or Research Organisation, and may approach REACH researchers about hosting their Fellowship.
Postdoctoral African Fellowship Evaluation criteria
- Quality
- Impact and dissemination
- Project management and research credentials
- Cost effectiveness
Postdoctoral African Fellowship in Groundwater Management Funding.
- Funding available for this project is subject to a maximum £60,000 for the entire period. Funding requests cannot exceed this amount.
- All budgets must be inclusive of any institutional overheads that are to be applied. However, overheads must not exceed 20% of direct costs. All budgets must be reviewed and approved by the host institution before being submitted as part of the proposal. Per diems will not be permitted under the REACH funding agreement but travel costs will be covered such as accommodation, food and others as per REACH guideline.
How to Apply for Postdoctoral African Fellowship in Groundwater Management.
The following documents will be required as part of your proposal:
- Description of proposed research (up to 4 A4 pages)
- Career development plan (up to 1 A4 page)
- Research into action (up to 1 A4 page)
- Budget / Justification of resources requested
- CVs (maximum two pages) for the Fellow and host institution supervisor
- Letter of support from host institution/s expressing its intention to collaborate and endorsement of the proposed Fellowship, and the value of the proposed Fellowship. This should also include a declaration from host institution (see declaration at the end of this guidance note) with the letter of support.
- Letter of support from your nominated supervisor outlining their relationship to you, the role they have had in developing the proposal and their agreement to supervising you.
For more information, and details on how to apply, please read our Guidance notes.
Proposals must be submitted to reachfunding@ouce.ox.ac.uk by 17:00 UCT, 20 July 2018.
Proposals must be submitted to reachfunding@ouce.ox.ac.uk by 17:00 UCT, 20 July 2018.
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