Deadline: 15 January 2016
The African Peacebuilding Network (APN) of the Social Science Research Council (SSRC) is seeking letters of interest from senior African academics and researchers based at universities in Africa to assemble and lead collaborative research projects intended to inform policy and practice on conflict and peacebuilding on the continent. APN supports independent African research and its integration into regional and global policy communities.
The collaborative working group grant is an initiative and key complement to the field-based and networking components of the APN’s programming. This grant responds to the need for deep collaboration and engagement of researchers and practitioners on peacebuilding challenges in Africa. It also seeks to connect research to policy, promote mentoring of junior scholars by senior colleagues, and to increase the likelihood of impacting policy through the knowledge-production process.
Focus Areas
Support is available for research and analysis of the following subject areas:
- Local peacebuilding cultures, mechanisms, and practices
- Inequality, poverty, and conflict
- UN-AU-African Regional Economic Communities (RECs) cooperation on peace and security issues
- African Governance Architecture (AGA) and African Peace and Security Architecture (APSA)
- Women, peace, and security
- Transnationalization, youth radicalization, and violence
Grants Information
Up to two APN collaborative group projects will each be supported by a maximum grant of $60,000 for a period of eighteen months.
Eligibility Criteria
- Applicants must be scholars or practitioners based in Africa, with the lead investigator based at or affiliated with an African university.
- The competition will be open to joint researcher-practitioner teams (of five to six members) made up of Africans based at or affiliated with universities or regional organizations, government agencies, or nongovernmental, media, or civil society organizations on the continent.
- While the lead investigator must have a PhD, junior lecturers and practitioners are expected to hold a master’s degree with at least two years of work experience.
- It is expected that teams reflect diversity as much as possible, and include individuals from a range of professional, national, regional, disciplinary, gender, and generational backgrounds and experiences. The project should also leverage strong mentoring relationships between senior and junior members of the team, while encouraging both scholarly and practitioner participation.
- Team members, either individually or jointly, are also strongly encouraged to contribute to APN’s online and social media platforms as well as APN’s Working Paper series and Policy Briefing Notes.
How to Apply
Interested applicants can apply via given website.
For more information, please visit The African Peacebuilding Network Research Grants.
