Deadline- 15 October 2013
Interested applicants are invited to apply for University of Michigan African Presidential Scholars Program (UMAPS) which aims to provides support for the next generation of African scholars.
Thematic areas-
- African Heritage: Research on how cultural assets in Africa are historicized, authenticated, accessed and circulated.
- African Social Research Initiative: Social scientific research on income dynamics, urbanization, gender, governance, demographics, urbanization, public health and environmental change.
- STEM-Africa: Research in the domains of science, technology, engineering and mathematics.
Benefits–
African Presidential Scholars will be provided with round-trip airfare from their home country to Ann Arbor, housing, and a modest stipend to cover living and select research expenses during their residency at the University of Michigan
Eligibility & Criteria-
- The applicant must be a faculty member from universities in Ghana, South Africa, the University of Liberia, or Makerere University, Uganda. Since a primary goal of the program is to assist in capacity building in African academe, strong preference will be given to early career members of the faculty. Mid-career faculty will also be considered
- Early career faculty means faculty who have taught in the higher education system for less than ten years
- Applicants may or may not have received their PhD
- If they have not received their PhD the application to UMAPS should detail how a Michigan residency will contribute to that end. If they have PhD in hand, their program of research in relation to career development should be clearly stated
- All applicants should include a letter of support from Head of Department, Chair, Dean, or another person in the university administration that recommends the candidate and explains how the scholar will address an outstanding faculty/scholarly need at their university
- In addition, the letter should confirm the institution’s commitment to continue to pay the scholar’s academic salary while on leave at U-M
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