The Compton Foundation is offering fellowships through the Population Reference Bureau (PRB) for for capstone/internship work and dissertation research on topics that examine the interactions linking family planning and reproductive health with environmental/sustainability and/or human security issues. This Fellowship provides highly motivated individuals with a unique opportunity to explore these very important interactions.
Fellowship recipients must also be committed to returning to their country or region of origin to apply the skills and education they acquired and make substantial contributions to the field.
The Compton Fellowship program also aims to maintain a community of Fellows over time that encourages program-based and research-based linkages among these fields.
Students from sub-Saharan Africa and Latin America who are currently enrolled full-time in Ph.D. or master’s programs in academic institutions in the United States and Canada are eligible to apply. Applications are especially sought from students in the fields of family planning and reproductive health interested in exploring the interconnections that exist with environmental/sustainability and/or human security issues.
Those in master’s programs need to be in second-year or advanced programs that require their graduates to engage in a capstone/internship experience.
For 2011, the Compton Foundation/PRB International Fellowship will award up to two master’s-level and up to four PhD-level Fellowships.
- The master’s Fellowship recipients will be awarded up to $10,000 each, normally limited to a period of one year.
- The Ph.D. Fellowships will be awarded up to $20,000 each, normally limited to a period of one year.
Selected Fellows will become part of the community of Compton/PRB-supported professionals, which requires participating in a three-day meeting in mid-September and becoming involved in an electronic network of past and current Fellows
The deadline for applying is Jan. 24, 2011. For more, visit this link.
