The Africa Programme of the University for Peace (UPAP) has secured funding from the Canadian International Development Research Center (IDRC) to build research capacity in Africa in Governance and Security Studies.
This research grant cycle is a second one received from IDRC after the first one that UPEACE received in 2007 and that focused on developing research capacity in Peace, Conflict and Development.
The present grant comes from two programs within IDRC, the Fellowships and Awards Program (F&A) and the Governance, Security and Justice Program (GSJ).
In this round, a total of 15 PhD Grants will be offered in two categories: PhD Fellowships and Doctoral Research Awards. Both grants are specifically for African students pursuing their PhDs in universities in Sub-Saharan Africa.
The first category, PhD fellowships is intended for freshly enrolled candidates, who are at the very beginning of their studies. The grant will cover expenses including tuition, living expenses and a semester abroad at a Canadian university. A total of 4 grants will be offered.
The second category, Doctoral Research Awards is intended to support PhD candidates, who have completed the required course work and/or other preliminary doctoral requirements as instructed by their universities.
Eligible candidates are those who are ready to start the phase of conducing their field work, analyzing their data and writing their thesis. It will cover expenses like field research, data analysis, associated travel, and production costs. 11 awards will be offered in this category.
Support from the two programs will enable UPEACE Africa programme to train a total of 30 PhD candidates registered with universities in Sub Saharan Africa.
Deadline for application is 28 February 2012
Female applications are especially encouraged to apply.
For further information, please visit www.upeace.org or www.africa.upeace.org