(Up To $15,000 each) Funding At the APN Individual Research Fellowships Program | Deadline: 31January 2025 Apply Online

Background

The program is funded by Carnegie Corporation of New York. The Individual Research Fellowship (IRF) is the flagship program of APN.

(Up To $15,000 each) Funding At the APN Individual Research Fellowships Program

Since its inception in 2012, APN IRF has served as a vehicle for enhancing the quality and visibility of independent African peacebuilding research both regionally and globally, while making peacebuilding knowledge accessible to key policymakers, practitioners and research centers of excellence in Africa and around the world. In 2025, up to twenty (20) individual fellowships will be awarded at a maximum of $15,000 each.

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• advance their careers as academics or practitioners in their chosen fields.

Eligibility

• All applicants must be African citizens currently residing in an African country. This competition is open to African academics, as well as policy analysts and practitioners. Historically marginalized persons and communities are strongly encouraged to apply, including women, Indigenous people, gender diverse, LGBTQIA+, persons with disabilities, among others.

• Applicants who are academics must hold a full-time faculty or research position at an African university or research organization, and have a PhD obtained no earlier than January 2015. Applicants who have not been awarded their PhDs by June 2025 will not have their cases prioritized to be eligible as academics.

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Become a FellowTo apply and obtain more information regarding the APN IRF program, please refer to the 2025 APN and Next Gen Application Guidebook.

If you encounter any difficulties accessing the guidebook or online portal, please contact the APN and Next Gen staff at apn@ssrc.org.

he Social Science Research Council (SSRC), as a part of its APN and Next Gen Program, invites research fellowship applications from African researchers, policy analysts, and practitioners working on conflict and peacebuilding issues at universities and research institutions; or regional, governmental, and nongovernmental agencies or organizations in Africa.

Deadline: January 31, 2025
Contact: apn@ssrc.org

Apply

Applications consist of an online application form, a research proposal and bibliography, current CV, proposed research timeline, proposed research budget, two reference letters, and a language evaluation(s) (if required).

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