Deadline: 8 December 2016
Institute of International Education (IIE) is currently accepting projects from African-born academics currently living in the United States and Canada for its Carnegie African Diaspora Fellowship Program (CADFP) with a goal to facilitate equitable, effective and mutually beneficial international higher education engagements between scholars in Africa and African Diaspora academics in Canada and the United States.
Fellowships of two weeks to one semester (14 to 90 days) in Africa are available for Diaspora scholars. Fellowship funding to scholars includes a daily stipend, visa costs, limited health insurance coverage, and international travel, domestic travel to and from the airport in Canada or United States. The host institution is encouraged to fund housing, meals and local transportation to and from the airport in the host country.
Benefits
The African Diaspora Fellow will receive:
- a $200/day stipend
- visa costs
- limited health insurance coverage
- round-trip international air travel and ground transportation costs to and from home and the U.S. or Canadian airport.
Eligibility Criteria
- African-born academics currently living in the United States and Canada and working in higher education.
- Fellows will engage in educational projects proposed and hosted by faculty of public or private higher education institutions in the following CCNY partner countries: Ghana, Kenya, Nigeria, South Africa, Tanzania and Uganda.
How to Apply
Applicants must apply online via given website.
For more information, please visit Carnegie African Diaspora Fellowship Program.