Law | Scholarship for Nigerians and Africans - Part 27

The Advocacy Project (AP)- Peace Fellowship 2011, USA: Human Rights

AP began recruiting graduate students to volunteer with partner organizations in 2003. In the years since, 198 Peace Fellows have served in 39 countries (below). Fellows are at the heart of our program. They allow AP to work around the world, and their skills and commitment are highly valued by community-based advocates. Most Fellows serve for three months and continue to promote the work of their host after they return at their university or to local schools. A small number are on long-term assignments (below). The fellowship experience is intended to build skills and enhance career prospects, and AP measures these impacts carefully. All Fellows are expected to complete two evaluations, after training and on return home.
The Advocacy Project (AP) is looking for young professionals and graduate students to volunteer with AP’s community-based partners in the summer of 2011. This is the fellowship for those who relish a challenge and are passionate about human rights. Check below for current openings, and check back regularly. New positions may become available. (January 1, 2011)

Scholarship Application Deadline: 20 February 2011

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Returning Scholars Fellowship Program, USA: Social Sciences and Humanities

The Returning Scholars Fellowship Program, as part of a conscious strategy to combat “brain drain” in the social sciences and humanities, supports talented young scholars who, after earning a postgraduate degree abroad, seek university positions and academic careers in their home countries.  The program operates in Albania, Armenia, Azerbaijan, Bosnia & Herzegovina, Croatia, Georgia, Kazakhstan, Kosovo, Kyrgyzstan, Macedonia, Moldova, Mongolia, Montenegro, Russia, Serbia, Tajikistan, and Ukraine.
Securing the services of such scholars is essential to the revitalization of academic departments and the sustainability of higher education reforms, to which Academic Fellowship Program also contributes. The program offers scholars financial, institutional, and professional development support, as well as opportunities for further professional growth as program alumni.
Returning Scholars and partner departments also benefit from the presence of Academic Fellowship Program-supported International Scholars, who provide expert mentorship in such areas as professional development, curriculum development and reform, research methods, and teaching/learning methodologies specific for their discipline.
The program supports scholars from the aforementioned countries who have received (or will receive by the start of the fellowship) eligible degrees in the following fields: anthropology, area/cultural studies, economics, gender studies, history, human rights & public law, international relations, journalism/media studies, philosophy, political science, psychology, public policy/ environmental studies, public policy/public health, social work, and sociology. The program does not support scholars in philology, the visual and performing arts, and business.

Scholarship Application Deadline: 11 April 2011

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Ian Wilson Liberal Research Scholarship 2011, Australia: Social Policy, Education and Health, Jurisprudence

The purpose of this scholarship is to enable applicants to undertake further postgraduate study or research. The Scholarship is intended to supplement the major scholarship held by the recipient, subject to the terms and conditions of the major scholarship. The scholarship is open to applicants undertaking research which will lead to sound analysis and conclusions for reform capable of practical application and advocacy in Australia, in the fields of:
social policy, including policy relating to:social security and welfare payments and income support schemes; taxation; and superannuation and other forms of retirement income provision; education and health as they affect individual and family well being; jurisprudence, constitutional law and Commonwealth-State relations; environment; heritage; the arts; and indigenous affairs.

Value: Up to $15,000 for one year only

Scholarship Application Deadline: 28 February 2011

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