social science | Scholarship for Nigerians and Africans - Part 7

Isaac Newton – Dorothy Emmet Research Fellowships at Lucy Cavendish College, UK

Lucy Cavendish College is offering two stipendiary Research Fellowships and one non-stipendiary Research Fellowship for women, who hold PhDs.  For research in the Arts and Humanities, with a preference for Law and English. The stipend for each of these Research Fellowships will be £17,111 per annum, depending on funding already available to the candidate.Candidates who wish to hold the Research Fellowship on a part-time basis will also be considered, in which case the stipend would be pro-rata.The successful candidates will be expected to undertake four hours of small group teaching a week, to become members of the College, to reside in Cambridge and to participate fully in College life.  The appointments will be for one year in the first instance from 1 October 2011 and will be renewable annually until 30 September 2014, when the Research Fellowships will terminate. The Research Fellowships are subject to satisfactory progress and annual reports.Research in the Humanities and Social Sciences, in an area that relates scholarship to current issues facing the world.

Scholarship Application Deadline: 2 March 2011

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Academic Writing Instructors Summer Scholarship Program 2011 in Istanbul

The Open Society Foundations are recruiting instructors of academic writing in English to teach at the Open Society Scholarship Programs 2011 Pre-Academic Summer Program in Istanbul.There will be two summer school sessions held in 2011: the first from July 1–27, the second from July 28–August 24.  Both will be identical in structure and instructors can apply to teach at one or both sessions.  Instructors will be expected to attend three days of preparation as a part of each session: July 1–3 for the first session, and July 28 –30 for the second session.

The Open Society Foundations are calling for experienced teachers of academic writing in English to submit a letter of interest, CV, and sample syllabus for an intensive 3.5 week course in academic writing.  Please note that final syllabi and assignments will be worked out during the three day preparation in cooperation with the social science instructors.  Preference will be given to individuals with significant experience teaching in a western academic institution with experience living/teaching in the participants’ home regions (Central Asia, the Caucasus, the Middle East, and South East Asia).  Due to budgetary considerations, preference will also be given to those who are able to travel inexpensively and conveniently to Istanbul.In addition, the Open Society Foundations are seeking an academic writing instructor with specific experience teaching legal writing to LLM students for the July session.

Scholarship Application Deadline: March 7, 2011

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Funding Research Scholarships in Economic and Social Sciences at Bristol University, UK

The Universities of Bristol, Exeter and Bath have come together to form one of the UK’s largest Centres of postgraduate research training for social scientists in fields ranging from economics and human geography to quantitative methodology and psychology.

Together, the three Universities educate over 5000 masters and 1600 doctoral students in the social sciences. The new Centre will draw on the established research excellence of the partners, including the expertise of more than 750 social science research staff. This represents one of the largest groupings of social scientists in the UK.

The Economic and Social Research Council (ESRC) has granted doctoral training center status to the collaboration. The South West Doctoral Training Center (SWDTC) has been accredited to offer a hub of world-class social sciences research. As one of only 21 Centers in the UK, the SWDTC will be part of a national network to be launched in October 2011 that will train a new generation of social scientists.  The SWDTC has been allocated 41 studentships per Annam.

Scholarship Application Deadline: 4 April 2011

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