SSRC African Peacebuilding Network: Individual Research Fellowships 2024

The African Peacebuilding Network (APN) of the Social Science Research Council (SSRC) invites research fellowship applications from African scholars, researchers, policy analysts, and practitioners working on conflict and peacebuilding issues at universities and research institutions; or regional, governmental, and nongovernmental agencies or organizations based in Africa.

A core component of the APN, the Individual Research Fellowship (IRF) program is 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. Fellowship recipients produce research-based knowledge that is relevant to, and has a significant impact on peacebuilding scholarship, policy, and practice on the continent. For its part, the APN works toward inserting the evidence-based knowledge that fellowship award recipients produce into regional and global debates, practices, and policies focusing on peacebuilding. 

• Table of Content
• About Social Science Research Council (SSRC )
• African Peacebuilding Network: Individual Research Fellowships
• Aim and Benefits of African Peacebuilding Network: Individual Research Fellowships
• Requirements for African Peacebuilding Network: Individual Research Fellowships Qualification
• Documents Required for Application
• Application Deadline
• How to Apply

About Social Science Research Council (SSRC )

The Social Science Research Council (SSRC) is an independent, international, nonprofit organization founded in 1923. It fosters innovative research, nurtures new generations of social scientists, deepens how inquiry is practiced within and across disciplines, and mobilizes necessary knowledge on important public issues. In 1923, visionary members of the American Economic Association, the American Sociological Association, the American Political Science Association, and the American Statistical Association came together to found the Social Science Research Council, a groundbreaking organizat...... continue reading

African Peacebuilding Network: Individual Research Fellowships

Aim and Benefits of African Peacebuilding Network: Individual Research Fellowships

Fellowships are awarded on a competitive, peer-reviewed basis and are intended to support six months of field-based research, from June 2024 to December 2024. Up to seventeen (17) individual fellowships of a maximum of $15,000 each will be awarded. Women are strongly encouraged to apply.

Requirements for African Peacebuilding Network: Individual Research Fellowships Qualification

• 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.
• Applicants who are academics must hold a faculty or research position at an African university or research organization, and have a PhD obtained no earlier than January 2014. Applicants who have not been awarded their PhDs by February 11, 2024 will not have their cases prioritized to be eligible as academics.
• Applicants who are policy analysts or practitioners must be based in Africa at a regional or sub-regional institution; a government agency; or a nongovernmental, media, or civil society organization, and have at least a master’s degree obtained before January 2019, with at least five years of proven research and work experience in peacebuilding-related activities on the continent.

Documents Required for Application

• Completed Application Form
• Research Proposal & Bibliography
• Expected publication(s)
• Current CV
• Proposed Research Timeline
• Proposed Research Budget
• Two Reference Letters
• Language Evaluation(s) (if required)

Application Deadline

How to Apply

All applications must be uploaded through our Online Open Water portal. 

For more details, visit SSRC website.