Call for Pre-Proposals for Postdoctoral Fellowships in the Social Sciences in Sub-Saharan Africa and North Africa

Knowledge for Tomorrow?
Cooperative Research Projects in Sub-Saharan Africa
Call for Pre-Proposals for Postdoctoral Fellowships in the Social Sciences in Sub-Saharan and North Africa

The Foundation’s funding initiative « Knowledge for Tomorrow – Cooperative Research Projects in Sub-Saharan Africa » aims at providing sustainable
support for research and research capacity development in Sub-Saharan Africa. This funding scheme represents a fundamental career development
strategy for African researchers, as it provides promising postdoctoral researchers based in Africa with opportunities to enhance both their skills
and academic qualifications; ultimately, it enables them to establish professional perspectives in academia. This is to be achieved in cooperation
between African and European scholars, as any postdoctoral project funded under this scheme needs to be carried out in collaboration with a European partner institute as well as further partners. Through this African-European cooperation, the initiative aims to support the development and extension of academic networks within, and beyond the African continent.

This Postdoctoral Fellowship Program, jointly funded by the Gulbenkian Foundation and Volkswagen Foundation, aims at providing sustainable
support for research in the Social Sciences in Sub-Saharan as well as North Africa. It offers opportunities for postdoctoral researchers at both
junior and senior level (i.e. 3 to 6 years post-PhD) to develop and conduct their own research projects.

More information and deadlines: see annexe MB 81i_Social_Sciences_032014_