Post-Doctoral Research Residency Fellowship in South Africa

Stias in South Africa is offering Iso Lomso (eye of tomorrow in isiXhosa) residency fellowship, seeing towards the future, laying the foundations for tomorrow. The programme is aimed at African scholars who have obtained a doctoral degree within the preceding seven years and who hold an academic position at a university or research institution anywhere in Africa. Candidates should have established a research programme and have completed a post-doctoral fellowship or equivalent post-PhD programme. All disciplines are considered.

• Residence at STIAS: A three-year attachment to STIAS during which time you may spend a total of 10 months in residence at STIAS to develop and pursue a long-term research programme
• Links to sister institutions: The possibility of a residency at a sister institute for advanced study in North America, Europe or elsewhere
• International conferences: Funding to attend up to two international conferences or training workshops anywhere in the world
• Your own workshop: Support to convene a workshop with collaborators at STIAS or at their home institution

• be a national of any African country;
• be born after the 1st of January 1980;
• have an affiliation at a research or higher education institution in an African country, and continue to do so for the foreseeable future;
• have obtained a doctoral degree from any recognised higher education institution (worldwide) after the 1st of January 2014;
• have completed a post-doctoral fellowship or equivalent post-PhD research programme;
• be in a position to commence a first period of residency at STIAS between July 2022 and June 2023.

All disciplines will be considered. Applicants from non-Anglophone African countries may conduct their research in the language of preference; however, the application documents must be completed in English. Applications will be evaluated and selected on the basis of the following criteria:

• Level: the applicant’s academic excellence and the originality and scholarly strength of the proposed research project;
• Innovation: the project’s promise of new insights and the potential to produce new knowledge;
• Interdisciplinarity: whether the project methodology allows for drawing from different disciplines and its potential to facilitate an interdisciplinary discourse;
• Relevance: the project’s relevance for scholarship and knowledge production in Africa;
• Feasibility: whether the research design and the research plan are convincing and realistic.

During final selection, additional consideration will be given to:

• gender representation;
• diversity of nationalities;
• diversity of disciplines;
• participation in previous or current research projects;
• previous international experience.

Require documents:

The following documents, all in PDF format, must accompany your application:

1. A motivational cover letter of not more than one page in length.
2. A pre-proposal for a three-year research project.
3. One or two recent writing examples authored by the applicant (articles or book sections) related to the proposed project.
4. A copy of the applicant’s doctoral certificate.
5. A letter of support from the applicant’s home institution (either from the head of department, dean of faculty, principal of college, or equivalent).
6. Two letters of recommendation from scholars who are familiar with the applicant’s work, preferably one from the applicant’s current home institution and one from another institution.

For more details on documents visit this link.

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STIAS, the Stellenbosch Institute for Advanced Study is a high-level research institute dedicated to innovative thinking and the production of new knowledge

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