OSSREA offers senior scholars research grants
OSSREA offers
senior scholars research grants
A regional research and capacity-building
organisation based in Addis Ababa (Ethiopia), the Organisation for Social
Science Research in Eastern and Southern Africa (OSSREA) offers senior scholars
a research grant programme to carry out research that is on par with
international standards.The organisation’s mission is to develop and promote the
emergence of a culture of excellence in the study, research and training in the
social sciences.According to the OSSREA’s grant programme co-ordinator, eligible
applicants should be nationals of countries of Eastern and Southern Africa and
should be based in an institution. In addition, Africans who are non-nationals
of the region can also apply, but they should submit their employment
contract.Applicants should be affiliated with a teaching and research
institutions, and applicant?s institution must endorse the research to be
undertaken and be willing to provide some support to the applicant.Themes for
the research proposals are regional integration; conflict management, resolution
and post-conflict reconstruction; migration and refugees; education, indigenous
knowledge and development; information technology, culture and society; gender
roles, democracy and development; resource management and food security;
poverty, economy and society; health, economy and society; HIV/AIDS and cultural
practices; human rights; religion and society; governance issues in multi-ethnic
societies; and environmental concerns and pollution.The selection of the
research grants will be awarded on the recommendation of a panel of scholars
drawn from Eastern and Southern Africa. Applications should be mailed or
submitted to OSSREA before 30 June. Electronic submissions will not be
accepted.