Application Deadline: 15 February 2023
Stellenbosch Institute for Advanced Study is inviting applications for the Iso Lomso Fellowship. 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.
Eligibility
Applicants must
- 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 2015;
- 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 during 2024.
Requirements
Applicants will be selected and evaluated on the basis of the following criteria:
- 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.
- Level: the applicant’s academic excellence and the originality and scholarly strength of the proposed research project;
Application Details
- A motivational cover letter of not more than one page in length.
- A pre-proposal for a three-year research project.
- One or two recent writing examples authored by the applicant (articles or book sections) related to the proposed project.
- A copy of the applicant’s doctoral certificate.
- An up-to-date Curriculum Vitae.
- A letter of support from your home institution (either from the head of department, dean of faculty, principal of college, or equivalent) which contains a confirmation of the applicant’s academic position.
- 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.
Shortlisted candidates may be contacted during May 2023 for any additional information that may be required about their proposed projects. A final selection will be made by the end of May 2023 and successful candidates will be contacted during June 2023.
The complete application should be sent to is******@su*.za .
For further enquiries, contact:
Ms Nel-Mari Loock
Iso Lomso Coordinator
+27 21 808 2652
is******@su*.za
