BIEA Scholarships for Refugee/Displaced Researchers on the BIEA-RSC Graduate Attachment Scheme 2021

Application Deadline: May 31st 2021

The BIEA have run the Graduate Attachment Scheme (GAS) for many years, supporting a large network of early-career scholars who are interested in research based in Eastern Africa. This academic year (2021-2022), BIEA and the RSC are partnering to offer three attaché positions for refugee / displaced scholars who are interested in graduate-level studies. The three attachés will participate in BIEA research activities and trainings, and work closely with an accomplished mentor to support an ongoing research project related to a humanitarian topic in Eastern Africa. They will also develop research ideas of their own. Each successful scholar will receive a £1,000 GBP stipend to support them during this time. During the current Covid pandemic all Attachments are taking place digitally.

𝐄𝐥𝐢𝐠𝐢𝐛𝐢𝐥𝐢𝐭𝐲 𝐜𝐫𝐢𝐭𝐞𝐫𝐢𝐚 – 𝘐𝘯 𝘰𝘳𝘥𝘦𝘳 𝘧𝘰𝘳 𝘺𝘰𝘶𝘳 𝘢𝘱𝘱𝘭𝘪𝘤𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯 𝘵𝘰 𝘣𝘦 𝘤𝘰𝘯𝘴𝘪𝘥𝘦𝘳𝘦𝘥, 𝘺𝘰𝘶 𝘮𝘶𝘴𝘵:
1. Have personal experience with forced displacement (e.g., as a refugee, asylum seeker, IDP, stateless person, former refugee, or another category);
2. Have completed your BA degree in a field in the Social Sciences or Humanities (e.g., Sociology, Anthropology, History, Law, Literature. etc.), or have comparable experience;
3. Be based in Eastern Africa, or have a demonstrated interest in conducting research in Eastern Africa while living elsewhere (e.g., other regions of the continent, Europe, North America, etc)
4. Be prepared to work closely with a scholar-mentor who is researching displacement-related topics in Eastern Africa;
5. Write at a high academic standard in English; and
6. Be able to participate fully in all GAS activities for the duration of the attachment period.

𝐀𝐝𝐝𝐢𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐚𝐥 𝐢𝐧𝐟𝐨𝐫𝐦𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧:
You are invited to attend an Information Session at 2pm EAT on Tuesday 25th May for tips on how to make a strong application. Join at: https://us02web.zoom.us/j/9712622599.

If you are unable to attend but would like a link of the recording of the session, please email [email protected].

Find more information on BIEA here: https://www.biea.ac.uk/about-us/
More information about the RSC can be found here: https://www.rsc.ox.ac.uk/about

𝐃𝐨 𝐲𝐨𝐮 𝐡𝐚𝐯𝐞 𝐚𝐧𝐲 𝐚𝐝𝐝𝐢𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐚𝐥 𝐪𝐮𝐞𝐬𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐬 𝐨𝐫 𝐜𝐨𝐦𝐦𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐬? 𝐅𝐞𝐞𝐥 𝐟𝐫𝐞𝐞 𝐭𝐨 𝐰𝐫𝐢𝐭𝐞 𝐭𝐨 𝐮𝐬 𝐚𝐭: [email protected]

For More Information:

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